Naw Ohn Hla

Naw Ohn Hla
နီၢ်အိလး
(နော်အုံးလှ)
Born (1962-08-05) 5 August 1962 (age 62)
NationalityKaren
Occupation(s)Human rights defender, Environmental rights, Democracy activist, Politician
Known forLand rights activist, former Political prisoner
Political partyUnited Nationalities Democracy Party (UNDP)
ParentU Thein Aung (father)

Naw Ohn Hla (S'gaw Karen: နီၢ်အိလး; Burmese: နော်အုံးလှ; born 5 August 1962) is a Karen democracy activist, politician, human rights defender, environmental rights and land rights activist for decades. She has been active in campaigning against the Letpadaung mining project in northern Myanmar.[1][2] Naw Ohn Hla is the general secretary of United Nationalities Democracy Party (UNDP).

  1. ^ "Inspiring Women of Burma/Naw Ohn Hla". The Irrawaddy. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ Ei Ei Toe Lwin (1 September 2013). "Activist to appeal sentence". The Myanmar Times.