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April 03, 2004

Exiled Burmese Leader to be Freed
Junta to Release Aung San Suu Kyi by May

Great news for Burmese people and the world! The Burmese SPDC government announed yesterday that it may release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and allow her party, the National League for Democacy, to attend conventions aimed at transitioning Burma to democratic rule. Suu Kyi won over 80 percent of the popular vote in 1990 elections, but the ruling military government prevented her party from taking power.

Posted by: JJW / 7:49 PM
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