Ko Htay Kywe, 88 Student Leader

Htay Kywe, age 44, former political prisoner and 88 uprising student leader posts for the photograph in Yangon, Myanmar. He was the key player of Burma "8888 Uprising" and a student political activist. Last time he has been sentenced for total 65 years in prison as he supported Buddhist monks during 2007 Saffron Revolution and released by the government amnesty on 13 January 2012. In his lifetime, he has been arrested 3 times and stayed over 18 years behind the bars. | Location ~ Yangon, Myanmar | February 21 2012

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