Tag : Burma
Artists
Well known in his native country for his romantic poems and performance art pieces, Saw Wei was jailed for two years in November 2008 for inducing crime against public tranquillity. His detention stemmed from an eight-line love poem entitled 'February The Fourteenth'. It carries a hidden criticism...
This Burmese musician has used his talents to promote human rights. Ko Win Maw has been jailed three times for his song writing. He is serving a six year sentence. In 1996, he was jailed on charges of singing anti-regime songs. In 1997, he received seven years hard labour and his music was banned.
The Thai people have fled persecution by the Burmese junta and are now living in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border. The women who make up The Kumjing Storytellers have created 'The Journey of Kumjing' as a performance piece in which they can talk about their situation and assert their...
The Thee Nyi Naung Dance Troupe was formed in 2005 and their political humour and criticism of the military junta of Burma attracts large audiences in a country where freedom of expression is systematically restricted. It also attracted the attention of military officials who continue to try to...
Win Maw has been an inspirational guitarist and
songwriter in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for decades,
continuing to make music even in the prison cell to
which he was sentenced for 10 years in 2009. He
expresses the political views of the Burmese people
with his music which provides a rallying...
The children belonging to the United ACT theatre group believe the stories they perform on stage will someday protect a young person from being trafficked. They live and perform in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border where human traffickers and smuggling brokers target the vulnerable and...
Zarganar is Burma's most popular comedian and satirist. He draws inspiration from the Burmese people who have endured nearly five decades of dictatorship. Zarganar was last arrested in June 2008 for making jokes about the government before international media covering Cyclone Nargis. His 59-year...
