Thinzar Shunlei Yi | |
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သဉ္ဇာရွှန်းလဲ့ရည် | |
 Thinzar Shunlei Yi, c. 2016 | |
| Born | 14 November 1991 Sagaing, Myanmar |
| Education | Bachelor of Education |
| Alma mater | Yangon University of Education |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Known for | Anti-Tatmadaw activism, organizing Burmese anti-junta protests, mental health activism, hosting Under 30 Dialogue and organizing the #Sisters2Sisters campaign |
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Thinzar Shunlei Yi[a] (Burmese: သဉ္ဇာရွှန်းလဲ့ရည်; born 14 November 1991) is a Burmese pro-democracy activist and television host. Following the 2021 Burmese coup d'état, she helped organize mass protests against the Tatmadaw (Myanmar's military). Born in Sagaing to a military family, she originally trained to become a high school teacher, graduating from the Yangon University of Education in 2013. Between 2012 and 2016, Thinzar Shunlei Yi was politically active in executive positions of several youth organizations, and later became a television host on Under 30 Dialogue, a youth-oriented television programme. In 2018, she was charged for unlawful protest against the Rohingya genocide, and was convicted in 2020. After organizing protests against the Tatmadaw in the wake of the 2021 coup d'état, she fled to the jungle and briefly joined an armed rebel group. She lives in exile in Thailand as of 2022, and runs the #Sisters2Sisters anti-wartime sexual violence campaign. She has received the Magnitsky Human Rights Award, and further honors from Women of the Future, the Obama Foundation, and the US Department of State.
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