A Dutch NGO is calling for the release of Daw Myo Aye, a jailed union leader, voicing concern for her health.

NGO Clean Clothes, based in the Netherlands, is calling on people to raise the issue in Myanmar and internationally, raising concerns on humanitarian grounds, given the woman’s failing health.

“We have serious concerns about the safety and wellbeing of Daw Myo Aye (also known as Myo Myo), leader of Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM), who has been detained since April by the military and held in Insein, a prison notorious for human rights abuses. She has diabetes and is believed to be in a critical condition and being held in solitary confinement with no visitors allowed. The Prison Officer is not passing on her medication, and even her lawyer has not been permitted access to see her during the semi-lockdown in the prison, which has been ongoing for almost three months,” the NGO writes.

They are calling for Daw Myo Aye's immediate release, asking people to try to visit her at Insein Prison, try to make sure she receives urgent medical attention, and asks for her immediate release.

The NGO urges people to publicly call for her release and the release of all political prisoners being held by the military junta.