Tayzar San
{{Short description|Burmese physician and activist}}
Tayzar San ({{langx|my|တေဇာဆန်း}}; born 1989) is a Burmese physician, politician and pro-democracy activist.{{cite news |title=Myanmar Daily Post-Coup Update: June 3 |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-daily-post-coup-update-june-3.html/ |work=The Irrawaddy |date=2021-06-04}} He is a leading figure in the Spring Revolution in Myanmar.{{cite news |title=Prominent Protest Leader Escapes Arrest by Myanmar Junta |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/prominent-protest-leader-escapes-arrest-myanmar-junta.html/ |work=The Irrawaddy |date=2021-04-20}}{{cite news |title=ALL I OWN IS BOOKS' |url=https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2021/04/20/all-i-own-is-books/ |work=Progressive Voice |date=2021-04-20 |language=en}} San served as chairman of the Mandalay District All Burma Federation of Student Unions.{{cite news |title=အကြမ်းဖက်နှိပ်ကွပ်မှုကြားက စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ် တိုက်ဖျက်ရေး ဆက်နွှဲမည် (တေဇာဆန်း) |url=https://burmese.voanews.com/a/myanmar-dr-tayzar-san-interview-/5862665.html |work=VOA |date=22 April 2021 |language=my}}
Career
A physician by training, San attended University of Medicine Mandalay. After graduation, he worked as a librarian and NGO worker with a focus on public health and political education. In 2010, he founded the Beautiful Mind Foundation, which provides free health care services to the poor. He became the executive director of the Yone Kyi Yar Knowledge Propagation Society, a local research and parliamentary monitoring group.{{cite news |title=Interview: ‘This Revolution is Something That Cannot be Stopped or Postponed’ |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/tayzar-san-04212021200508.html |work=Radio Free Asia |date=21 April 2021 |language=en}}
Political career
A few days after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, while other activists in the country were still deliberating, he organized the first ever protest against the junta. Following that first protest in Mandalay, anti-regime rallies blossomed across the country.{{cite news |title=In Myanmar, Pair of Protest Activists Share Common Goal: Root Out Dictatorship |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-pair-protest-activists-share-common-goal-root-dictatorship.html/ |work=The Irrawaddy |date=2021-04-09}}{{cite news |title=Rallying hope for democracy (Part 3) |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/world-news/20210407/rallying-hope-democracy-part-3 |work=jamaica-gleaner.com |date=2021-04-07 |language=en}}
On 19 April 2021, authorities issued an arrest warrant and charged San with defamation of the state under section 505 (a) of the penal code. They announced a 10 million kyat (U.S. $7,000) reward for information leading to his arrest.
On 10 June 2021, he received the Park Jong-cheol Human Rights Award.{{cite news |title=박종철인권상 받은 미얀마 시위지도자 "한국 응원 감사" |url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/society/view/2021/06/563382/ |work=매일경제 |date=2021-06-10 |language=ko}}
He is also a member of Anti-junta Forces Coordination Committee-Mandalay{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/AFCCMandalay |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.facebook.com}} that is a member organization of NUCC.{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.nucc-federal.org/members |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.nucc-federal.org |language=en}}