NUG Human Rights Minister Accepts Human Rights Award on Behalf of Lawyer Daw Ywet Nu Aung

Lu Htet Naing, Narinjara News, 19 October 2024

Union Minister U Aung Myo Min of the Ministry of Human Rights  from the National Unity Government (NUG) accepted the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize on behalf of human rights attorney Daw Yeung Nu Aung, who was given a 15-year prison sentence.

 The award ceremony was featured as a special program on October 18, the last day of the IDHAE conference in Rome, Italy, Minister U Aung Myo Min announced on social media on October 19.

"Despite knowing that the terrorist military junta would unfairly imprison and punish them, she bravely defended the legal rights of political prisoners, and for that she merits this human rights prize. ‘No one has the right to judge without a hearing,’ she would frequently say. True to her words, she did everything in her power to seek justice for those wrongfully jailed," U Aung Myo Min wrote.

He declared his unwavering belief that he will be able to personally present the medal to Daw Ywet Nu Aung, its legitimate winner, once freedom, justice, human rights, and peace have all been restored.

“She might explain that this award is more for the people of Myanmar than for herself if she could attend the ceremony and speak, I firmly believe. In these trying times, when international attention is particularly required for Myanmar and its people, she would thank for the acknowledgment. She would draw attention to the horrifying mistreatment and torture that more than 20,000 political prisoners—including herself—face while being detained in different jails as a result of the terrorist regime's brutality,” U Aung Myo Min continued, "She will gladly convey the bravery and fortitude of the women who have taken part in the movement.”

Additionally, he underlined that she will surely push the international community to demand the release of all individuals who have been jailed, in addition to expressing worry for Myanmar's predicament. She would demand that the terrorist military junta no longer receive funding, jet fuel, or weapons exports and that war criminals be prosecuted in accordance with international law. U Aung Myo Min also said that she would support the creation of a new federal democracy that represents the wishes of the people.

The Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize for 2024 will go to human rights attorney Daw Ywet Nu Aung, who was wrongfully jailed by the terrorist state. The European association of rights attorneys, the Institut des droits de l'homme des avocats européens (IDHAE), bestows this honor yearly.

Daw Ywet Nu Aung was wrongfully condemned to 15 years in prison with hard labor on December 28, 2022, for her assistance to political prisoners who had been wrongfully detained and accused by the terrorist dictatorship.