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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi calls for release of Pussy Riot
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, on a landmark visit to the United States, called on Thursday for the release of jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot. The opposition lawmaker, who spent 15 years under house arrest, said she “would like the whole group to be…
Congress honors visiting democracy icon Suu Kyi
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will receive the US Congress’s highest honor on Wednesday during a landmark trip in which she has called for the lifting of sanctions on her native Myanmar. The Nobel peace laureate was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008, during the 15 years she…
Myanmar says it ends decades of media censorship
Myanmar said it had abolished media censorship on Monday in the latest in a series of rapid democratic reforms, delighting journalists who lived for decades under the shadow of the censors’ marker pen. Draconian pre-publication checks – applied in the past to everything from newspapers to song lyrics and even…
Suu Kyi ends triumphant European tour in Paris
Myanmar’s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi wraps up her triumphant tour of Europe in France on Thursday, after being lauded during her visits as a model of peaceful resistance to dictatorship. The Nobel Peace laureate — who spent almost two decades under house arrest for her freedom struggle —…
Suu Kyi set for historic British parliament address
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will on Thursday address both houses of parliament — a rare honour bestowed on only four foreign dignitaries since World War II. Suu Kyi will follow in the footsteps of US President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI when she speaks in the…
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of family’s ‘sacrifice’ in Britain
Aung San Suu Kyi began an emotional return to Britain Tuesday, visiting her former home of Oxford and speaking about the “sacrifice” her sons and late husband were forced to make. She was greeted at Oxford University, her alma mater, after taking part in a debate at the London School…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi returns to Britain after 24 years
Aung San Suu Kyi begins a bittersweet return to Britain Tuesday, during which she will be showered with honours and have an emotional family reunion after nearly a quarter of a century in Myanmar. During her four-day visit the democracy icon will also meet members of Britain’s royal family and…
Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono will meet at Oslo peace forum
Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will meet on Monday one of her biggest fans at a Norwegian peace forum — Bono, the U2 frontman and activist rock star who has written a song about her. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, who has herself received superstar treatment on a triumphant…
Nobel winner collects her prize, two decades later
Saturday was the culmination of a 22-year journey “back into the wider human community” for Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese politician and activist who finally collected her Nobel Peace Prize, as the New York Times reports. Suu Kyi accepted her award in front of a packed audience in Oslo,…
Standing ovation for Suu Kyi at Swiss parliament
A rapturous standing ovation greeted Aung San Suu Kyi at the Swiss parliament on the second day of her landmark European trip Friday, after she cancelled her engagements the night before due to exhaustion. The Myanmar democracy icon, who is on her first trip to Europe after years under house…
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