...rebel attack in years. By Andrew Whalen. MYANMAR-OPPOSITION YANGON, Myanmar _ A lawyer for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he has filed an appeal with the country's military government against her detention. ISRAEL-THE IRANIAN PATIENT JERUSALEM...
...by the electorate, the act of voting does not ensure a country will be democratically governed. In Burma, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory â 80 per cent of the votes â but the thuggish generals who rule the country ignored...
...the military's monopoly of political power in the southeast Asian nation. Yangon, Oct 11 : Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has submitted an appeal against the government's latest extension of her house arrest - arguing that it violates the country's...
...in the face of violent repression Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1984, Lech Walesain 1983, the Dalai Lama in 1989, Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991. (That principle had many expecting this year's award to go to Chinese dissidents who remained in prison through Beijing's...
...MYANMAR (AP) - A lawyer for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that he has filed an appeal with the country's military government against her detention. Kyi Win said the appeal, delivered Wednesday by his assistant, was based on nine grounds...
...that the ratification of the Asean Charter could pressurise military authorities in Myanmar to release democracy-leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The charter calls for the establishment of a regional Human Rights Commission. Philippines Senator Mirrian Santiago said:...
...Mbekiâs administration voted against a resolution demanding that the Burmese junta stop ethnic cleansing and free jailed Aung San Suu Kyi. Mbeki further instructed his UN ambassador to oppose a resolution condemning rape and attacks on civilians in Darfur...
...compared with nearly 1,200 in June, 2007. Among those detained is Nobel Peace Prize laureate and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for more than 12 of the past 19 years. Nyan Win said party members Soe Kywe, Khin Aye and Myint Thein...
...23, U Win Htein, was re-arrested only a few hours after his release. Burma's most famous political prisoner, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has been under house arrest for almost 13 of the past 19 years. In May of this year, her house arrest was extended...
...Ibrahim Gambari, made a sixth visit to the former Burma in August, but failed to meet the 63-year-old Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under house arrest for most of the past five years. A visit by Ban has long been discussed but no date...