Htay Kywe Eng - talented musician and poet
“To support the needs of our people, we are prepared to give and lose everything.”
Leader of the 88 Generation Students Group. Sentenced with others to 65 years for his part in the Saffron Revolution in 2007.
Aged 20 at the time of the 8888 uprising, he was a student of geology and a prominent student leader. A natural leader, charismatic, calm and a good arbitrator in disputes. Creative, a talented musician and poet.
Currently held in solitary confinement on the death row cell block in a prison in Arakan state, and denied proper food, exercise and medical care. There are reports that he has been tortured.
