Priority Cases
Aung San Suu Kyi, Prisoner of Conscience
MYANMAR
 Aung San Suu Kyi, © Chris Robinson |
The military rulers of Myanmar have jailed thousands of people in their continuing efforts to crush all dissenting views. Most prominent of those detained is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been the beacon of hope and change for nearly two decades in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi, co-founded the National League for Democracy (NLD), a pro-democracy political party that sought to counter the military junta that had reigned over Myanmar since 1962. In 1990, the NLD won almost 80 percent of the parliamentary seats in a general election. Surprised at the landslide victory, the military junta refused to transfer power to Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD, and jailed scores of political activists.
For 14 of the past 20 years, Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced "Awng Sahn Soo Chee") has endured unofficial detention, house arrest and restrictions on her movement. She continues to be held under house arrest in Yangon.
Amnesty International seeks the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar.
Stand with Suu Kyi!Photograph yourself and others with a sign reading, "I Stand with Aung San Suu Kyi and the People of Myanmar." Help us gather at least 2,100 photos to represent the 2,100 political prisoners
detained in Myanmar!
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