Human rights lawyer Daw Ywat Nu Aung was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour in Mandalay City’s Obo Prison Court on 28 December.

She was charged under Section 50 (j) of the Counter Terrorism Law.

A lawyer from the Mandalay Region said: "She was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour. The Military Council accused her of providing financial support to people’s defence forces (PDFs).”

Daw Ywat Nu Aung was arrested after leaving Mandalay Chief Minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung's trial at Obo Prison Court on 28 April 2022.

She is a human rights lawyer who is well-known for working on Naypyitaw child-abuse cases and for previously defending Ko Swe Win, the editor-in-chief of the Myanmar Now News Agenc