Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi presses party's case

Source: Business Week

YANGON, MYANMAR

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on a legal offensive, filing a document with the country's High Court as part of an effort to have her political party regain legal status.

Suu Kyi's trip to the court Tuesday was her first visit downtown since being released from house arrest on Saturday. She had been detained continuously for more than seven years ...

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United States to meet with Myanmar after Suu Kyi release
Reuters and The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 1:15AM EST
Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 2:36PM EST
The United States plans to hold talks with Myanmar’s new military-backed rulers as it assesses U.S. sanctions after the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Department said on Monday ... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/united-states-to-meet-with-myanmar-after-suu-kyi-release/article1800456/

17 November 2010 Last updated at 06:21 ET Share this pageFacebookTwitterShareEmailPrint
Why was Aung San Suu Kyi released?
By Adam Mynott
BBC News, Rangoon
Why did they let her out? The Burmese military autocracy has found plenty of reasons to keep Aung San Suu Kyi in detention for most of the past two decades. If having an American swim across a lake towards your home is enough to add 18 months to the sentence as it did in 2008, the generals could have found a compelling reason to keep the 65-year-old democracy campaigner under house arrest for a few more years without any difficulty at all. But they let her out on the day her extended sentence ended and with no conditions attached to her release ... There has been very little coverage or comment on the election result which cemented the generals in power for five years; it has been smothered by news of the release of Ms Suu Kyi ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11774522