Aung San Suu Kyi- Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's detained opposition leader who could soon be released from house arrest, was a political newcomer when she took up the struggle for democracy in 1988.
Following are the major events in the history of her role in Burma's politics since a military crackdown in 1988 and the formation of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party that followed.
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US national John Yettaw is arrested for swimming uninvited across a lake to her home and spending two days there. Suu Kyi placed on drip again shortly afterwards for dehydration and low blood pressure
Charged with breaching terms of her detention
2010:
Her party announces it will boycott the vote
Suu Kyi lodges last-ditch appeal with Supreme Court against her detention
Supreme Court hears her appeal against detention
Following are the major events in the history of her role in Burma's politics since a military crackdown in 1988 and the formation of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party that followed.
1988:
- August: Thousands of people believed killed after troops open fire on mass protests. Suu Kyi, daughter of independence hero Aung San, delivers a speech at Rangoon's Shwedagon Pagoda to a crowd of 500,000
- September: Military takes charge with the creation of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
- Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is formed.
1989:
- July: Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest
1990:
- May: Her NLD wins 392 out of 485 seats in parliamentary elections but the junta refuses to recognise the results
1991:
- October: Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994:
- September/October: Talks with junta number one and three, Senior General Than Shwe and Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt
1995:
- July: Released after six years under house arrest
1996:
- May: Some 10,000 supporters of Suu Kyi march in Rangoon in the biggest demonstration since 1990, which the junta declares illegal.
1999:
- March: Her husband Michael Aris, a British academic, dies from cancer having not seen his wife in four years
2000:
- August: Suu Kyi defies order confining her to Rangoon. Again placed under house arrest the following month after attempting to travel to Mandalay
2002:
- May: Released after 19 months under house arrest
2003:
- May: Arrested in the country's north after a violent clash between her supporters and a pro-junta group leaves four dead
- September: Moved to her Rangoon home and placed under house arrest for a third time
2007:
- September: Suu Kyi prays with Buddhist monks outside her home during a monk-led uprising against escalating fuel costs, in her first public appearance since 2003
2008:
- May: Her detention is extended again three days after a referendum is held to confirm a new constitution that paves the way for an election in 2010
- August/September: Refuses food and placed on intravenous drip
- October: Appeals through her lawyers against her detention
2009:
- May: Appeal against detention is rejected
US national John Yettaw is arrested for swimming uninvited across a lake to her home and spending two days there. Suu Kyi placed on drip again shortly afterwards for dehydration and low blood pressure
Charged with breaching terms of her detention
- August: Given another 18 months of house arrest
- November: Appeals detention at Supreme Court
2010:
- February: Supreme Court rejects appeal
- March: Suu Kyi says she opposes contesting the election because of rules that forbid prisoners from being members of political parties.
Her party announces it will boycott the vote
- May: The NLD is forcibly dissolved by the junta
Suu Kyi lodges last-ditch appeal with Supreme Court against her detention
- October: She says she will refuse to vote
Supreme Court hears her appeal against detention
- November: Suu Kyi remains in detention at her lakeside mansion as Burma holds its first election in 20 years
- Officials say preparations are under way for her expected release
( telegraph.co.uk )
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