Aung San Suu Kyi is planning a "peaceful" revolution
Only two days after being freed from her house arrest Aung San Suu Kyi has just challenged the junta and said that her aim for Burma is a peaceful revolution.
Speaking at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy, she said she was sure democracy would come to Burma eventually, although she did not know how long it would take.
She said she would take any opportunity to speak to ruling generals. Her release came six days after Burma held its first election in 20 years.
According to the BBC several security officials watched her interview from across the street at NLD headquarters but did not intervene.
Aung San Suu Kyi also confirmed that she was not subject to any restrictions on her freedom. But she said that she was fully prepared to take the consequences if the military government decided to lock her up again for what she said or did.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 15 of the past 21 years in detention. She was released on Saturday when her latest period of house arrest expired.
On Sunday, thousands of jubilant supporters gathered to hear her speak, as she urged Burmese people to work together for change.
Aung San Suu Kyi
- Born 1945, daughter of Burma's independence hero, General Aung San, assassinated in 1947
- 1960: Leaves Burma and is later educated at Oxford University
- 1988: Returns to care for sick mother and is caught up in revolt against then-dictator Ne Win
- 1989: Put under house arrest as Burma junta declares martial law
- 1990: NLD wins election; military disregards result
- 1991: Wins Nobel Peace Prize
- 1995: Released from house arrest, but movements restricted
- 2000: Near continuous period of house arrest begins
- Sept 2007: First public appearance since 2003, greeting protesting Buddhist monks
- November 2010: NLD boycotts first election in 20 years and is disbanded; House arrest ends
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Cruzin
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Aaah yes those "peaceful" revolutions...I guess the Velvet revolution in old Czechoslovakia was pretty peaceful for a revo?
- 1 year ago
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Cruzin
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CarolineS
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Ah "peaceful revolution"
those two words just do not go together, same with peaceful protests, sure they exist, but like the urban legend, they have never actually been "seen" to work.
Sure, bring up Ghandi (probably the most famous peaceful revolutionist?) cos his peaceful revolution really helped India didnt it? it's cheaper to have sex with a child prostitute than it is to buy condoms in some parts of india, they swim in chemical infested waters, and their working conditions to name a few, ofcourse i'm not saying this is ghandi's fault, far from it. But people seem to have rose tinted glasses when it comes to what this man actually achieved rather than done, in the long term. - 1 year ago
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CarolineS
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ayipis
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if she is waiting to for the United Nations and the coalition of peace loving terrorists loving liberals to back her up....get ready for another 15 years because they will back you up like they did in the last 15 years..
no such thing as peaceful revolution
- 1 year ago
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ayipis
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OrbViper
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ayipis:
Guess you've never heard of the Orange Revolution...or maybe even the collapse of the USSR...how about Gandhi? Ever heard of him?
- 1 year ago
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OrbViper
