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People are beginning to question the judgement of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s icon of democracy, and an interview she gave about the Rohingya will add to those doubts.
Whilst the ongoing reform in Burma is good, thousands are still being trapped within their villages. Why doesn’t Aung San Suu Kyi stand up for the Rohingya?
Feted in the West, Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces difficult political problems at home.
The Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi asks Britain for help to bring ‘greater opportunities’ to her country as she makes a historic address to the Palace of Westminster.
Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Oxford to receive an honorary doctorate – and tells Channel 4 News being back there made her feel younger again.
The daughter of Burmese democracy is being feted like a rock star and treated like a president as she tours Europe. Today, on her 67th birthday, Aung San Suu Kyi is going “home” to Oxford for what will be a deeply poignant and bittersweet visit.
On the first day of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the UK, she emphasises the importance of the “rule of law” as a means to achieving democracy.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi receives a rapturous reception in Thailand by crowds celebrating her first trip outside Myanmar in nearly a quarter of a century.
John Sparks blogs on Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to back down in a dispute over the wording of the country’s parliamentary oath.
Gary Gibbon
En route to Burma with David Cameron. The Burma trip will be the first by a British Prime Minister ever, according to FCO archivists who have been tasked with scouring the records. It’ll be the first by a sitting Western head of government since the military took control in 1962.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party says the pro-democracy campaigner has won a seat in historic by-elections in the country. But could allegations of intimidation undermine the regime’s push for legitimacy?
Foreign Secretary William Hague says a “long darkness” in Burma may be ending – but calls jointly with democracy campaigner Suu Kyi for more changes before sanctions can be lifted.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s life under house arrest would have been lacking without the presence of an unlikely hero – “Hairy Cornflake” Dave Lee Travis.
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been reunited with her son after 11 years apart. The pro-democracy leader was released from house arrest earlier in November.
“If my people are not free, how can you say I’m free? We are not free. Either we are all free together or we are all not free together,” Aung San Suu Kyi told her supporters today.