Myanmar’s Subdued Winds of Democracy

PR Log (Press Release) – Jul 04, 2009 – Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945), is Prime Minister-elect and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma.. 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 Award for International Understanding 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.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest on numerous occasions since she began her political career, totalling 13 of the past 19 years. During these periods she has been prevented from meeting her party supporters and international visitors; international visitors, likewise, have been prevented from meeting her. She lives with her two maids and receives visits from her doctor. In an interview, Suu Kyi said that whilst under house arrest she spent her time reading philosophy, politics and biographies that her husband had sent her. The media have also been prevented from visiting. On July 3, 2009, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, arrived in Myanmar on a journey seeking the release of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, having first arranged to meet with Senior Gen. Tan Shwe, the leader of the ruling junta. A Myanmar court postponed the controversial trial of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, minutes after the arrival of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the military-run country. ‘The trial has been postponed until July 10,’ Nyan Win, one of Suu Kyi's lawyers, said.

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