Posts Tagged ‘Aung San Suu Kyi’
January 2nd, 2012
A film festival featuring Burma’s leading artists and dissidents will test the regime’s commitment to reform. Wei Mar reports
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December 12th, 2011
Censorship on many business and crime publications in
Burma has been eased, but news titles are to be kept under strict regulations. Following changes introduced last week, 54 journals, magazines and books will no longer have to submit their content to censors prior to publication. News media will still be subject to the same pre-publication censorship, which is said to be the most restrictive in the world, although officials have advised this too will be eased in time. Images of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi are now permitted in the media.
November 13th, 2010
The Burmese pro-democracy activist has been freed from house arrest. Here, we republish an article first published in Index on Censorship in 1993
PLUS: Read Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech “Freedom From Fear”, here
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November 11th, 2010
The latest appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest has been
rejected by Burma’s top court. There is still hope that she will be released because her current detention order expires this weekend. Her youngest son has been
permitted a visa to enter the country, leading to speculation he will be allowed to see his mother for the first time in 10 years. However, Suu Kyi’s lawyer has said she would
not accept a release with conditions set to inhibit her political activity.
June 18th, 2010
Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi marks her 65th birthday today, under house arrest in Rangoon. Here, we republish an article she wrote in honour of her father Aung San, which first appeared in the January 1992 edition of Index on Censorship magazine.
Read “Freedom from fear” here
March 10th, 2010
Burma’s junta has set out laws governing the general election promised later this year, the new rules underline fears the vote is intended to consolidate military power under a
democratic façade. The country’s state-run newspapers today published the election commission law, the first of five pieces of legislation which were formally passed on Monday. Under its terms, the military Government will appoint a five-person commission responsible for supervising the election, ensuring it keeps control over proceedings. “This demonstrates that the generals will dominate the entire process,” said Mark Farmaner of
Burma Campaign UK. “If this election were a football match the generals would be playing in both teams, as well as being the referee.” No date has been announced for the election, and it seems unlikely that the junta will meet the condition that major Western governments regard as the minimum for a fair election – the release from custody of democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
February 15th, 2010
Burma’s junta has released the co-founder of the National League for Democracy,
Tin Oo after nearly seven years in detention. Tin, who established the League with Aung San Suu Kyi, has been granted freedom shortly before a UN envoy is due to visit Burma to evaluate the regime’s progress on human rights. His release has prompted hopes that Aung San Suu Kyi will also be free.
December 21st, 2009
Burma’s highest court has provisionally agreed to review the most recent extension of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest. Suu Kyi’s lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court last month after a lower court upheld a decision to sentence her to 18 more months of house arrest. The legal team argued that her house arrest extension was unlawful. Suu Kyi’s current sentence ensures she cannot participate in Burma”s first elections in two decades that are scheduled for next year. Read more
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