'Release Thin Thin Aung': Women Activists Urge India, Global Stakeholders to Focus on Myanmar In a statement, activists have held that the journalist and pro-democracy activist is one among many held arbitrarily by the military in Myanmar. People march during a protest against the military coup in Dawei, Myanmar April 13, 2021. Photo: Courtesy of Dawei Watch/via Reuters World14/Apr/2021 New Delhi: Several prominent women rights advocates from all walks of life in India have released a statement urging the Myanmar military to release journalist and activist Thin Thin Aung and other illegally detained pro-democracy protesters. In an appeal, both to the military which assumed power since the coup and to the international community including transnational business stakeholders, the activists have urged that the brutal violence perpetrated on protesters in Myanmar end and people’s rights be restored.