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Ohn Than (Burmese: အုန်းသန်း, pronounced [ʔóʊɰ̃ θáɰ̃]; commonly written U Ohn Than, following Burmese honorific conventions; born 1946) is a Burmese democracy activist who received international attention for his "stoic one-man protests". He spent the majority of the years from 1988 to 2012 imprisoned, and Amnesty International considered him a prisoner of conscience.