Tu Tu Tha is a novelist and journalist who was arrested on April 24, 2021 in a home raid by over 10 military soldiers. She was charged with “incitement” and was detained at Insein Prison. She spent her 50th birthday in custody, in a cell shared with 60 other women and the past 4 months unable to receive visitors or make contact with relatives. On October 19, 2021, she was released in a mass prisoner release.
