Su Su Nway

Su Su Nway
စုစုနွေး
Su Su Nway in 2011
Member of the People’s Party
Personal details
Born1971 (1971) (age 54)
Residence(s)Htan Manaing village, Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar
Occupationpolitician, activist
AwardsHomo Homini Award (2007)
Awardshuman rights award from National League for Democracy
John Humphrey Freedom Award
Homo Homini Award

Su Su Nway (Burmese: စုစုနွေး; MLCTS: cu. cu. nwe:, IPA: [sṵ sṵ nwé]; born 1971; also known as Su Su Nwe) is a Burmese democracy activist and political prisoner. In 2005, she became the first Burmese national to successfully sue local government officials under a 1999 law on forced labour.

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