Prison takes its toll on veteran activist

  • 8 years ago
Eight months into a thirteen year prisons sentence, confinement appears to be taking a heavy toll on veteran activist Htin Kyaw.

He was locked up after twelve different courts found him guilty of causing public alarm during the same solo demonstration.

At a Rangoon courthouse this week, Htin Kyaw appeared in good physical shape—

But the veteran of 2007’s saffron revolution is under intense mental stress.