"I thought, ‘What’s going on? How can I be here without committing a crime?’ I couldn’t accept that reality for some t…"

"When I was young, I was told only criminals went to prison... [I was thinking] did we really commit crimes? Were we r…"

"Some were sentenced without having had a fair trial... Some were put in jail because they didn’t have enough money or…"

"I feel I was privileged when I compare myself to the other young girls and women that I interacted with while I was i…"

"The BBC named Nu to its Top 100 Women list in 2014, and in 2015 she was named a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Pol…"

"Wai Wai Nu, who turns 31 this month, endured more in her teens and twenties than most people will in a lifetime. In 2…"

"When the female judge read out their sentences — 47 years for her father, 17 for herself, her mother, sister and brot…"

"Instead of being cowed by her seven-year imprisonment, Wai Wai Nu, emerged stronger and more determined to fight for …"

"Believing in the power of LOVE was what I held onto fighting for my dear life."

"When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every suppo…"