Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi

Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi (; – 2 June 2026) was a Burmese documentary filmmaker, poet, film educator and political prisoner. He was known for his work in documentary film and human-rights cinema, and for founding the Human Dignity Film Institute and helping organise the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival.

Career Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi directed eight feature-length films and two documentaries.

Imprisonment 2019 prosecution In March 2019, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Tun of the Yangon Region Military Command filed a complaint against him under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law over ten Facebook posts written between February and March 2019. The posts criticised the military's role in parliament and its opposition to constitutional amendment efforts. He was later charged under Section 505(a) of Myanmar's Penal Code. On 29 August 2019, the Insein Township Court sentenced him to one year of imprisonment with labour under Section 505(a). International and domestic rights groups criticised the prosecution as a restriction on freedom of expression.

He was released from Insein Prison on 21 February 2020 after completing his sentence.