A prominent labor rights activist, Su Su Nway, 37, is in poor health

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A prominent labor rights activist, Su Su Nway, 37, is in poor health and has received medical treatment at Kalay General Hospital outside Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division.
2009 March 20
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A prominent labor rights activist, Su Su Nway, 37, is in poor health and has received medical treatment at Kalay General Hospital outside Kalay Prison in Sagaing Division.

“Her health condition was getting worse and worse in Kalay Prison,” said a local resident close to Kalay Prison. “She is suffering from heart

disease because of her long-term imprisonment.” No details were available about her condition.

According to her sister, Htay Htay Kyi, Su Su Nway has hypertension and heart disease.

Su Su Nway, a member of the opposition National League for Democracy, was sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison for participating in the 2007 democracy uprising. She was transferred from Insein Prison to Kalay Prison in November 2008.

In 2006, Su Su Nway won the John Humphrey Freedom Award for promoting human rights.

Su Su Nway is among more than 2,200 political prisoners in Burma.