Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Montgomery Village, Maryland
Occupation
Yangon, Burma
About
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Kyaw Zaw Lwin aka Nyi Nyi Aung is a 40-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who has worked for the Burmese pro-democracy cause for more than half his life. Born on October 28, in Rangoon, Burma, he currently resides in Montgomery Village, Maryland.
In the lead-up to the 1988 protests in Burma, Nyi Nyi Aung was a student and an active member of the All Burma Students Democratic Movement Organization (Makada). He played a key role in organizing high school student groups. Nyi Nyi was arrested by the military junta in March 1988, and was briefly detained and badly tortured in Insein prison. After his release, he continued his involvement in the democracy moveme
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