Jul 24, 2023 · One year after the execution, Radio Free Asia’s Burmese Service interviewed Ko Jimmy’s widow Nilar Thein. She discussed the sacrifices her husband made for the country.

Feb 1, 2023 · Nilar Thein, an activist who met her husband while imprisoned, started a family during the heady days of Myanmar's experiment with democracy. Her husband now dead, …

Jul 25, 2022 · Myanmar’s junta has executed veteran democracy activist Ko Jimmy and a former lawmaker from the ousted National League for Democracy, state media reported Monday in an …

Jul 25, 2022 · Hours after the terse announcement by Myanmar state media on Monday of the execution of veteran democracy activist Ko Jimmy, former National League for Democracy …

Nilar Thein (Burmese: နီလာသိန်း, pronounced [nìlà θéiɰ̃]) (born 4 March 1972) is a Burmese democracy activist and political prisoner imprisoned from 2008 to 2012 at Thayet …

Jul 24, 2022 · Veteran democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Ko Jimmy, and former National League for Democracy lawmaker Phyo Zayar Thaw were executed, along with Hla …

Jul 25, 2022 · Myanmar on Monday woke up to the news that the country's military junta had executed four democracy activists, including former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw and veteran …

Aug 9, 2023 · In 1988, Ko Jimmy was a young university student and among the leading figures of the 88 Generation Student Group. He spent nearly half his life as a prisoner, serving 21 years …

Sep 1, 2022 · Looking back, my strongest connections with the executed activist Ko Jimmy, his wife Ma Nilar Thein and their young daughter all came at moments when their lives were in …

Jul 25, 2022 · Millions of Myanmar people, including many based overseas, had anxiously followed the cases of leading pro-democracy activists Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw after …