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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Rohingya shouldn't go back to Myanmar hurriedly

Korea Times 18 Nov 2018

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's continued refusal to condemn the military's campaign ... When Vice President Mike Pence told Suu Kyi at a summit of Southeast Asian nations that the violence that drove the Rohingya out of Myanmar was "without excuse," Suu Kyi gave a bristly response....

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Myanmar given support over Rohingya issue after US rebuke

The Star 18 Nov 2018

BEIJING. China supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after United States vice president Mike Pence offered a strong rebuke ... ....

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Taking Donald Trump's place in Asia, Mike Pence can't escape west wing drama

Hindustan Times 18 Nov 2018

world Updated. Nov 18, 2018 15.41 IST. Bloomberg ... Chiding China ... Palace Intrigue ... As Pence warned Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi about freedom of the press and called on her government to release two jailed journalists, the Trump administration was being sued by CNN for banning reporter Jim Acosta from the White House ... Pence Loyalty ... .......

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Into the hall of shame

Gulf News 17 Nov 2018

For a woman with such a distinctive pedigree, the only explanation for Aung San Suu Kyi’s spectacular fall from grace into a state of disgrace, dishonour and disgust is that she somehow managed to fool us all ... And still, Suu Kyi possesses the honour of being a Nobel Peace Prize awardee ... Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest the following year....

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Editorial: The Rohingya shouldn’t go back to Myanmar until they can be assured they won’t ...

Post-Bulletin 17 Nov 2018

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s continued refusal to condemn the military’s campaign ... When Vice President Mike Pence told Suu Kyi at a summit of Southeast Asian nations that the violence that drove the Rohingya out of Myanmar was “without excuse,” Suu Kyi gave a bristly response....

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Editorial: The Rohingya shouldn't go back to Myanmar until they can be assured they won't ...

Finger Lakes Times 17 Nov 2018

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Mike Pence's Faith-Based Foreign Policy

The Atlantic 17 Nov 2018

vice president told Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi this week during a summit in Singapore that there was no “excuse” for the Myanmar military’s violent persecution of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims ... word when discussing the fate of the Rohingya with Suu Kyi)....

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East Asia Summit members show concern over Rohingya crisis

Kyodo 17 Nov 2018

Leaders from the East Asia Summit group of countries indicated they are concerned about the Rohingya refugee crisis in a statement released Friday on their meeting in Singapore ... [Pool photo] ... Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who attended the summit meetings during the week, was severely criticized by U.S ...  . ....

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Mike Pence Says the Trump Administration has 'Defended the Freedom of the Press on a World Stage'

Newsweek 17 Nov 2018

Pence was in Singapore at the time for an international summit ... During a one-on-one meeting with the Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Pence called the arrest and jailing of the two reporters “deeply troubling” and that “in America, we believe in our democratic institutions and ideals, including a free and independent press.” ... ....

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Pence and China’s Xi deliver dueling speeches despite signs of trade detente

Philadelphia Daily News 17 Nov 2018

Reiterating U.S ... "We don't drown our partners in a sea of debt. We don't coerce or compromise your independence," Pence said. "We do not offer a constricting belt or a one-way road." ... investments for the region ... agenda in Asia, with Pence sharply rebuking Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in her country ... ....

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Pence, Xi deliver dueling speeches despite signs of trade detente

Stars and Stripes 17 Nov 2018

Reiterating U.S ... "We don't drown our partners in a sea of debt. We don't coerce or compromise your independence," Pence said. "We do not offer a constricting belt or a one-way road." ... agenda in Asia, with Pence sharply rebuking Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in her country ... .......

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Pence and Chinese leader deliver dueling speeches despite signs of trade detente

The Los Angeles Times 17 Nov 2018

Asia World Pence and Chinese leader deliver dueling speeches despite signs of trade detente ... 17. (Mick Tsikas /EPA/Shutterstock) ... Advertisement. Reiterating U.S ... investments for the region ... But the U.S ... agenda in Asia, with Pence sharply rebuking de facto Myanmarleader Aung San Suu Kyi over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in her country ... Advertisement....

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Is Mike Pence loyal? Trump is asking, despite his recent endorsement

Longview News-Journal 17 Nov 2018

“Will you? Thank you. OK, good,” the president said ... Is Mike Pence loyal? ... And before attending the Asia-Pacific summit meeting in Singapore in Trump’s absence Wednesday, Pence forcefully told Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, that political violence that caused more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee that country was “without excuse.” ... Robert P....