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Aung San Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

In her Nobel lecture, the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke of the hope the award kindled as she was under house arrest, and urged the world not to succumb to “compassion fatigue.”

 

Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour

For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return. Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, the democracy activist and long-time political prisoner is resuming world travels, arriving Tuesday night in neighboring Thailand after an 85-minute flight from her homeland.

 

Burma's Suu Kyi appeal rejected

Burma's Suu Kyi appeal rejected

A Burmese court rejects the latest appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an extended detention.

 

Myanmar says Suu Kyi to be freed in November: witnesses

Myanmar says Suu Kyi to be freed in November: witnesses

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.

 

Myanmar judges reject Suu Kyi's appeal: lawyers

A Myanmar court Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, just days after the US re-engaged with the country's ruling junta. Judges at a divisional court in Yangon upheld the Nobel ...

 

American leaves Myanmar after release

American leaves Myanmar after release

An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the country Sunday after a visiting U.S. senator won his release.

 

Burmese Activist Found Guilty; House Arrest to Continue

Burmese Activist Found Guilty; House Arrest to Continue

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to three years of prison, but the junta reduced that term to a year and a half of house arrest.

 

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