Zayar Thaw (Burmese:ဇေယျာသော်[zèjà θɔ̀] and also spelt Zeyar Thaw or Zeya Thaw); born Kyaw Kyaw (ကျော်ကျော်[tɕɔ̀ tɕɔ̀]; born 26 March 1981) is a Burmese politician and hip-hop artist who was detained for the perceived anti-government messages of his lyrics. Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience. He is a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, the Lower House of the Burmese parliament. He, along with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were elected to the lower house on 1 April 2012.
Hip hop career
In 2000, Zayar Thaw's band Acid released Burma's first hip-hop album. Despite predictions of failure by many in the Burmese music industry, the album, Beginning, remained in the number one position of the Burmese charts for more than two months. A Democratic Voice of Burma reporter described his music as blending a "combative, angry style with indigenous poeticism". The band's repertoire has been said to contain many "thinly veiled attacks on the regime".The Independent stated that while the band "focused on the mundane, their lyrics inevitably touched on the hardships of life in Burma, drawing them into dangerous territory."
International condemnation as Myanmar's military executes 4 democracy activists
There is growing international condemnation after Myanmar's military executed four democracy activists. The men were sentenced to death in closed-door trials earlier this year. These are the first judicial executions in the country in decades.
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ယုံကြည်ချက်နဲ့ဆက်တဲ့မျိုးဆက် (Generation driven by faith) - Zay Yar Thaw(Nitric Acid)
We are devastated by the news of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw’s execution and grieving just like the whole country.
We had a chance to speak to Nitric Acid before the coup and he mentioned that he wanted to retire from the political game and jump back into the rap game.
To be honest, that time was a time where we could say the country was going towards a right direction and Ko Zayar himself felt that his duty as an activist turned politician was coming to an end which is why he wanted to leave it all behind.
To be fair, he has done enough for the country at this point considering what he had been through so far.
The story never ends the way it should, he jumped back in because of a group of greedy scumbags an...
published: 26 Jul 2022
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There's been growing global outrage after Myanmar carried out its first executions in decades. Four pro-democracy activists who'd been accused of carrying out terror acts in the country were put to death after being tried behind closed doors earlier this year. One of the men, Phyo Zeya Thaw was a former MP who received political training in Australia. As Sarah Jane Bell reports, their families and friends say they weren't even told when the executions would happen.
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published: 27 Jul 2022
Myanmar executes four anti-coup activists, drawing outrage
Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread condemnation and outrage.
The four men were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Monday.
The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January after being accused of helping militias to fight the military, which seized power in a February 2021 coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports.
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ယုံကြည်ချက်နဲ့ဆက်တဲ့မျိုးဆက် (Generation driven by faith) - Zay Yar Thaw(Nitric Acid)
We are devastated by the news of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw’s execution and griev...
ယုံကြည်ချက်နဲ့ဆက်တဲ့မျိုးဆက် (Generation driven by faith) - Zay Yar Thaw(Nitric Acid)
We are devastated by the news of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw’s execution and grieving just like the whole country.
We had a chance to speak to Nitric Acid before the coup and he mentioned that he wanted to retire from the political game and jump back into the rap game.
To be honest, that time was a time where we could say the country was going towards a right direction and Ko Zayar himself felt that his duty as an activist turned politician was coming to an end which is why he wanted to leave it all behind.
To be fair, he has done enough for the country at this point considering what he had been through so far.
The story never ends the way it should, he jumped back in because of a group of greedy scumbags and as a result, he ended up giving his life for the cause.
He was the pioneer of hip hop culture in Myanmar. He ran so we could walk. Now is the time to unite again, just like his lyrics ‘nothing will happen when we are together’
Sorry for being inactive recently, RAJ has been going through some retreat planning. See it as we will come back stronger next time.
Here is the song Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw wrote in prison and recorded once he got out. The song is called ‘Generation Driven by Faith’
Photo credit: the last portrait of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw by Myo Thaw
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ယုံကြည်ချက်နဲ့ဆက်တဲ့မျိုးဆက် (Generation driven by faith) - Zay Yar Thaw(Nitric Acid)
We are devastated by the news of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw’s execution and grieving just like the whole country.
We had a chance to speak to Nitric Acid before the coup and he mentioned that he wanted to retire from the political game and jump back into the rap game.
To be honest, that time was a time where we could say the country was going towards a right direction and Ko Zayar himself felt that his duty as an activist turned politician was coming to an end which is why he wanted to leave it all behind.
To be fair, he has done enough for the country at this point considering what he had been through so far.
The story never ends the way it should, he jumped back in because of a group of greedy scumbags and as a result, he ended up giving his life for the cause.
He was the pioneer of hip hop culture in Myanmar. He ran so we could walk. Now is the time to unite again, just like his lyrics ‘nothing will happen when we are together’
Sorry for being inactive recently, RAJ has been going through some retreat planning. See it as we will come back stronger next time.
Here is the song Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw wrote in prison and recorded once he got out. The song is called ‘Generation Driven by Faith’
Photo credit: the last portrait of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw by Myo Thaw
#RapAgainstJunta
#NictricAcid
#ZayYarThawNeverDie
There's been growing global outrage after Myanmar carried out its first executions in decades. Four pro-democracy activists who'd been accused of carrying out t...
There's been growing global outrage after Myanmar carried out its first executions in decades. Four pro-democracy activists who'd been accused of carrying out terror acts in the country were put to death after being tried behind closed doors earlier this year. One of the men, Phyo Zeya Thaw was a former MP who received political training in Australia. As Sarah Jane Bell reports, their families and friends say they weren't even told when the executions would happen.
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Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread c...
Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread condemnation and outrage.
The four men were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Monday.
The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January after being accused of helping militias to fight the military, which seized power in a February 2021 coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports.
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Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread condemnation and outrage.
The four men were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Monday.
The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January after being accused of helping militias to fight the military, which seized power in a February 2021 coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports.
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There is growing international condemnation after Myanmar's military executed four democracy activists. The men were sentenced to death in closed-door trials earlier this year. These are the first judicial executions in the country in decades.
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ယုံကြည်ချက်နဲ့ဆက်တဲ့မျိုးဆက် (Generation driven by faith) - Zay Yar Thaw(Nitric Acid)
We are devastated by the news of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw’s execution and grieving just like the whole country.
We had a chance to speak to Nitric Acid before the coup and he mentioned that he wanted to retire from the political game and jump back into the rap game.
To be honest, that time was a time where we could say the country was going towards a right direction and Ko Zayar himself felt that his duty as an activist turned politician was coming to an end which is why he wanted to leave it all behind.
To be fair, he has done enough for the country at this point considering what he had been through so far.
The story never ends the way it should, he jumped back in because of a group of greedy scumbags and as a result, he ended up giving his life for the cause.
He was the pioneer of hip hop culture in Myanmar. He ran so we could walk. Now is the time to unite again, just like his lyrics ‘nothing will happen when we are together’
Sorry for being inactive recently, RAJ has been going through some retreat planning. See it as we will come back stronger next time.
Here is the song Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw wrote in prison and recorded once he got out. The song is called ‘Generation Driven by Faith’
Photo credit: the last portrait of Ko Phyo Zayar Thaw by Myo Thaw
#RapAgainstJunta
#NictricAcid
#ZayYarThawNeverDie
There's been growing global outrage after Myanmar carried out its first executions in decades. Four pro-democracy activists who'd been accused of carrying out terror acts in the country were put to death after being tried behind closed doors earlier this year. One of the men, Phyo Zeya Thaw was a former MP who received political training in Australia. As Sarah Jane Bell reports, their families and friends say they weren't even told when the executions would happen.
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Myanmar’s military government has executed four anti-coup activists, including a close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing widespread condemnation and outrage.
The four men were executed over their involvement in organising “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Monday.
The men were sentenced to death in a closed-door trial in January after being accused of helping militias to fight the military, which seized power in a February 2021 coup led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports.
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Zayar Thaw (Burmese:ဇေယျာသော်[zèjà θɔ̀] and also spelt Zeyar Thaw or Zeya Thaw); born Kyaw Kyaw (ကျော်ကျော်[tɕɔ̀ tɕɔ̀]; born 26 March 1981) is a Burmese politician and hip-hop artist who was detained for the perceived anti-government messages of his lyrics. Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience. He is a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, the Lower House of the Burmese parliament. He, along with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were elected to the lower house on 1 April 2012.
Hip hop career
In 2000, Zayar Thaw's band Acid released Burma's first hip-hop album. Despite predictions of failure by many in the Burmese music industry, the album, Beginning, remained in the number one position of the Burmese charts for more than two months. A Democratic Voice of Burma reporter described his music as blending a "combative, angry style with indigenous poeticism". The band's repertoire has been said to contain many "thinly veiled attacks on the regime".The Independent stated that while the band "focused on the mundane, their lyrics inevitably touched on the hardships of life in Burma, drawing them into dangerous territory."
30 by a closed military court inside Yangon’s Insein prison... All are in their 20s ... In July, the junta executed four political prisoners, including democracy activist Ko Jimmy and Phyo Zayar Thaw, former MP for the ousted National League for Democracy ... .
Veteran democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Ko Jimmy, and former National League for Democracy lawmaker Phyo Zayar Thaw were executed, along with Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw, state media reported Monday ... ....
Prominent activist Ko Jimmy, former ruling National League for Democracy party lawmaker and hip-hop star Phyo Zayar Thaw and two other members of the anti-military resistance, Hla Myo Aung and Aung ...
Phyo Zayar Thaw gives a speech in Myanmar during a protest in 2021 ...Kyaw Min Yu and Phyo Zayar Thaw were prominent voices in the democracy movement in Myanmar ... Several members, including Zayar Thaw, were arrested and imprisoned for their participation.
... bodies to their families, a local news website reported, adding that Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy, former lawmaker Phyo Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw were arrested last year.
The mother of Zayar Thaw says she was not told when exactly her son would be executed, adding that she was unable to make proper traditional funeral plans as a result.
Aung Shine Oo/APPhyo ZeyaThaw... Phyo Zayar Thaw was also one of the founding members of Generation Wave, a youth movement that used graffiti and pamphlets to spread anti-military messages.
... bodies to their families, according to a local news website, adding that Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy, former lawmaker Phyo Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw were arrested last year.
... to their families, according to a local news website, adding that Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Ko Jimmy, former lawmaker Phyo Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw were arrested last year.
Phyo ZeyaThaw, 41, who was known by his stage name, Zayar Thaw, was a member of Generation Wave, a hip-hop collective that challenged the former ruling junta through its lyrics ...Kyaw Min Yu was arrested in October and Phyo Zeya Thaw in November.