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| Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (C) looks on following a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (left) at a hotel in Yangon on Nov. 4, 2009.Photograph by: Hla Hla Htay, AFP/Getty Images |
The Daily Telegraph
YANGON, Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi, who went from English housewife to Myanmar's oppposition leader and world famous political prisoner, is a powerful symbol of the struggle against dictatorship in one of the world's most oppressive countries.
Yet despite her steely determination in confronting the generals, the former Burma has moved no closer to democracy after 48 years of brutal military rule, holding an election on Sunday that the military junta's party won easily.
Detained for 15 of the past 21 years, the 65-year-old pro-democracy leader appears on the cusp of freedom.
Her latest term of house arrest expires on Saturday. Hundreds gathered outside her party headquarters, but the country's reclusive military rulers have not indicated whether she will walk free or face yet another extension of her house arrest.
Slightly built and soft-spoken, she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and plays a crucial role in keeping world attention on Myanmar's military junta and its human rights record.
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Yet despite her steely determination in confronting the generals, the former Burma has moved no closer to democracy after 48 years of brutal military rule, holding an election on Sunday that the military junta's party won easily.
Detained for 15 of the past 21 years, the 65-year-old pro-democracy leader appears on the cusp of freedom.
Her latest term of house arrest expires on Saturday. Hundreds gathered outside her party headquarters, but the country's reclusive military rulers have not indicated whether she will walk free or face yet another extension of her house arrest.
Slightly built and soft-spoken, she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and plays a crucial role in keeping world attention on Myanmar's military junta and its human rights record.
Please click here to read more...
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