In Cairo in 2009 Lexington met a pro-reform academic, Nader Fergany, still seething six years on.

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Obama then met pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the lakeside home where she spent years under house arrest.

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During the two-day trip earlier this month, the secretary-general met with authorities and asked them to immediately release all political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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