Myanmar: pro-democracy EHRD arrested with the family
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Sep 6, 2021
- Event Description
Myanmar’s junta has detained human rights activist Ko Kyaw Minn Htut, his two-year-old child, wife and younger brother in Monywa, Sagaing Region.
The Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA) said its member, his brother Ko Kyaw Minn Aung and a man who was living with them were detained on Monday afternoon in Nandawon ward.
Ko Kyaw Minn Htut’s wife Daw Khin San Hlaing and their son were also detained by junta forces on Sunday, MATA said in a statement on Tuesday.
MATA is the civil society alliance formed by over 400 organizations across the country for the implementation of transparency and accountability in the extractive industries.
Ko Kyaw Minn Htut had been working for environmental protection and human rights and participated in the non-violent movement for democracy after the military coup, MATA stated.
“We strongly ask for the freedom of Kyaw Minn Htut and all detained people who participated in the non-violent pro-democracy movement without [causing] any harm,” the group said, while calling for an end to military rule.
Killings, arrests and torture by regime forces continue daily across the country as the junta escalates its crackdown on dissidents and supporters of the shadow National Unity Government.
- Impact of Event
- 4
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Family of HRD
- NGO staff
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.115373303393874
Longitude: 95.13464835998123
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 6 September 2021, Ko Kyaw Minn Htut, pro-democracy and environmental defender, and member of the Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA), was arrested by the military together with his wife, brother and 2-year -old son as result of his engagement in the anti-coup movement a in Monywa, Myanmar.