Burma: Rohingya human rights activist arrested
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Feb 12, 2013
- Final Date
- Feb 12, 2013
- Event Description
On 12 February 2013, a prominent Rohingya human rights activist and interpreter, U Aung Win, was detained by authorities in Sittwe. Aung Win, an ethnic Rohingya with Burmese citizenship, was arrested on his way to Sittwe's Muslim quarter, Aung Mingalar. Local sources say he was hoping to meet with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Quintana, who was visiting the state-capital as part of his latest Burma tour. Police state that he was taken to "the station for his own safety". He has since been released and returned to his home village on the outskirts of Sittwe. This indicates that his detention was specifically designed to prevent him from meeting Quintana.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.144444
Longitude: 92.896944
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 12 February 2013, a prominent Rohingya human rights activist and interpreter, U Aung Win, was detained by authorities in Sittwe. Aung Win, an ethnic Rohingya with Burmese citizenship, was arrested on his way to Sittwe's Muslim quarter, Aung Mingalar. Local sources say he was hoping to meet with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Quintana, who was visiting the state-capital as part of his latest Burma tour. Police state that he was taken to "the station for his own safety". He has since been released and returned to his home village on the outskirts of Sittwe. This indicates that his detention was specifically designed to prevent him from meeting Quintana.