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U Aung Din

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About me :

I was born and grew up in Burma. I took part in the 1988 uprising and when the authorities regained control I went into hiding for four months. I was then captured and detained for being the Vice Chairperson of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), the largest national student organization and outlawed by the regime. I spent four months in an interrogation centre being tortured and then four years in prison. When I was let out in July 1993 I was followed and harrassed all time. They made it impossible for me to get a job. In 1995 I fled to Singapore. I now live in the US and work as the executive director of the US Campaign for Burma and am also country representative of the Thai-Burma border based “Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma” (AAPP). I doubt I will ever be able to return to Burma.

  • Washington DC
  • United States
  • Burmese, English
  • Executive director for the US Campaign for Burma
  • U.S. Campaign for Burma

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080626 Zaganar T.jpg 26/06/2008 - 19:02 / BURMA

Burmese comedian Zarganar paying a high price for straight talk

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Your arcticle about Zarganar

Submitted by Nicola Glass (not verified) on Tue, 01/07/2008 - 10:36.

Dear U Aung Din,

I would like to introduce myself first: I am a foreign correspondent for German language media and I am based in Bangkok. I cover the whole South East Asian region and therefore I did a lot of reports on Burma issues also.

Now one of the editors of the German edition of Amnesty International magazine has asked me to write a portrait about Zarganar; I already published one in one of my newspapers, the tageszeitung, which is based in Berlin. I wrote this article on the day Zarganar had been arrested.

I would like to ask you if you could provide me with some more details about Zarganar and his personality because I understand from your article that you are somebody quite close to him. Unfortunately I never had had the opportunity to meet with him yet - my visa applications for Burma had been refused - but I have watched and read some interviews Zarganar has given to journalists.

I would be very glad if we could get in touch, either by email or phone and I would appreciate your support.

Best regards,
Nicola Glass

Thai mobile: +66 (0)8 7715 9748
e-mail: Nicola.Glass@gmx.net

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