Tag: Aung San Suu Kyi
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Suu Kyi writes to PM Modi condemning Amarnath attack
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, condemning the terror attack that killed seven Amarnath pilgrims, the government said on Thursday. Suu Kyi also offered condolences to the victims of the July 10 terror attack. "Myanmar State Counsellor @OfficialSuuKyi writes to PM @narendramodi, condemns #AmarnathYatraattack and offers heartfelt …
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July 14, 2017 -
Aung San Suu Kyi meets Pope
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met Pope Francis at the Vatican for 23-minute-long private audience. Informed sources described Aung San Suu Kyi's audience with Francis as "extremely relaxed". She gave the Pope a traditional Myanmarese ornament made from Alabaster while the pontiff gifted Aung San Suu Kyi a medal made …
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May 4, 2017 -
Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing of Myanmar minority
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights council agreed to investigate allegations against the army. “I don't think there is ethnic cleansing going on. I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening,” Suu Kyi …
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April 6, 2017 -
By-election begins in Myanmar
A multi-party parliamentary by-election began across Myanmar on Saturday with two million eligible voters. A total of 94 candidates including 16 female are competing for 19 vacant seats in 22 townships, Xinhua news agency reported. It is the first by-election since the new government, led by the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), took office …
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April 1, 2017 -
NLD leader’s death
Sunday’s killing of a Muslim lawyer and member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy outside Yangon’s international airport is emblematic of the deepening crisis within. It testifies to the surge in anti-Muslim sentiment that has been sweeping the country, and not merely in Rakhine province, dominated by the persecuted Rohingyas. Ever since …
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January 30, 2017 -
Boris Johnson, Suu Kyi hold talks on economic reforms
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson on Saturday lauded talks with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, which he said included positive exchanges on economic reforms and human rights in the Southeast Asian country. Johnson met Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi on Friday night, as part of his …
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January 21, 2017 -
Nobel laureates criticize Aung San Suu Kyi over Rohingya
Activists including nearly a dozen fellow Nobel peace laureates are criticizing Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. They say she has failed to ensure equal rights for the minority Rohingya people in Rakhine state, where they say more than 30,000 people have been displaced in a humanitarian crisis. The criticism is contained in an open …
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December 29, 2016 -
UN urges Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to listen to her ‘inner voice’
Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize winner, has faced growing global criticism for not stopping the military campaign.
December 9, 2016 -
World must stop Myanmar abuse
Following the end of almost fifty years of military rule in Myanmar and the release of Nobel Laureate leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2011.
December 5, 2016 -
World must stop Myanmar abuse
Following the end of almost fifty years of military rule in Myanmar and the release of Nobel Laureate leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2011.
December 5, 2016 -
Relentless persecution
The irony is cruel. The persecution of the Rohingyas has intensified in Myanmar with the change of guard — from the junta to a democratic dispensation under Aung San Suu Kyi. The democratic world had expected quite the contrary, if not a distinct measure of improvement in the condition of the stateless minorities of Rakhine …
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November 23, 2016 -
Relentless persecution
The irony is cruel. The persecution of the Rohingyas has intensified in Myanmar with the change of guard — from the junta to a democratic dispensation under Aung San Suu Kyi. The democratic world had expected quite the contrary, if not a distinct measure of improvement in the condition of the stateless minorities of Rakhine …
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November 23, 2016 -
Choosing the side of oppressors
In its 14 November issue the Bangkok Post reports, “Myanmar’s Rakhine state was hit by fresh waves of violence over the weekend with more than 30 ‘insurgents’ killed during two days of fighting, the military said, as proof emerged of atrocities against villagers.” Another news outlet, Myanmar Observer has reported that Myanmar Army has rained …
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November 21, 2016 -
‘Bangladesh to work with Myanmar on Rohingya issues’
Bangladesh, which has over 500,000 Muslim Rohingyas residing in its refugee camps, has said it is looking forward to working with Myanmar to find a permanent solution to the issue. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this in her address at the UN General Assembly ‘Leaders’ Summit on Refugees’. In her address at the summit …
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September 21, 2016 -
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to get humanitarian award
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar will be honored as the 2016 humanitarian of the year by students and faculty at the Harvard Foundation. Suu Kyi gained international prominence as the General Secretary of the newly formed National League for Democracy in Myanmar in 1990. She became one of the world’s …
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September 17, 2016 -
Sanctions against Myanmar to be lifted soon: Obama
The United States would "soon" lift its sanctions against Myanmar, the US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday but stopped short of giving a time frame for this. "The United States is now prepared to lift sanctions that have been imposed on Burma for quite some time. It is the right thing to do in …
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September 14, 2016 -
Sanctions relief on agenda as Suu Kyi meets Obama
Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest visit to Washington signals her transformation from long-imprisoned heroine of Myanmar’s democracy struggle to a national leader focused on economic growth. President Barack Obama will meet with Suu Kyi at the White House on Wednesday and will discuss rolling back more of the sanctions that were applied when the nation …
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September 14, 2016