Min Ko Naing

Min Ko Naing, actually Paw Oo Tun, ( born October 18, 1962 in Rangoon, Burma ) is a Myanmar student leaders.

The then 25 -year-old zoology student Paw Oo Tun joined in March 1988 on the occasion of the ongoing unrest in the former Burma, now called Myanmar, first appearance. With the expansion of the unrest, which found its climax in the carnage of August 8, 1988, he went under the alias Min Ko Naing ( ' The King Slayer ') to the leaders of the student in Rangoon and founded the All Burma Federation of Student Unions. After the seizure of power by the State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) under General Saw Maung Min Ko Naing was arrested on 23 March 1989. It was not until November 18, 2004 - 42 years old - set free again in the context of mass releases by the military government. He teamed up with fellow students to move the " students of the 88s generation" together. As this organized at the beginning of the demonstrations in Myanmar in August 2007 a ​​protest march against the drastic increase in fuel prices, were he and other activists, including Ko Ko Gyi, arrested again. On 11 November 2008 sentenced a special court in the prison of Maupin Min Ko Naing and other leaders of the student movement to 65 years in prison. In January 2012, he was released with nearly 600 other political prisoners from custody.

He was awarded the Homo Homini Award in 2000 for his commitment to human rights.