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On 10th March, Wai Hnin, daughter of Ko Mya Aye, will be leading a protest visiting the embassies of six European countries which have failed to publicly support a UN inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The countries are Sweden, Latvia, Norway, Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark. Wai Hnin will be handing in a letter to each embassy, asking why they are not taking action to support her father and other poli...tical prisoners in Burma.
10th March is Ko Mya Aye’s 44th birthday. A leader of the 88 Generation Students, he has been in jail since 2007 for his role in the uprising that year. The UN has ruled that his detention is arbitrary and illegal. Arbitrary detention is in violation of Article 7 of the Rome Statute. It is a crime against humanity. There are more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma.
It is now almost a year since the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma stated that the UN should consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the dictatorship. In October 2010 he went further, stating; “Failing to act on accountability in Myanmar will embolden the perpetrators of international crimes and further postpone long-overdue justice.”
Ko Mya Aye is currently serving a 65 year jail term. He is being denied medical treatment for a life-threatening heart condition. In January 2011 the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled that his detention is arbitrary and breaks international law. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Burma has also raised concerns about the detention and treatment of Ko Mya Aye. The dictatorship claims that there are no political prisoners in Burma, and has ignored repeated calls from the UN to release all political prisoners.
So far ten European countries are publicly supporting a UN Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.
10th March is Ko Mya Aye’s 44th birthday. A leader of the 88 Generation Students, he has been in jail since 2007 for his role in the uprising that year. The UN has ruled that his detention is arbitrary and illegal. Arbitrary detention is in violation of Article 7 of the Rome Statute. It is a crime against humanity. There are more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma.
It is now almost a year since the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma stated that the UN should consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the dictatorship. In October 2010 he went further, stating; “Failing to act on accountability in Myanmar will embolden the perpetrators of international crimes and further postpone long-overdue justice.”
Ko Mya Aye is currently serving a 65 year jail term. He is being denied medical treatment for a life-threatening heart condition. In January 2011 the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled that his detention is arbitrary and breaks international law. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Burma has also raised concerns about the detention and treatment of Ko Mya Aye. The dictatorship claims that there are no political prisoners in Burma, and has ignored repeated calls from the UN to release all political prisoners.
So far ten European countries are publicly supporting a UN Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.
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