Thet Win Aung

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Thet Win Aung
သက်ဝင်းအောင်
Ko Thet Win Aung
Born(1971-08-27)27 August 1971
Yangon, Myanmar
Died16 October 2006(2006-10-16) (aged 35)
Mandalay, Myanmar
Occupationstudent

Thet Win Aung (သက်ဝင်းအောင်

Burmese
student activist, as wel as a martyr and hero in the Burmese democracy movement.

He took part in the 1988 Movement as one of the leading members of his high school student union, Tamwe Township. In 1989, he was elected vice general secretary of the Basic Education Student Union (BESU). He was dismissed from his school for his political involvement in student demonstrations, later jailed for 9 months for aiding in forming the Student Union.

In 1994, the

Sagaing Division
. He was moved to Khamti Prison, and transferred to the Mandalay Prison at 2004.

Whilst in prison, he and his fellow prisoners of conscience were subjected to inhumane torture and withheld proper medical treatment. By placing him in Mandalay Prison, he was kept as far away from his family as possible. His father never missed a prison visit for either Thet Win Aung or his brother, Pyone Cho, who was also a prisoner of conscience. Thet Win Aung died in Mandalay prison on 16 October 2006 due to inhumane treatment and long-term injuries he sustained from torture during interrogations with military intelligence. The prison authorities would not allow for an autopsy and insisted that he died for malaria, rather than torture, although many fellow prisoners could testify the extent to which Thet Win Aung was tortured and abused in the interrogation centers and prisons.[1][2]

Thet Win Aung was elected Honorary Vice-President of the

Reading University Students' Union after being adopted as their Amnesty International Group's prisoner.[3]

Thet Win Aung's brother, Pyone Cho (also known as Htay Win Aung), is also an internationally recognized human rights activist and was one of the main student leaders of the 1988 Uprising. Like Thet Win Aung, Pyone Cho spent his entire adult life advocating for democracy, spending 20 years as a prisoner of conscience.[4]

References

  1. ^ Casey, Tom (October 18, 2006). "Burma – Death in Custody of Pro-Democracy Activist Thet Win Aung". U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State, the Office of Deputy Spokesman, Tom Casey. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Hundreds mourn Myanmar activist Thet Win Aung". Fox News. Associated Press. October 18, 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Moe, K. Z. (January 21, 2012). "The last night in the cell". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Moe, K. Z. (January 21, 2012). "The last night in the cell". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
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