MoeMaKa 2006 People Award

MoeMaKa 2006 People Award

Dated – December 2006

MoeMaKa has decided to award Burmese writers/Activist under tight living condition but still standing tall for their conscious.
            They are:

1. U Win Tin

Political Prisoner since 1989. Prominent journalist and Executive Member of NLD, leading opposition political party in Burma. Since his arrest on 4 July 1989, U Win Tin, who is serving a 20-year sentence on charges including "anti-government propaganda", has been deprived of his basic rights, including proper medical treatment and being able to write.

2. U Thar Bann

A lawyer and former staff member of the government paper Kyemon (The Mirror), he has spent 12 of the past 14 years in jail.. He was imprisoned from 1990 to 1995 for his involvement in the United Nationalities’ League for Democracy (UNLD), which is linked to the opposition National League for Democracy

3. Monywa Aung Shin

Burmese Editor & Poet, Political Position: Member of NLD, Sagaing Division branch.

4. Ludu Sein Win

A prominent educator, political commentator, and longtime critic of the junta

5. Maung Thit Lwin Ludu

Journalist and longtime critic of the junta

6. Myanmar Alin Than Nyunt

Journalist and longtime critic of the junta

7. Ma Yi Wai

Longtime critic of the junta, her husband passed away as political prisoner

8. Daw Mya Yi

Longtime critic of the junta, her husband passed away as political prisoner

9. Ko Aung Pwint

Journalist and former political prisoner

10. Nann Nyunt Swe, Kyi Oo and Zarganar Family

Writers and Artists Family where the whole family stands as longtime critic of the junta and most of their works are banned and censored.