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Myanmar reforms leave political prisoners behind

May 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In a remote prison in northwest Myanmar, Aye Aung wakes up each day as he has for nearly 14 years — alone in a dark cell on a wooden plank, a prisoner of conscience all but forgotten by the world.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Although Myanmar, Amnesty International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aye Aung, Catherine Ashton, David Mathieson, European Union, Home Ministry, Human Rights Watch, Political Prisoners, President Thein Sein, San Myint, Thant Zaw, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Win Mra, YANGON

Ex-junta prisoner Suu Kyi takes office in Myanmar

May 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win and Todd Pitman The Associated Press NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) ― Aung San Suu Kyi capped a tenacious, decades-long journey from political prisoner to office holder in long-repressed Myanmar as the country’s main opposition party moved its struggle for democratic rule inside government for the first time.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2015, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Maung Zarni, Myanmar, NAYPYITAW, NLD, Nobel Peace Prize, Norway, President Thein Sein, Soe Aung, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Suu Kyi-led, Vol 31 No 20 | May 12 - May 18, censorship

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pittman Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ― Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant ― the possibility her party could sweep […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aye Aye Win, Burma, Michael Aris, Myanmar, National League, President Thein Sein, Su Su Lwin, Toe Toe Tin, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, White House, YANGON

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