Story of Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi’s father helped to win Burma's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 and established the Tatmadaw, the Burmese army. Suu Kyi's co-founding of the National League for Democracy, a group immediately seen as a threat by the junta, and Suu Kyi's house arrest began in July of 1989. On 1990 when LND won the elections the government of Myanmar offered her freedom with the condition she goes away from Myanmar, but she denied and she lived 20 years in house arrest.

On 2007 an America man named John Yettaw visits Aung San Suu Kyi’s house, but Suu Kyi was subsequently arrested and tried for violating the terms of her arrest.
Suu Kyi was found guilty by a junta-controlled Myanmar court and sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest, which she is currently serving. This action has been condemned by human rights groups worldwide, with the Human Rights Action Center, US Campaign For Burma, the US and the UN all calling for her freedom. (4)

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