Suu Kyi

Earlier, Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer warned that she was highly unlikely to accept a conditional release if it excluded her from political activity.

Speaking as an individual, Suu Kyi called for a ceasefire saying she was ready to get involved to achieve peace in the country.

Aung San Suu Kyi's convoy was attacked in what some of her supporters believe was an assassination attempt organized by the government.

Rapprochement with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be going well since she was released from prison almost a year ago.

He said he doubts the U. S. would lift sanctions without a clear sign from Ms. Suu Kyi.

Besson said Aung San Suu Kyi was "more of a heroine than Joan of Arc" and he hoped the film would get her ongoing fight better known.

Burmese authorities told Aung San Suu Kyi she could travel to the UK but she decided not to as she feared never being allowed to return.

But when Ms. Suu Kyi emerged, she felt "happier than I can say, " she said. "We feel empowered by her. "

Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi did not respond or even smile, but onlygestured that the microphone be passed to a woman nearby.

He would have gone out of his way to grant Senator Webb a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi.

The family was based in the UK but Aung San Suu Kyi returned home in 1988 to care for her mother.

For so much of her recent life, Suu Kyi has been sequestered from normal human contact; noble ideas and fine words have kept her company.

Suu Kyi spent more than decade under house arrest for her political convictions, while Thaksin fled rather than do time for corruption.

Ms Suu Kyi says that she herself will contest one of the seats up for grabs.

Aung San Suu Kyi is facing five years in prison for allowing an eccentric American man to stay in her house without official permission.

September 2000: Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest after attempting to leave Yangon for a political meeting.

Nobel peace-prize winners (Miss Suu Kyi is one) and others have since urged him to go back to push for greater political freedoms.

The Burmese prime minister did not address leaders' concerns about Ms Suu Kyi, said Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister.

For Ms. Suu Kyi, the release ends years of isolation in which she had minimal contact with friends and family.

Though Miss Suu Kyi is under house arrest, she was able to walk to her gate andgreet the protesters.

Aung San Suu Kyi is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest for allowing an uninvited guest without official permission.

April 1988: Suu Kyi returns home to attend to her ailing mother just as pro-democracy protests erupt against the military junta.

Miss Suu Kyi would like the prisoners freed and a dialogue on national reconciliation.

In the past, talks with Miss Suu Kyi have been used as a sop to placate international opinion.

After finishing high school, Suu Kyi leaves for further study in New Delhi, where her mother is Burma's ambassador.

Among the schmaltzy watercolors was a subdued landscape with Aung San Suu Kyi's face in the corner.

Even if Miss Suu Kyi were set free, however, the generals would be watching closely to see what she does next.

The junta refused to honour the result of the last elections in 1990 when Suu Kyi's party won by a landslide.

But the statement made no mention of Aung San Suu Kyi and did not call for the release of political prisoners.

However, Ms. Suu Kyi said it was still too early to give up on sanctions for at least two reasons.

When talking about the NLD, no one can exclude Suu Kyi, who is still believed to be the most influential person among the general public.

S. President Barack Obama was the first phone with Aung San Suu Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma to the United States contact support.

All defendants were expected to be at the court with their lawyers for the verdicts -- first for Suu Kyi, then for the other three on trial.

Burmese democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi is calling on citizens in her country to work toward national reconciliation in the new year.

October 1991: Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful struggle against the regime.

Hollywood celebrities are urging the United Nations to help win the freedom of Burma's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Burma's military government has extended the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for at least six months.

In reference to a question about uprisings in the Middle East, Suu Kyi said that an Arab-style uprising would not solve Myanmar's problems.

Mr. Zhu said Ms. Suu Kyi now plays a bigger role in the political process after Myanmar's leaders removed a longtime ban on her party.

Last week, a court rejected Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against the extension of her widely condemned house arrest.

On Friday, Aung San Suu Kyi's trial was delayed for a week.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader, was allowed to meet the UN human-rights envoy, having already met President Thein Sein.

Suu Kyi's meeting with her lawyer followed last week's official NLD announcement of an election boycott.

The Myanmar government made a brief reference to Ms. Suu Kyi's release during a late-evening broadcast on a state news channel.

More than anything, the new trial and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi speaks volumes about her effectiveness as a leader.

Few details were released about the substance of what was discussed when the president met Miss Suu Kyi.

Other times they took even greater risks, like when I was taken to see where Aung San Suu Kyi was being held under house arrest.

was made as he signed legislation awarding a congressional honour to Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained opposition leader.

Senator Webb was also allowed to talk with Aung San Suu Kyi for 40 minutes in Rangoon Saturday.

We desperately need the kind of moral and principled leadership that Aung San Suu Kyi would provide.

After being placed under house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi's life is very regular, daily care for her two maids.

Cut off from politics by her house arrest, Miss Suu Kyi is anyway barred from office as the widow of a foreigner.

The United States Tuesday sharply criticized the Burmese government's decision to extend the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

He also wouldn't confirm whether the meeting was the first between a Chinese official and Ms. Suu Kyi.

One of the sayings for which Aung San Suu Kyi is most famous is her exhortation to "use your freedom to promote ours" .

This time, Miss Suu Kyi emerges into a somewhat changed political landscape.

A subsequent military coup quashed the demonstrations, during which Suu Kyi emerged as the face of democracy in Myanmar.

If convicted, Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, could face up to five years in prison.

Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma deserve nothing less than our most strenuous efforts to help them secure their freedom.

And having just sentenced Miss Suu Kyi to another 18 months' house arrest on the most preposterous of charges, just as repressive.

The party of Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel peace prize, did not even run.

For it matters, one must admit, that Suu Kyi is beautiful, a 65-year-old sylph who wears jasmine in her hair.

It has released some political prisoners, opened more dialogue with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and loosened some media controls.

The report said Ms. Suu Kyi had been set free by order of the government and that her release came with no conditions.

It was there that I first became aware of what Aung San Suu Kyi meant to her people.

Among those who initially urged against the trip, activists in the United States said, was Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ms Suu Kyi was released on Saturday after more than seven years of house arrest.

The trial of Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has concluded, and the verdict is to be announced Friday.

He is urging the general to release political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Two defense witnesses were allowed to testify for Suu Kyi during the trial.

Aung San Suu Kyi herself candidly admits that progress is not inevitable and that many challenges still remain.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of the opposition in Myanmar , met a minister from the ruling junta for the first time in two years.

The other politically significant event in Southeast Asia was the release from detention of Suu Kyi.

Supporters of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi listen to her speech at a rally in Sagaing.

To her critics, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's compromises are tarnishing her status as a near saint.

Suu Kyi spent much of her early life outside of Myanmar, studying in India and at Oxford University in England.

Before she left the area on Thursday, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was asked by reporters to comment on the hostile reaction she received.

Less than a month after Suu Kyi's plea for peace, the army unleashed another crackdown, killing hundreds.

Ms. Suu Kyi has long reached out to foreign leaders and has embraced a U. S. push to re-engage with Myanmar.

Lawyers for Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday made their final statements in her defense.

Suu Kyi walked into the court unrestricted and unaccompanied by guards, the source said.

Suu Kyi, who said her recent talks with government officials 'felt real to me, ' unlike previous talks in earlier decades.

Right now, Suu Kyi is in the eye of a storm, a place of deceptive tranquility.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's democracy movement, met a government minister and took a brief drive outside Yangon.

Gratefully, we bid our driver goodbye. He reached into his pocket again, offering me Suu Kyi's picture as a gift.

The regime is notorious for repression, most famously of dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy.

Suu Kyi's trial had already been widely condemned by the international community.

On three occasions, Suu Kyi and her supporters have been attacked by mysterious thugs, with resulting fatalities.

The junta has taken a small, promising first step by appointing its deputy labor minister as a liaison to Ms. Suu Kyi.

Amongst Sittwe's Muslims, the otherwise universal admiration for Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition, is tempered.

Before being led from the courtroom, Aung San Suu Kyi walked over to the diplomats and thanked them for attending her trial.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party said it would participate in Myanmar's forthcoming by-elections.

If Thein Sein's talks with Suu Kyi are to amount to more than a cup of tea, there must be some outcomes.

Suu Kyi will likely test the reforms by standing for a vacant parliamentary seat early next year.

But Myanmar's military junta disqualified Suu Kyi from serving because of her house arrest and annulled the election results.

Q: French President Sarkozy reportedly said that China influenced the Myanmar Government in its freeing of Madam Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 12 of the last 18 years under detention, and is currently under house arrest in Rangoon.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won elections in 1990, but was never allowed to govern.

Suu Kyi has expressed dissatisfaction through her lawyer with the formation of the new breakaway party.

Suu Kyi remains under house arrest, with her latest term of detention expiring on 13 November.

To counter the uproar, President Thein Sein appointed Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi to lead an official investigation into the mine and the episode.

He also met with some of the political opposition, though not with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Both the U. S. and Europe have said they will rely heavily on Ms. Suu Kyi's advice when making their decisions.

The junta refused to recognize the results and has kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for most of the years since.

Aung San Suu Kyi said: "Let us exchange it directly to the national reconciliation and dialogue. "

The one dissident who could probably recast this debate is Miss Suu Kyi, the international face of principled resistance to military rule.

It is reported that Hillary Clinton often praised Aung San Suu Kyi that she inspired.

Miss Suu Kyi's sway over international opinion is an important reason for the regime to engage her.

Aung San Suu Kyi used her speech to highlight continuing issues in Burma, including political prisoners and ongoing clashes.

Its leaders, Miss Suu Kyi above all, are cut off from the news, advice and debate to make informed decisions.

International pressure for the release of Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from prison is mounting.

Having Miss Suu Kyi to stand and fight is not part of the programme.

The NLD overwhelmingly won at the polls in 1990, which presumably would have made Suu Kyi the nation's Prime Minister.

Burma's highest court has rejected an appeal to allow more defense witnesses in the trial of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

That deadly fighting and the renewed ban on Aung San Suu Kyi's political activities are reminiscent of Burma's former military leadership.

To date, ASEAN has expressed "deep disappointment" with Burma's military rulers for extending Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest.

But more than 2, 000 are believed still to be detained, including Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition.

A European Union delegation was expected Tuesday in Rangoon for talks with Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

No Burmese embassy officials met the protesters, who called for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take up their cause.

He is said to have spent a lot of time at the house praying. He is a Mormon; Miss Suu Kyi is a devout Buddhist.

Ms Suu Kyi's lawyers have described Mr Yettaw's release as a "very ugly" turn.

The European Union called for the Burmese government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Some of the grumblers spoke to journalists who were writing a long feature on Miss Suu Kyi that appeared in The Guardian this month.

The military junta would then quietly extend Suu Kyi's detention well beyond next year's planned elections, they feared.

Two of Aung San Suu Kyi's assistants and the American man, John Yettaw, are on trial facing similar charges.

Like many travelers, I was deterred by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's calls for a tourism boycott.

But Miss Suu Kyi will no longer be the lone voice of political opposition in Myanmar.

July 1995: Suu Kyi is released from house arrest but remains in Myanmar, fearing she will never be let back into the country if she leaves.

The offensive also appears timed to divert attention from the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained opposition leader.

As a former comrade of independence hero Aung San, he maintained a close friendship with Suu Kyi's mother Khin Kyi and the family.

"Personally, I am for re-registration, " Aung San Suu Kyi said in her speech to the delegates.

The decision came after a conversation Thursday evening on Air Force One between Mr. Obama and Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

But like Ms. Suu Kyi, U. S. officials have stopped short of advocating lifting sanctions until more progress is seen.

Suu Kyi's high-profile trial has earned Myanmar widespread international condemnation.

The Associated Press quoted Aung San Suu Kyi saying fear paralyzes people, rendering them dumb and passive.

Myanmar's state media issued its first criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi since her release from house arrest last November.

At another location, on campus at New York's Queen College, Aung San Suu Kyi tailored her speech to students.

Burma has defended its prosecution of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an Asian security summit in Singapore.

Yettaw is also charged with violating Suu Kyi's house arrest and faces the same penalty as the housekeepers.

New rules establish that "criminals" cannot participate in the polling, and Miss Suu Kyi is counted among them.

It broke off from Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) to contest the election. The NLD boycotted the polls.

Twenty-one years after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Burma'sAung San Suu Kyi has finally accepted her prize.

They should surround Suu Kyi and help her by providing real information and supporting her activities.

Perhaps the most striking picture in the collection shows Aung San Suu Kyi walking down a snowy track in the mountains of Bhutan.

The junta's order reduced the sentences of two women who lived with Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months' house arrest each.

Some observers are predicting polls by October, one month before Miss Suu Kyi's current term of house arrest ends.

Nan Tin is also a refugee, forced into exile after the 1988 student uprising that led to the rise of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

This week Miss Suu Kyi implied that, if these amendments are passed, the NLD might contest by-elections due soon.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said releasing Suu Kyi was crucial to pave the way for planned elections in Burma next year.

He reached into his pocket again, offering me Suu Kyi's picture as a gift.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi freed in Myanmar is undoubtedly a "major incident. "

Some analysts have cautioned against underestimating Ms. Suu Kyi, though.

Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was initially sentenced to three years' detention.

His intrusion has angered many Burmese activists for jeopardizing Aung San Suu Kyi's situation.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

A Burmese news magazine has published an interview with the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu Kyi allowed an uninvited American man who swam to the house to stay two nights without official permission.

A military court in Burma this month sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, to an additional 18 months of house arrest.

On picnics in the English countryside, Suu Kyi wore shorts and drank soda; she gave little hint of the democracy icon she would become.

In Burma, a court has rejected an appeal for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won Burma's last elections in 1990, but the military refused to honor the results.

Like many leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi has had to make great personal sacrifices.

Many of Ms. Suu Kyi's backers oppose registration, which could be tantamount to relinquishing their claim to power.

That is when the regime has clamped down hard before, forcing Miss Suu Kyi to endure years of house arrest.

As Aung San Suu Kyi surely appreciates, American policy is never wholly altruistic.

Aung San Suu Kyi is being held in a lodge inside the Insein Prison in Rangoon.

July 1989: Suu Kyi, an increasingly outspoken critic of the junta, and her deputy, Tin Oo, are put under house arrest.

First and foremost, listen to Suu Kyi and the ethnic nationalities. How are they responding? What is their analysis? What are their desires?

The other foiled democracy movement was in 1988, when Suu Kyi found herself literally thrust on the political stage.

Aung San Suu Kyi is very quiet, not as frequent as before, video and author. Night time, Yun Deng see her family lit only dim light.

The unprecedented access to Aung San Suu Kyi comes just days after her house arrest was extended to another 18 months.

Nyan Win said Campbell would meet Suu Kyi in a government guesthouse on Monday afternoon.

kasaganahan: We must sustain the public outcry and outrage over the junta's recent verdict of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Obama called for Suu Kyi's "immediate, unconditional release. "

Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years, was driven to a government guesthouse to meet the diplomats.

Miss Suu Kyi now routinely features on the itinerary of senior foreign visitors.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, the NLD, won national elections in 1990 but was barred from taking power.

But Ms. Suu Kyi and other opposition leaders have moral legitimacy, the support of the Burmese people and the support of the world.

The pressure has yet to result in reforms in the isolated state or brought Aung San Suu Kyi's freedom.

Ms. Suu Kyi, meanwhile, has softened her position on inviting tourists.

Yet even if the NLD is a spent political force, Miss Suu Kyi is not.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the totemic opposition leader, was released in November.

Not unwillingly, Than Shwe seized power from the then army chief Saw Maung in 1992 and decided not to transfer power to Suu Kyi.

According to him, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi also needs to promote participation of the ethnic nationalities to build a genuine union.

It is clear Ms. Suu Kyi will play a crucial role in determining when, and whether, sanctions are removed.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won Burma's last elections in 1990 but the military never allowed them to take power.

Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle to bring democracy to Burma earned her the Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

propelahead: I consider Aung San Suu Kyi's conviction by the Burmese military junta a load of crap.

It then released the opposition leader and Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Some had traveled from rural areas, while many wore T-shirts bearing the words, 'We Stand With Suu Kyi. '

A government official declined Monday to comment on Ms. Suu Kyi's latest remarks, because he hadn't seen a full transcript.

If convicted, Suu Kyi, her housekeepers, and Yettaw have 60 days in which to appeal.

Suu Kyi's party wins a landslide victory, but the military refuses to hand over power.

The vote is the first since a 1990 landslide win by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's party that was never recognised by the junta.

This year again, Miss Suu Kyi advised the League to boycott the election.

Speculation has been increasing that Myanmar might release Ms. Suu Kyi soon after the vote.

August 19, with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, President Wu Dengsheng capital Naypyidaw Myanmar met.

A lot has changed since Ms. Suu Kyi last walked free in 2003 that could make her efforts to rebuild the opposition more difficult.

This week Miss Suu Kyi's initial sentence was for three years' hard labour.

US officials suggest Clinton will go to Burma with eyes wide open and that Aung San Suu Kyi gave the green light for the visit.

But it is hard for Western governments to lift them without Ms Suu Kyi's backing.

This undated photo shows Suu Kyi meeting with General Than Shwe.

After Ms. Suu Kyi's party won, however, the election was annulled .

Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi acknowledged what she called "defects" in the party.

Aung San Suu Kyi performed an extraordinary act of bravery during Mr. Gambari's most recent trip.

Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will refuse to vote in the first general election in 20 years.

warlockp: the military junta in Myanmar has nothing to do but harrass Aung San Suu Kyi.

The question now is how Miss Suu Kyi will fit into the new set-up.

They also let him meet Aung San Suu Kyi, something even UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon couldn't do.

Ms. Suu Kyi said, however, that party leaders long ago gave up on any claim to power from the 1990 vote.

Miss Suu Kyi, whose political party won the 1990 election by a landslide, has spent most of the past 20 years in detention.

I pledge that I will not rest until Aung San Suu Kyi, and all the people of Burma, are free.

We all know the Burmese government has kept Aung San Suu Kyi in prison or house arrest for almost all of the last 18 years.

People gather outside the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's political party in Rangoon.

greeting Aung San Suu Kyi with chants of "be healthy. "

An even longer game, then, for Miss Suu Kyi and her supporters.

Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was British, and their two children have lived in the west for most of their lives.

Aung San Suu Kyi had lived under house arrest for 15 of the last 21 years until her release on Saturday November 13, 2010.

In addition to talking to Suu Kyi, Thein Sein made two other announcements last month.

Yet few doubt but that Miss Suu Kyi will be put away for even longer.

Suu Kyi's party won a landslide majority in the 1990 election, the result of which was not honored by the junta.

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house detention. Her trial on the latest charges begins on Monday.

Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters have time and again offered to dialogue with the regime.

Aung San Suu Kyi's defense team had requested four witnesses but was only allowed two, while the prosecution was allowed 14.

Ms Suu Kyi has met government leaders.

'She's an amazing lady, ' said Mr. Chen, who hadn't met Ms. Suu Kyi before.

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, visited Burma on July 3 and 4, but was denied access to Suu Kyi.

Ms Suu Kyi's NLD party has boycotted the poll.

They argued against Aung San Suu Kyi being charged under laws of the 1974 constitution because it was abolished in 1988.

The following year Aung San Suu Kyi said she would use the $1. 3m prizemoney to establish a health and education trust for Burmese people.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party is boycotting the polls because of what it calls unfair and undemocratic election laws.

Might Miss Suu Kyi's release be next?

Ms. Suu Kyi quickly aroused the ire of top generals, though, and they placed her under house arrest in 1989.

Michelle Yeoh, the actor playing the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a forthcoming film, has been refused entry to Burma.

In Aung San Suu Kyi, he could not have a more reasonable opponent.

Suu Kyi, who has been under arrest for 14 of the past 20 years, was given an additional 18-month sentence.

People in Burma are really angry, and they really want to show their desire for release of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Many of its leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, are anyway barred from contesting the poll.

People in Burma are really angry and they want to show their desire for release of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ms Suu Kyi, for example, is more relaxed about tourists visiting Burma so long as they avoid state-run tours.

The NLD boycotted elections last year because of a law that prevented Aung San Suu Kyi from competing.

Two women who live in the house with Aung San Suu Kyi also were convicted and sentenced to three years, which was reduced to 18 months.

Miss Suu Kyi has been in different forms of detention for almost all the past 20 years.

I think of my sister Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi every day.

Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Burmese Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi in Rangoon (Photo: AP)

China confirms its meeting with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma Orders Aung San Suu Kyi's Party to Halt Political Activity

Suu Kyi makes first trip abroad in 24 years

A recent film about the life and legacy of Aung San Suu Kyi, starring the Hong Kong super star, Michelle Yeoh