Suu Kyi released today - GoFuckYourself.com

DWB · 11-13-2010, 01:23 PM

Not that 90% of you clowns with shit for brains even know who that is, but for those who do, I thought I would share.

$5 submissions · 11-13-2010, 01:32 PM

That's awesome news. Burma/Myanmar could use some good news. She sacrificed a lot for her country, 20+ years in captivity. Her husband died back in 1999 and she only saw him a handful of times.

sandman! · 11-13-2010, 01:39 PM

no idea who that is

seeandsee · 11-13-2010, 01:43 PM

i saw on news today

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 11-13-2010, 01:50 PM

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Myanmar's government released pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi after more than seven years of house arrest, offering a glimmer of hope for opposition groups that have been trying to unseat the country's harsh military regime for decades.

Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received flowers over the fence of her house and waved to supporters as she was set free Saturday.

Ms. Suu Kyi's release isn't likely to trigger major political change in Myanmar, an impoverished but strategically important Southeast Asian nation with extensive natural gas reserves between China and India. Despite being one of the world's most famous political prisoners, Ms. Suu Kyi's position has weakened considerably in recent years as Myanmar's ruling junta has fortified its financial and military strength through expanded ties with China and other Asian allies.

But freedom from house arrest gives the 65-year-old Nobel laureate at least one more shot at revitalizing the country's demoralized and divided opposition before she loses the energy to do so. It also could lead to renewed international pressure on Myanmar to contemplate reforms aimed at repairing its tattered relations with the Western world, including steps to release other political prisoners.

Speculation of a possible release had been building for weeks, mainly because Ms. Suu Kyi's latest term under house arrest was due to expire on Saturday. At around 4 p.m., authorities removed the barricades from in front of her lakeside villa in Yangon and entered to read a release order to Ms. Suu Kyi, as hundreds of supporters gathered nearby. Soon after she appeared at the gate of her compound and spoke briefly to the crowd, which by then had grown to several thousand people and was singing the country's national anthem, the Associated Press reported.

"If we work in unity, we will achieve our goal. We have a lot of things to do,'' she said.

The Myanmar government made a brief reference to Ms. Suu Kyi's release during a late-evening broadcast on a state news channel. The report said Ms. Suu Kyi had been set free by order of the government and that her release came with no conditions. It showed the chief of police visiting her in her home and expressing approval of her good health. It wasn't immediately known whether the government issued any additional statements.

An eyewitness said Ms. Suu Kyi also told followers that they could meet her at the headquarters of her political organization, the National League for Democracy, on Sunday, and then returned back into her home along with several of her political allies.

The decision to release Ms. Suu Kyi came just days after Myanmar's government held a disputed national election on Nov. 7 that appeared to cement the military's control, with a government-backed organization known as the Union Solidarity and Development Party dominating the polls. Although the regime hasn't released full results, state media said the USDP secured a majority in both houses of the country's new Parliament, winning roughly 85% of the seats whose results were released.

Dissidents and Western observers derided the election, Myanmar's first in 20 years, as a sham, with widespread reports of voting irregularities. But the vote was quickly endorsed by neighbors such as China and Vietnam, and the Myanmar government has said it was free and fair.

In releasing Ms. Suu Kyi, the regime appears to be gambling that the public relations benefits will outweigh any potential downsides from her well-known ability to rally supporters. Top generals called the recent election in large part to boost their legitimacy in the eyes of local citizens and the outside world, analysts say, and the junta may believe that freeing Ms. Suu Kyi will placate critics who have long called for her release along with 2,100 other political prisoners tracked by human rights groups.

International activists and political leaders offered guarded praise for Saturday's move. U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement that he welcomed the decision to release Ms. Suu Kyi, who he called a "hero," but he said it "does not change the fact that she, and the political opposition she represents, has been systematically silenced, incarcerated, and deprived of any opportunity to engage in political processes." British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed Ms. Suu Kyi in a statement, describing her as "an inspiration for all of us who believe in freedom of speech, democracy and human rights."

Burma Campaign UK, an activist group, said in a statement that it "welcomed" Ms. Suu Kyi's release but that it "should not be interpreted as a sign that democratic reform is on the way," and was "designed to get positive publicity" after "the blatant rigging of elections on 7th November."

Myanmar's government may also hope that freeing Ms. Suu Kyi will lead Western nations to reconsider economic sanctions they imposed on Myanmar over the past decade, largely in protest of Ms. Suu Kyi's detention, though analysts say that is unlikely given the level of distrust between the two sides. U.S. and other Western officials had insisted the regime release Ms. Suu Kyi before the polls instead of after, when her ability to influence the country's political dyanmic would be reduced. Many analysts fear the government may simply arrest her again if she creates trouble.

With the election is finished, Myanmar's generals "just seem really self-confident" in their grip on power, says Sean Turnell, a Myanmar expert at Macquarie University in Australia.

For Ms. Suu Kyi, the release ends years of isolation in which she had minimal contact with friends and family. She passed the time by reading books and listening to shortwave radios. She was not allowed to have phones or Internet in her home.

But release also brings daunting challenges. One will be rebuilding her political party, the National League for Democracy, which was disbanded by the government earlier this year when it refused to participate in the polls. Many of its former leaders are now in their 70s and 80s.

Ms. Suu Kyi will also have to forge a peace with a handful of rival opposition groups, including some that have counseled more cooperation with the regime, that moved in to fill the gap once the NLD was shut down.

The daughter of a national hero who helped secure Myanmar's independence from British rule in the 1940s, Ms. Suu Kyi emerged as a political force in the late 1980s, as the country formerly known as Burma reeled from years of disastrous economic policies and government crackdowns after a military takeover in 1962. Myanmar has long suffered from one of the lowest standards of living in Asia, with crumbling infrastructure and widespread reports of torture and other human rights abuses. Many residents, eager for an alternative, were enthralled by Ms. Suu Kyi's calls for Western-style democracy.

Ms. Suu Kyi quickly aroused the ire of top generals, though, and they placed her under house arrest in 1989. Her political organization went on to win Myanmar's last national election in 1990, but the regime ignored the results.

Although the government eventually released her, it repeatedly put her back under detention, holding her for 15 of the past 21 years. She was last detained in 2003, after a pro-government mob attacked her entourage and killed many of her followers during a tour of northern Myanmar. Authorities extended her detention another 18 months in August 2009 after she violated her house arrest by sheltering an uninvited American who swam to visit her earlier in the year.

A lot has changed since Ms. Suu Kyi last walked free in 2003 that could make her efforts to rebuild the opposition more difficult. In past years, she was the undisputed leader of Myanmar's dissident movement, which exerted significant influence in Washington and other Western capitals.

The regime has also greatly expanded its trade and investment ties with China, Thailand and other Asian countries, which covet Myanmar's vast natural resources and are pouring billions of dollars into new ports, gas pipelines, mining projects and hydroelectricity facilities, helping the junta overcome sanctions. The country has been running a large trade surplus in recent years and now has an estimated $6 billion in foreign reserves.

Ms. Suu Kyi is "in a far more restricted place than she was" when she was last free, says David Mathieson, a Thailand-based researcher for Human Rights Watch. Over the past seven years, the government has "gotten stronger, while they've weakened her party."

Some analysts have cautioned against underestimating Ms. Suu Kyi, though. She has repeatedly found a way to undermine and embarrass the regime despite her limited financial and political resources. She remains by far the most popular political figure in the country.

While other opposition groups participated in Sunday's election, Ms. Suu Kyi "is the only person who can do anything here," said one Yangon resident, a chauffeur, when asked about her possible release earlier this week.

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners noted that more than 2,200 political prisoners continue to be held in Myanmar and released a statement, "Unlike Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the door to freedom will not be opened wide with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's release, indeed, it will not even be opened a crack."

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SteveHardeman · 11-13-2010, 02:09 PM

I have to admit, had no idea who she was till a year or two ago when that guy swam into her compound area. Over/Under on when she's on house arrest or in jail again? Not like anything changed over there.

$5 submissions · 11-13-2010, 02:12 PM

They probably did it to boost the PR of the sham elections

DWB · 11-13-2010, 02:15 PM

Apparently when she was released, so many people and reporters took to the phones it CRASHED BURMA'S ENTIRE PHONE SYSTEM. Every phone in the country went down.

Amazing.

DWB · 11-13-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

They probably did it to boost the PR of the sham elections

Yup.

They had fighting erupt over that on the border with Burmese army and Burmese rebels, something like 20,000 Burmese fled across the border into Thailand because of it. Chaos.

ottopottomouse · 11-13-2010, 02:18 PM

She'll be locked up again by the end of the month.

Agent 488 · 11-13-2010, 02:21 PM

anti-western propaganda.

Coup · 11-13-2010, 02:44 PM

what's the over/under on her catching lead to the dome?

Adraco · 11-13-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

Not that 90% of you clowns with shit for brains even know who that is, but for those who do, I thought I would share.

Very true, people here are not generally known for their brains or indepth knowledge of international politics. Nevertheless, this is a huge step, for whatever reason the military regime now release her. Hopefully she will be able to remain free this time.

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

Apparently when she was released, so many people and reporters took to the phones it CRASHED BURMA'S ENTIRE PHONE SYSTEM. Every phone in the country went down.

Amazing.

Phone systems are actually quite easy to take down. They simply aren't designed to accomodate everyone with a phone to use it all at the same time. It differs from country to country and from rural areas to urban, but it's based on highly classified statsitics and probabilities on how big you build the phone system. Say if 100 people have a phone, it might be built to accomodate 40 simulataneus calls, so a few wil not be able to get a tone to call out or receive calls. There is over capacity in most phone systems today and the mobile networks work a little differently. Point being, basically the principle applies, that everybody with a phone, in any country, can not ALL use them at the same time, because there simply isn't capacity to accomodate that.

_Richard_ · 11-13-2010, 03:43 PM

is she actually released or is this a sham?

V_RocKs · 11-13-2010, 06:58 PM

I'd hit it,2x's!

11-13-2010, 01:23 PM	#1
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