After her mother suffered a stroke in , Suu Kyi returned to Myanmar. Later that year, there was a revolt against the administration associated with the militarily led Burma Socialist Party. She became the general secretary and later president of the NLD and spoke in favor of democracy throughout the country. She was placed under house arrest on July 20, , by the SLORC for attempting to split the army, a charge she denied. She remained under house arrest for almost 15 of the next 21 years, one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.
Although Suu Kyi was not allowed to run for office in the May election, the NLD won 80 percent of the legislative seats. However, the winning candidates were never permitted to take office. The United Nations called for her release, as did a number of other national and international groups, including Amnesty International, the worldwide human rights organization. She was finally released in November In April , Suu Kyi was elected to parliament, and in was elected state counsellor.
While serving as state counsellor, Suu Kyi was criticized over the persecution of the Rohingya people and for Myanmar's prosecutions of journalists. All Speakers Speeches Political ads.
Attorney General U. Cabinet Member U. First Lady U. Aung San Suu Kyi , leader of the National League for Democracy, spent more than 15 years in detention, most of it under house arrest. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim. The military regime responded to the uprising with brute force, killing up to 5, demonstrators on 8th August Following a military coup on 18th September , on 24th September a new pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy, was formed.
Aung San Suu Kyi gave numerous speeches calling for freedom and democracy, and political activities continued across the country. Aung San Suu Kyi was banned from personally standing in the election. Despite conditions around the elections being far from free and fair with Aung San Suu Kyi and other democracy activists being detained, biased media, and intimidation of politicians, the voting on the day was relatively free and fair.
The dictatorship never recognised the results of the election, and refused to hand over power. When released she faced restrictions on travel.
He had petitioned the Burmese authorities to allow him to visit Aung San Suu Kyi one last time, but they had rejected his request. He had not seen her since a Christmas visit in The government always urged Aung San Suu Kyi to join her family abroad, but she knew that she would not be allowed to return to Burma. Detained Again In Aung San Suu Kyi was again placed under house arrest after repeated attempts to leave the capital, Rangoon, to hold political meetings in other parts of the country.
Released Again In , Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest and with freedom to travel around the country. He had facilitated secret meetings between Aung San Suu Kyi and the military. Confidence building steps had been agreed, including that the dictatorship would stop the vehement attacks on Aung San Suu Kyi in the media, and the NLD would stop publicly calling for sanctions, although its policy of still supporting targeted economic sanctions remained.
However, when it came to move from confidence building meetings, and instead start dealing with matters of substance, the dictatorship refused to engage in any meaningful dialogue.
May 30, - While traveling in Myanmar, her motorcade is attacked by a pro-government mob and she is held by the military.
Later, she is placed under house arrest. November 29, - Learns her house arrest has been extended for another year.
May - House arrest is extended for another year. May 25, - The government extends her house arrest for another year. May 27, - The government extends her house arrest for another year.
May 14, - Suu Kyi is arrested and charged with violating the terms of her house arrest. This is in response to an incident earlier in the month, when American John Yettaw swam uninvited to Suu Kyi's lakeside house.
If convicted she faces up to five years in prison. May 18, - Suu Kyi's trial on charges of government subversion begins. August 11, - Suu Kyi is found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to 18 more months of home confinement.
May 7, - The NLD refuses to register for the election, thereby disqualifying itself as a political party, and officially dissolves. November 13, - Suu Kyi is released from house arrest. She has spent 15 of the last 21 years under house arrest. November 15, - Speaking to reporters at the headquarters of the NLD, Suu Kyi pledges to keep working toward restoring democracy and improving human rights in Myanmar.
January 28, - Suu Kyi's recorded message, in which she stresses the need for Myanmar to reestablish ties with the rest of the world, is played at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
The NLD announced earlier in the day that it planned to re-register as a political party and participate in all future parliamentary elections. January 18, - Suu Kyi registers to run for a parliamentary seat.
April 1, - Wins a seat in parliament in Myanmar's first multiparty elections since May 2, - Along with 33 other newly elected members of her party, Suu Kyi takes the oath of office for parliament, resolving an impasse over the oath's wording that had been preventing her from taking her seat in the legislature.
May 29, - Makes history by stepping on foreign soil for the first time in more than two decades when she arrives in Bangkok, Thailand. June 21, - Addresses both houses of the British parliament.
November 19, - Meets with Obama at the lakeside villa where she spent years under house arrest.
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