Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…Imprisonmentanddetention
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...
Min Ko Naing

Min Ko Naing

male
yangon, social justice, burma, rangoon, myanmar, dissident…Imprisonmentanddetention
Min Ko Naing (born 18 October 1962), whose name literally means "conqueror of kings" was born Paw Oo Tun in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma. He is the...

Mary Norris

female
Irish victim of human rights abuses, Irish, cork, slavery, christian brother, Congregation of Christian Brother…Imprisonmentanddetention
Mary Norris (aged 70 in 2003) was sent to a Magdalene laundry run by the Good Shepherd Order in Cork, Ireland in 1949 at the age of 16. She spent...
Tin Tun

Tin Tun

male
Scouting, Khit Pyaing, Publishing and Printing Act, Scouting in Burma, Union of Burma Boy Scouts, Imprisonmentanddetention
U Tin Tun is a jailed Burmese political dissident, Asian boxing champion, and one of the pioneers of the now-extinct Scouting movement in that...
Tin Oo

Tin Oo

male, 82 years old
democracy activist, U Tin Oo, armed forces of Union of Myanmar, Pathein, Burmese soldier, Medals of Myanmar…Imprisonmentanddetention
General Thura Tin Oo (born March 3, 1927 in Pathein), (often referred to as U Tin Oo) is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed...
Ye Htoon

Ye Htoon

male, 72 years old
Bucknell University, Tatmadaw, Rangoon University, political dissident, Imprisonmentanddetention, Scouting in Burma…Union of Burma Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
Ye Htoon, also known as Roland Chan Htun, (born 1937) is a prominent Burmese lawyer, sometime-jailed political dissident, and a successful...

Mary-Jo McDonagh

female
Irish victim of human rights abuses, Imprisonmentanddetention, the magdalene sister, galway, Magdalene institution, Magdalen Asylum
Mary-Jo McDonagh spent five years in a Magdalene institution in Galway after a neighbour molested her. A priest took her away secretly one morning...

Doug Hegdahl

male
prisoner of war, United States Navy sailor, vietnam war, United States Navy, North Vietnam, American military…Imprisonmentanddetention
Seaman Apprentice (E-2) Douglas B. Hegdahl was a United States Navy sailor who was a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. After his early...
Hasan As-Senussi, Crown Prince Of Libya

Hasan As-Senussi, Crown Prince Of Libya

male, deceased (1992)
al-azhar university, Kingdom of Libya, Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya, Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida as-Senussi, Pretenders to the Lybian throne, Heir apparent who never acceded…Imprisonmentanddetention
Sayyid Hasan al-Rida al-Mahdi as-Senussi, Crown Prince of Libya (1928-April 28, 1992) was the heir apparent to the Kingdom of Libya from 26 October...

James Mawdsley

male
Roman Catholic, Human Rights Campaigner, Human rights activist, rangoon, Civil rights activist, Imprisonmentanddetention…U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
James Rupert Russell Mawdsley is a Roman Catholic human rights campaigner who spent over a year in a prison in Myanmar during 2000 and 2001 (part...