Khin Zaw Win

Khin Zaw Win is the Director of Tampadipa Institute in Yangon, working on policy advocacy on communal issues, land and nationalism. He was also a prisoner of conscience in Myanmar for "seditious writings" and human rights work from 1994 – 2005.

Disaster looms in Myanmar’s rural heartlands as conflict continues

In its attempts to crush a pro-democracy uprising, the junta is destroying vital agriculture

By Khin Zaw Win

/ 2 Sep 2022

Disaster looms in Myanmar’s rural heartlands as conflict continues

A revolution in the making is taking place in Myanmar

Resistance to last month's military coup is doing away with the country's long-standing divisions of ethnicity, religion, domicile and occupation

By Khin Zaw Win

/ 2 Mar 2021

A revolution in the making is taking place in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi overlooked Myanmar’s deepest problems

Ambition drove the military’s coup. But long before that, the country’s deposed leader squandered many opportunities for real change

By Khin Zaw Win

/ 12 Feb 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi overlooked Myanmar’s deepest problems

How populism directed against minorities is used to prop up Myanmar’s ‘Democratic’ revival

It is delusional to expect that this unfettered racism will stop there. It must be confronted. Shockingly, though, most ‘indigenous’ ethnic organizations are silent on the ongoing crisis.

By Khin Zaw Win

/ 12 Mar 2018