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Will Aung San Suu Kyi be freed from house arrest in 2009?
Background: Aung San Suu Kyi, born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, and a noted prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance.
Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru peace prize by the Government of India for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship.
She is currently under detention, with the Burmese junta repeatedly extending her detention.
According to the results of the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi earned the right to be Prime Minister, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, but her detention by the military junta prevented her from assuming that role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru peace prize by the Government of India for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship.
She is currently under detention, with the Burmese junta repeatedly extending her detention.
According to the results of the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi earned the right to be Prime Minister, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, but her detention by the military junta prevented her from assuming that role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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IAfrica.com 27 weeks ago
Myanmar is facing intense international pressure to release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after she was imprisoned ahead of a new trial next week for breaching the terms of her
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France24 27 weeks ago
Burma's ruling military junta has come under intense international pressure to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after charging her on Thursday with violating the terms of her house
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Sydney Morning Herald 27 weeks ago
Burma is facing intense international pressure to release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after she was imprisoned ahead of a new trial next week for breaching the terms of her
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AFP via Yahoo! 27 weeks ago
YANGON (AFP) Myanmar is facing intense international pressure to release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after she was imprisoned ahead of a new trial next week for breaching the terms of her
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News24.com 27 weeks ago
Washington - The United States on Thursday called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi, as Western governments condemned new charges brought against the pro-democracy icon by Myanmar's military junta. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said
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Neighbors of Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi say about 20 police officers have entered her compound, following reports that an American man was detained after entering her home.
The Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported Thursday that an American man was arrested the previous day for allegedly swimming across a lake and entering Suu Kyi's lakeside home.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOt0QthwzdLlu_eweWMUqit_keBAD98155PG0
Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years' jail and hard labour by a Myanmar court Tuesday, but the head of the ruling junta commuted the punishment to 18 months' house arrest, a minister said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQxcwBbwFSSuvjJ5w3ErjFZZhMpA
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