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'Powerless' son says Aung San Suu Kyi's life may be at risk due to serious health problems
Myanmar's deposed leader has gum disease and struggles to eat but son, Kim Aris, says requests for help made by prison officers have been denied.
Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in London. Talking about how he fears his mum could die in prison.
September 2023. London, UK.
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Aung San Suu Kyi meets Swedish PM
June 12, 2017 - Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at a news conference at the Rosenbad government office in Stockholm. The two leaders discussed bilateral matters as well as alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military against Myanmar's Rohingya minority(Rob Schoenbaum/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Willy Brandt prize
April 11, 2014 - Berlin, Berlin,Germany: Myanmar human rights activist and politician Aung San Suu Kyi receives the International Willy Brandt Award from Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister as well as Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and former SPD politician Egon Bahr at Willy Brandt Haus. Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Berlin for the first time before she continues next week to France. (Hermann Bredehorst/Polaris)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Willy Brandt prize
April 11, 2014 - Berlin, Berlin,Germany: Myanmar human rights activist and politician Aung San Suu Kyi receives the International Willy Brandt Award from Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister as well as Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and former SPD politician Egon Bahr at Willy Brandt Haus. Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Berlin for the first time before she continues next week to France. (Hermann Bredehorst/Polaris)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Refugees hold pictures of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Mae La refugee camp, where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits India
November 14, 2012 - New Delhi, India: Chairperson of The National League for Democracy of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi sprinkles rose petals as she pays tribute at Rajghat,The Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on November 14, 2012. Suu Kyi is in India for a seven-day visit. (Baldev/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Aung San Suu Kyi in Tokyo
April 16, 2013, Tokyo, Japan: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the National League for Democracy, visited the Japanese National Diet (parliament) and met with Kenji Hirata, President of the House of Councillors. She called for Japanese investment and economic aid that would create jobs in the Southeast Asian economy. (Hitoshi Katanoda/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits India
November 16, 2012 - New Delhi, India: Aung San Suu Kyi, Charperson of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar speaks at Lady Siriram College, where she studied. Earlier she met with the Indian Prime Minister and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Later in the evening, she delivered the Jawaharlal
Nehru Memorial lecture attended by Sonia Gandhi, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Dr.Karan Singh, a scholar and head of intellectuals. (Baldev Kapoor/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Refugees hold pictures of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Mae La refugee camp, where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi meets Swedish PM
June 12, 2017 - Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at a news conference at the Rosenbad government office in Stockholm. The two leaders discussed bilateral matters as well as alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military against Myanmar's Rohingya minority(Rob Schoenbaum/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Obama meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
September 14, 2016 - Washington, DC, United States: US President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar in the Oval Office of the White House. (Aude Guerrucci/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Refugees hold pictures of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Mae La refugee camp, where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi waves to people who gathered to meet her at the Mae La refugee camp where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi meets Swedish PM
June 12, 2017 - Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at a news conference at the Rosenbad government office in Stockholm. The two leaders discussed bilateral matters as well as alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military against Myanmar's Rohingya minority(Rob Schoenbaum/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Willy Brandt prize
April 11, 2014 - Berlin, Berlin,Germany: Myanmar human rights activist and politician Aung San Suu Kyi receives the International Willy Brandt Award from Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister as well as Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and former SPD politician Egon Bahr at Willy Brandt Haus. Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Berlin for the first time before she continues next week to France. (Hermann Bredehorst/Polaris)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi in Tokyo
April 16, 2013, Tokyo, Japan: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the National League for Democracy, visited the Japanese National Diet (parliament) and met with Kenji Hirata, President of the House of Councillors. She called for Japanese investment and economic aid that would create jobs in the Southeast Asian economy. (Hitoshi Katanoda/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi
65-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD). In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won 59% of the national votes and 80% (392 of 492) of the seats in Parliament, leading some to claim that Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections and has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. Suu Kyi is slated to be released from house arrest on November 13, 2010. Many believe this is to keep her detained during the country's first election in 20 years (November 7, 2010). A recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and in 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. She is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be father of modern-day Burma. Suu Kyi's attorney recently reported that she intends to begin tweeting upon her release, in order to communicate with the younger generation. (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Willy Brandt prize
April 11, 2014 - Berlin, Berlin,Germany: Myanmar human rights activist and politician Aung San Suu Kyi receives the International Willy Brandt Award from Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister as well as Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and former SPD politician Egon Bahr at Willy Brandt Haus. Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Berlin for the first time before she continues next week to France. (Hermann Bredehorst/Polaris)
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Willy Brandt prize
April 11, 2014 - Berlin, Berlin,Germany: Myanmar human rights activist and politician Aung San Suu Kyi receives the International Willy Brandt Award from Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister as well as Chairman of the German Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel and former SPD politician Egon Bahr at Willy Brandt Haus. Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Berlin for the first time before she continues next week to France. (Hermann Bredehorst/Polaris)
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits India
November 16, 2012 - New Delhi, India: Aung San Suu Kyi, Charperson of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar speaks at Lady Siriram College, where she studied. Earlier she met with the Indian Prime Minister and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Later in the evening, she delivered the Jawaharlal
Nehru Memorial lecture attended by Sonia Gandhi, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Dr.Karan Singh, a scholar and head of intellectuals. (Baldev Kapoor/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Refugees hold pictures of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Mae La refugee camp, where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi in Tokyo
April 16, 2013, Tokyo, Japan: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the National League for Democracy, visited the Japanese National Diet (parliament) and met with Kenji Hirata, President of the House of Councillors. She called for Japanese investment and economic aid that would create jobs in the Southeast Asian economy. (Hitoshi Katanoda/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Visits Mae La Refugees Camp
June 2, 2012- Mae Sot, Thailand: Refugees hold pictures of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and her father and independence hero General Aung San, during her visit to Mae La refugee camp, where tens of thousands of her compatriots live, near Mae Sot at the Thailand-Myanmar border. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, 15 of which were spent in detention under the junta. (Dario Pignatelli/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi on the campaign trail
March 10, 2012, near Mawlamyine, Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi leads caravan on trip to Mawlamyine to campaign for her party the National League for Democracy in elections to be held on April 1, 2012. The route from Yangon some 280 K away was lined by supporters most of whom have never seen the Nobel Prize winner in person. Large crowds mobbed her car in every town she passed giving her flowers and trying to touch her hand.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
65-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD). In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won 59% of the national votes and 80% (392 of 492) of the seats in Parliament, leading some to claim that Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections and has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. Suu Kyi is slated to be released from house arrest on November 13, 2010. Many believe this is to keep her detained during the country's first election in 20 years (November 7, 2010). A recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and in 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. She is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be father of modern-day Burma. Suu Kyi's attorney recently reported that she intends to begin tweeting upon her release, in order to communicate with the younger generation. (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi in Tokyo
April 16, 2013, Tokyo, Japan: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the National League for Democracy, visited the Japanese National Diet (parliament) and met with Kenji Hirata, President of the House of Councillors. She called for Japanese investment and economic aid that would create jobs in the Southeast Asian economy. (Hitoshi Katanoda/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Suu Kyi rejects UN Myanmar probe
May 2, 2017 - Brussels, Belgium: Aung San Suu Kyi, 1st State Counselor of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, speaks during a media conference at EU Commission headquarters. Suu Kyi rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims. The UN body agreed in March to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Southeast Asian country over claims of murder, rape and torture in Rakhine state. (Thierry Monasse/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi in the living room of her home after her release on July 11 from house arrest. 65-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD). In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won 59% of the national votes and 80% (392 of 492) of the seats in Parliament, leading some to claim that Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections and has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. Suu Kyi is slated to be released from house arrest on November 13, 2010. Many believe this is to keep her detained during the country's first election in 20 years (November 7, 2010). A recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and in 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. She is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be father of modern-day Burma. Suu Kyi's attorney recently reported that she intends to begin tweeting upon her release, in order to communicate with the younger generation. (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Aung San Suu Kyi campaigning
March 10, 2012, near Mawlamyine, Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi campaigning near city of Mawlamyine for her party The People's League for Democracy before bi elections in Burma. (Christopher Brown/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Aung San Suu Kyi and National League for Democracy (NLD) supporters celebrate their victory in the parliamentary elections outside the party headquarters April 1, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Thousands of people of an extraordinary variety of races, ages and social background watched together the results on a wide screen with the loud sound of Rapp and Hip Hop songs to celebrate for the first time a democratic election. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Christophe Lovigny/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Nobel Peace Prize winner and National League for Democracy [NLD] chairman Aung San Suu Kyi on campaign ahead of April 1 by-elections in Namati, Myanmar on February 23, 2012.Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Christophe Loviny/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Nobel Peace Prize winner and National League for Democracy [NLD] chairman Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns in Thongwa Township, on the dusty campaign trail in Thongwa township, 50 miles north of Yangon, the economical capital of Myanmar, Rangoon Region, Myanmar, on February 26, 2012. Her friend Su Su Lwin is running in this township. More than 30,000 people from nearby areas gathered along the road and fields to hear her speak. Su Su Lwin, one of the closest friend of Aung San Suu Kyi, is running for the lections in this township. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Christophe Loviny/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Myanmar Democracy leader, Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates new year together with the famous singers at music concert on the first day of new year in Kawhmu where, according to her party, she has easily won a by-election for parliament claiming a historic victory. Kawhmu, Myanmar, April 17, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Myanmar oppisition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets the crowd in front of her late house and gives away food as custom of Myanmar new year festival celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 16, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Myanmar oppisition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets the crowd in front of her late house and gives away food as custom of Myanmar new year festival celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 16, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Bodyguards try to clear the way for Myanmar Democracy leader,Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi when she is on her way back from Kawhmu on the first day of new year. As her party says, she has easily won a by-election for parliament claiming a historic victory. Kawhmu, Myanmar, April 17, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - On the first day of Myanmar new year, Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets her supporters on her way back from music concert in Kawhmu where ,as her party says, she has easily won a by-election for parliament claiming a historic victory. Kawhmu, Myanmar, April 17, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - On the first day of Myanmar new year, Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets her supporters on her way back from music concert in Kawhmu where ,as her party says, she has easily won a by-election for parliament claiming a historic victory. Kawhmu, Myanmar, April 17, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Myanmar oppisition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets the crowd in front of her late house and gives away food as custom of Myanmar new year festival celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 16, 2012. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Pyay Kyaw Myint/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Phyu Phyu Thin with Aung San suu Kyi at Phyu Phyu's hiv shelter. Suu Kyi gave a rose to each resident. Phyu Phyu Thin was only 16 when she joined the students demonstrations in Rangoon in 1988. Now she is one of the 48 NLD candidates running for the by-elections. She is the youngest -42- and one of the 14 women. On May 21, 2007, Phyu Phyu Thin was arrested by police in Yangon for organizing a prayer rally to call for the release of detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Never told what crime she had committed, she was held for more than a month. She says that she became really politically motivated when she was jailed, heard the screamings and saw the tortured bodies. She says also that it was Aung San Suu Kyi who came to her dreams to give her strength.
In 2002, she had created a shelter for people with AIDS or HIV positive. There are only two hospitals specialized for AIDS patients for the whole Myanmar. Phyu Phyu Thin?s shelter is taking care of three hundred people. According to UN AIDS statistics, the Health Ministry spends only about US$ 100,000 annually on its AIDS eradication campaign. She admits that she has no more personnal life since she started the center. Actually, she says, the jail may have been the easy part. Now there is still so much to be done. During the elections campaign, Aung San Suu Kyi singled her out :?As you all know, Phyu Phyu not only possesses a desire to serve the people but also a proven capacity to do so,? she said ?I may not guarantee that all our candidates have such qualities. But I can guarantee that about Phyu Phyu.? When Aung San Suu Kyi visited the HIV center, she gave each AIDS resident a rose, which they greatly appreciated. After her visit, shortly after she was released in November 2010, the government tried on several occasions to close the center. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aun
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Aung San Suu Kyi Detained By Military
File photo - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at National League at the Democracy (NLD) headquarters, address journalists and supporters in Yangon, Myanmar on April 2, 2012. Suu Kyi on hailed a 'new era' for Myanmar and called for a show of political unity after her party claimed a major victory in landmark by-elections. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Minzayar/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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File photo - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves to the crowd as she leaves National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters after addressing journalists and supporters in Yangon, Myanmar on April 2, 2012. Suu Kyi on hailed a 'new era' for Myanmar and called for a show of political unity after her party claimed a major victory in landmark by-elections. Myanmar's powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning raids Monday. Photo by Minzayar/Jazz Editions/ABACAPRESS.COM (FOTO: DUKAS/ABACA)
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