Zoya Phan
This is Zoya Phan.
Zoya was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic Group. Her mother was a guerrilla soldier and her father a freedom activist. At the age of 14 her village was attacked by the Burmese military and burnt to the ground, she then spent two years hiding in the jungle eventually finding sanctuary in a Thai refugee camp where she spent the rest of her teenage years.
Tragically on the 14th of February 2008 her father Padoh Mahn Sha Lah was assassinated by agents of the Burmese military.
Unless there is radical change in Burma Zoya can never return to her home.
She has recently written a book about her life that you can find here:- www.phanfoundation.org/
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009
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Zoya Phan
This is Zoya Phan.
Zoya was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic Group. Her mother was a guerrilla soldier and her father a freedom activist. At the age of 14 her village was attacked by the Burmese military and burnt to the ground, she then spent two years hiding in the jungle eventually finding sanctuary in a Thai refugee camp where she spent the rest of her teenage years.
Tragically on the 14th of February 2008 her father Padoh Mahn Sha Lah was assassinated by agents of the Burmese military.
Unless there is radical change in Burma Zoya can never return to her home.
She has recently written a book about her life that you can find here:- www.phanfoundation.org/
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009
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Zoya Phan
This is Zoya Phan.
Zoya was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic Group. Her mother was a guerrilla soldier and her father a freedom activist. At the age of 14 her village was attacked by the Burmese military and burnt to the ground, she then spent two years hiding in the jungle eventually finding sanctuary in a Thai refugee camp where she spent the rest of her teenage years.
Tragically on the 14th of February 2008 her father Padoh Mahn Sha Lah was assassinated by agents of the Burmese military.
Unless there is radical change in Burma Zoya can never return to her home.
She has recently written a book about her life that you can find here:- www.phanfoundation.org/
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009
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Wai Hnin
This is Wai Hnin. When she was five months old her father Mya Aye was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for his involvement in the pro-democracy uprising of 1988. She didn't see him again until she was four and that was her first prison visit....
Her father was arrested again in 2007 and this time given a 65 year sentence.
Unless there is a radical change in Burma Wai Hnin will never see her father again.
You can read more about Wai Hnin in this interview:- www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15312
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009
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Wai Hnin
This is Wai Hnin. When she was five months old her father Mya Aye was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for his involvement in the pro-democracy uprising of 1988. She didn't see him again until she was four and that was her first prison visit....
Her father was arrested again in 2007 and this time given a 65 year sentence.
Unless there is a radical change in Burma Wai Hnin will never see her father again.
You can read more about Wai Hnin in this interview:- www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15312
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2009
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