Nuns given 13 years each for protesting in front of Rangoon City Hall

DVB ( 14 November 2003 )

Two Buddhist nuns who staged a protest in front of Rangoon City Hall to highlight the plights of Burmese people were each given 13 year prison sentence at a court inside Insein Prison in September.

The two were charged with having contact with illegal organisations and leaving the country without permission.

The NLD Legal Support team lodged an appeal at a court in western Rangoon but the judge rejected their appeal without hearing the case.

Daw Than Than Htay and Daw Thin Thin Oo are from a famous nunnery in Pegu and they were arrested on 16 January while staging a protest in front of the City Hall.

After they were arrested, the two were forced to disrobe and tortured for interrogation by the military intelligence agents.

They are still not allowed to see their relatives.