Lu Htet Naing, Narinjara News, 19 October 2024

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

 The award ceremony was featured as aspecial 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 terroristmilitary junta would unfairly imprison and punish them, she bravely defendedthe legal rights of political prisoners, and for that she merits this humanrights prize. ‘No one has the right to judge without a hearing,’ she wouldfrequently say. True to her words, she did everything in her power to seekjustice for those wrongfully jailed," U Aung Myo Min wrote.

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

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

Additionally, he underlined that she willsurely push the international community to demand the release of allindividuals who have been jailed, in addition to expressing worry for Myanmar'spredicament. She would demand that the terrorist military junta no longerreceive funding, jet fuel, or weapons exports and that war criminals beprosecuted in accordance with international law. U Aung Myo Min also said thatshe would support the creation of a new federal democracy that represents thewishes of the people.

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

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