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Win Htein

Win Htein, a current* and former prisoner of conscience, elder politician of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi’s right-hand man, former parliamentarian, businessman and army captain, has chronicled his life in the context of Burma’s struggle for civil liberties.<br>* For speaking out against the military coup d'état of 1 February 2021, he was detained on sedition charges in early February and sentenced in late October to 20 years in prison.