Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has issued a passionate manifesto for freedom.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her birthday in freedom on Sunday.
The move to cut all sentences by one year freed thousands of common criminals but left the majority of political prisoners languishing in jail.
Burma’s new military-backed government is preparing to grant an amnesty to some prisoners, an official said on Monday.
Burma’s military handed power to a nominally civilian government after almost half a century of army rule on Wednesday.
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/ 14 February 2011
Aung San Suu Kyi and her party will "meet their tragic ends" if they keep up their opposition to an end to Western sanctions, state media warned.
The party of Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi recommended on Monday maintaining Western sanctions on the country.
Burma Prime Minister Thein Sein was chosen on Friday to become the military-run country’s first civilian president in half a century.
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/ 31 January 2011
Burma’s new junta-dominated Parliament opened on Monday as lawmakers assembled in secrecy for their first legislative session since the 1980s.
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/ 30 January 2011
Burma is preparing to open its first session of Parliament in more than two decades, a major step in the ruling military’s self-styled transition.
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/ 5 December 2010
Burma opposition parties were heartened by an upsurge in applications for party membership, even though they won a few seats in November’s elections.
Burma’s Supreme Court rejected Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawsuit against the military for dissolving the National League for Democracy ahead of elections.
Western governments may be forced to reconsider sanctions after Suu Kyi’s release.
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/ 18 November 2010
China is now the only country to detain a Nobel Peace Prize laureate after Burma released Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma’s newly freed democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, returned to work for the first time in years on Monday.
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told thousands of supporters on Sunday she wanted to "work with all democratic forces".
Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began her first day of freedom in seven years on Sunday with plans for a major speech.
Burma democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi walked out of her home to rapturous cheers from thousands of supporters on Saturday.
Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Saturday, an official said.
Aung San Suu Kyi was due to be freed from house arrest on Saturday, but there was still no sign the country’s army rulers were ready to release her.
Rumour and speculation about the imminent release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi swept across Burma on Friday.
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/ 10 November 2010
Preparations are under way for the expected release of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said on Wednesday.
Burma’s military will keep its grip on power after the country’s election, backed by parties that on Monday looked set to win a controversial vote.
Polls opened under tight security in Burma’s first election in 20 years on Sunday, a scripted vote that assures army-backed parties an easy win.
Confined to her crumbling lakeside home, long-detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi poses little threat to Burma’s first election in 20 years.
Burma has said that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed after November 7 elections, as it attempts to deflect a barrage of criticism.
Fearful voters and veiled military threats ahead of Burma’s first election in two decades have turned the campaign trail into a one-sided show.
Burma will hold its first parliamentary poll in two decades on November 7, state media said on Friday, ending speculation over the timing of a vote.
Subdued religious ceremonies by activists and pro-democracy politicians marked the anniversary Sunday of the 1988 uprising.
South Africans have joined people around the world in celebrating the 65th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has now spent 5 349 days in detention.
United States President Barack Obama on Friday renewed his call for Burma’s military rulers to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged a new appeal with the Supreme Court against her house arrest in a final attempt to win freedom.