Khin Nyein Thit was jailed in 1995 for participating in a peaceful demonstration, spending seven years in prison, and also helped organise protests during the Saffron Revolution in 2007. After the military overthrew the elected National League for Democracy government in February 2021, she immediately went into hiding, and fled to Thailand with her family in September that year.
She’s one of over a thousand refugees who have been approved for resettlement in either the US or Australia, but haven’t gotten permission to leave, possibly because Thailand fears encouraging a fresh influx of refugees. With exit permits seemingly stalled indefinitely, sources say resettlement approvals have also dried up.
Myanmar refugees granted resettlement in third countries are stuck in Thailand. Frontier Myanmar