Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, AC (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany, /aʊŋˌsæn.suːˈtʃiː/,Burmese pronunciation: [àʊɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tɕì]; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese Social Democratic stateswoman, politician and president of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.

Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992, she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2012, the Government of Pakistan awarded her the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Award For Democracy. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country, the fourth person ever to receive the honour. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal. On 19 September 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was also presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States.

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Myanmar, Thailand reach cooperation agreements

Xinhua 15 Aug 2018

During his visit in Nay Pyi Taw, the Thai foreign minister also held talks with Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on the same issues. At a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and Thailand, Aung San Suu Kyi said positive Myanmar-Thailand relations contribute to ......

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Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar

This is Money 15 Aug 2018

By Steve Stecklow. YANGON, Myanmar, Aug 15 (Reuters) - In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire ... and others ... 'SENDING FLOWERS' ... He said he showed a doctored picture that had spread on Facebook of the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is Buddhist, wearing a Muslim head scarf ... ....

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Mahathir hits Myanmar’s ‘grossly unjust’ treatment of Rohingya minority

Inquirer 14 Aug 2018

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia --- Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad blasted Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims and said he was "very disappointed" with leader Aung San Suu Kyi's failure to halt oppression of the group. He said Myanmar must accept that Rohingya, who have lived in the country for generations, are citizens ... /kga... ....

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Malaysia PM on China, Rohingya, Singapore, graft and sea row

Elko Daily Free Press 14 Aug 2018

Here are excerpts.. ———. AX CHINA-BACKED PROJECTS ... The projects have been suspended pending renegotiation. "We don't think they are viable. So if we can, we would like to just drop the projects," Mahathir said ... ———. STOP MILITARIZING SOUTH CHINA SEA ... "It is a warning to everyone ... Mahathir blasted Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims and said he was "very disappointed" with leader Aung San Suu Kyi's failure to halt oppression of the group ... ....

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Malaysian looks to shed China projects

NWA Online 14 Aug 2018

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia is looking to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects signed by the previous scandal-tainted government as the country digs itself out of debt, Malaysia's prime minister said Monday ... Those deals were struck by his predecessor, Najib Razak ... He denies wrongdoing ... Mahathir added that he was "very disappointed" in Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi's failure to halt the persecution ... ....

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Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad aims to scrap China deals

The Times of India 14 Aug 2018

PUTRAJAYA ... Mahathir Mohamad, at 93 the world's oldest prime minister, spoke with the Associated Press days before he heads to Beijing for his first visit since returning to power in a stunning electoral upset three months ago ... He denies wrongdoing. "We don't think we need those two projects. We don't think they are viable ... Mahathir added that he was "very disappointed" in Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's failure to halt the persecution ... ....

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The halo which once crowned Myanmar's de facto leader has not just slipped – it has been replaced by a badge of shame

The National 13 Aug 2018

As the first anniversary of the murderous violence that Myanmar's military unleashed against the Rohingya approaches, the halo that once was fixed firmly above the head of the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has not just slipped ... Long resident in Britain and married to an Oxford academic, Ms Suu Kyi was only in the country because her aged mother, the widow of Myanmar's liberation hero, general Aung San, was dying....

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US silent in face of atrocity in Myanmar

Tyler Morning Telegraph 13 Aug 2018

response has been sympathy for Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counselor of Myanmar, also known as Burma ... Aung San Suu Kyi has limited powers and does not control the generals ... If Aung San Suu Kyi had encountered such a tableau of suffering in her earlier role as a champion of the downtrodden, she would have been apalled....

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Myanmar tells BD to stop aid to Rohingya Muslims

The News International 13 Aug 2018

DHAKA ... Kyaw Tint Swe, a minister in the office of Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also made a new pledge to speed up implementation of a repatriation deal agreed with Bangladesh in November. DHAKA ... Kyaw Tint Swe, a minister in the office of Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also made a new pledge to speed up implementation of a repatriation deal agreed with Bangladesh in November. ....

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Plight of the Rohingya shames the world

The National 13 Aug 2018

Nearly a year after their horrific ordeal began, more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims languishing in refugee camps in Bangladesh are still in limbo ... “When we get this we will go home”. But most can see only a bleak future ... Pressure must be brought to bear to hold to account Myanmar authorities, as well as the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose silent complicity has enabled the victimisation of an entire people ... ....

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Myanmar asks BD to stop aid to stranded Rohingya

Dawn 13 Aug 2018

DHAKA ... They are now stuck in a narrow “no mans land” relying on international aid sent by Bangladesh. Myanmar called for the aid to be halted in talks between Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.H ... Kyaw Tint Swe, a minister in the office of Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also made a new pledge to speed up implementation of a repatriation deal agreed with Bangladesh in November ... Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2018 ... ....

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Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya

The Siasat Daily 13 Aug 2018

Dhaka ... They are now stuck in a narrow “no mans land” relying on international aid sent by Bangladesh. Myanmar called for the aid to be halted in talks between Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.H ... Kyaw Tint Swe, a minister in the office of Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also made a new pledge to speed up implementation of a repatriation deal agreed with Bangladesh in November ... AFP ....

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Mahathir wants to scrap Chinese deals

Taipei Times 13 Aug 2018

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said he will seek to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects that were signed by his predecessor as his government works to dig itself out of debt, and he blasted Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims as “grossly unjust.” ... Mahathir added that he was “very disappointed” in Burmese State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi’s failure to halt the oppression ... ....

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