Win Maw Oo

Win Maw Oo
ဝင်းမော်ဦး
Photograph taken by Steve Lehman and appeared on the cover of Newsweek. It shows Win Maw Oo after she has been shot while two doctors carry her to an ambulance.[1]
Born19 November 1971
Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon
Died19 September 1988(1988-09-19) (aged 16)
Yangon

Win Maw Oo (Burmese: ဝင်းမော်ဦး; 19 November 1971 – 19 September 1988) was a Burmese student activist who was killed during the 8888 Uprising in Burma (Myanmar).[1][2] She is considered one of the most prominent heroes of Burma's pro-democracy movement.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Htusan, Esther (May 26, 2016). "Democracy helps fulfill long-dead Myanmar teen's last wish". Associated Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "From The Archive | Why the Past Can't Be Put to Rest". The Irrawaddy. 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "The Heroic Medics of the 8888 Uprising". The Irrawaddy. 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ "မှုန်ဝါးနေဆဲ ရှစ်လေးလုံး ရည်မှန်းချက်များ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "အမှန်တရား၏ ဒဏ်ခတ်မှု၌ ပျော်မွေ့တတ်သော (ယမင်းမြတ်အေး) စာအုပ်အညွှန်း". DVB. 20 October 2020.