Hein Htet Kyaw

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Hein Htet Kyaw is a working-class activist who is actively struggling against the state sponsored blasphemy laws and intersectional oppressions in Burma. Hein was born in Burma to a mixed religious (Buddhism & Muslim) and mixed ethnic (Shan, Kachin, Burmese, and Bengali) family. He was raised as a Muslim by his father and raised secretly as a Buddhist by his mother. He is deeply involved in Burmese Buddhist religious reformist movements and Burmese Islamic reformist movements. He has initiated several direct action projects against state sponsored blasphemy laws in Burma. Hein considers himself a political atheist, whose position is one of secularism and preventing religious privilege from dominating shared public spaces (laws, government, schools, and institutions). He takes an interest in human rights, social justice, labour rights, and secularism. Hein is currently a spokesperson of Burmese Atheists.

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IInternational

The 2025 Sham Election: A Turning Point for Myanmar’s Spring Revolution

byHein Htet Kyaw
22 September 2025
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Since the 2021 military coup that overthrew democracy in Myanmar, various forms of resistance have emerged against the…

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PPhilosophy & Religion

Political Buddhism, bhikkhuni, and gender apartheid in Burma

byHein Htet Kyaw
17 January 2025
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Burmese Theravada (political Buddhism) considers the bhikkhuni order of fully ordained nuns to be extinct and has declared…

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IInternational

The roots of political Buddhism in Burma

Burma is known for its rich cultural heritage: full of golden pagodas, insight meditation, and charming people. But…

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