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Aung San Suu Kyi has remained silent on the plight of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims. With her criticism of “discrimination”, is she now changing her tune?
World leaders have been beating a path to Burma for months now to meet Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein. So why is Barack Obama so late to the party?
Aung San Suu Kyi and her newly elected colleagues in the National League for Democracy are boycotting the opening of the Burmese parliament in protest at the oath of office.
Years of western pressure did not bring change to Burma. Was it wariness of Chinese which did the trick? Or did the generals understand after the “saffron revolution” in 2007, when monks took to the streets, that they could not keep power forever? Was it Cyclone Nargis? The endless patience of Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it one man, U Thein Sein, who saw a moment to make history?
Gary Gibbon
The PM is now dining with Aung San Suu Kyi before flying home from Rangoon. He won ASSK’s strong support for suspending EU sanctions, as he knew he would – it was largely her idea.
For the first time in decades, the Burmese people have been able to express their political will – after a landslide election victory for Aung San Suu Kyi.
Aung San Suu Kyi hails her historic by-election victory as a triumph of the people and ushers in a “new era” of politics and national reconciliation.
Foreign Secretary William Hague says Burma has promised to release political prisoners and continue reforms. He is due to meet democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.
Jon Snow
It’s been a hot news period. Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and the freedom of Paul and Rachel Chandler from their kidnap ordeal in Somalia. So spare a thought for the future governance of the United Kingdom…or not.
Burma’s military junta has taken steps to ensure it does not lose the country’s general election – which meant opposition groups such as Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy had to decide whether it was actually worthwhile taking part.
Myanmar’s military has long dominated the country’s political life, but now faces its most sustained threat ever.
Protesters have returned to the streets in Myanmar, despite yesterday’s violence in which 38 people died.
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called for the safe and dignified return of the Rohingya people to Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of the Muslim minority have fled what the UN has called a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Speaking during a visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh, and ahead of meeting Aung San Suu…
The Pope has shared a stage with Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi – and delivered a speech in the country’s capital. But he failed to mention the Rohingya crisis which has led to more than 600,000 Muslims fleeing the country. He did however give a clear message about religious tolerance and the rights…
Myanmar has signed a deal with Bangladesh to send hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back home. Earlier today Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi met the Bangladeshi foreign minister to discuss the details of the agreement. They say repatriations will begin within the next two months. More than 600 thousand people have crossed…