Myanmar

Previous

Next

Index Myanmar Main Page WWII Leads to Independence The Military Maintains a Tight Grip on Myanmar The Junta Crack Down on Democracy Moving Toward a Modern Nation Military Crackdowns Receive World Criticism Suu Kyi Freed Shortly After Elections Dramatic Shift Away from Authoritarian Rule Brings Diplomatic Opportunities Opposition Dominates 2012 Elections Small Steps Toward Democratization

Suu Kyi Freed Shortly After Elections

Days after elections in Oct. 2010–the country's first elections in 20 years–opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was freed after nearly 20 years in detention. Thousands of supporters gathered outside her home, where she gave a speech calling for a "peaceful revolution." The elections, which the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party won in a landslide, were widely criticized as rigged and an attempt to further empower the military government. Nevertheless, the junta presented the elections as evidence that the country had completed the transition from military government to a democracy. Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, boycotted the elections, thus further diminishing the legitimacy of the results.

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Myanmar

MYANMAR AND CHINA: A Special Relationship? (Southeast Asian Affairs)

Myanmar (The Ecumenical Review)

Myanmar's opening sets stage for upstream M&A. (Energy Intelligence Finance)

Myanmar wants China pipe, partners don't. (World Gas Intelligence)

Myanmar's Banking Crisis (ASEAN Economic Bulletin)

Myanmar's Human and Economic Crisis and Its Regional Implications (Southeast Asian Affairs)

Myanmar/Burma: Inside Challenges, Outside Interests.(Book review) (Contemporary Southeast Asia)

Myanmar's age of Aquarius. (foreign investments in Myanmar) (Chief Executive (U.S.))

Myanmar in ASEAN (Southeast Asian Affairs)

Myanmar's Fifty-Year Authoritarian Trap (Journal of International Affairs)

Search HighBeam Research for:

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

• 
  • Calculator
  • Spelling Checker
  • Place Finder
  • Distance Calculator
  • Periodic Table
  • Conversion Tool
  • Perpetual Calendar
  • Year by Year
  • Fact Monster

24 X 7

Private Tutor

	24 x 7 Tutor Availability
	Unlimited Online Tutoring
	1-on-1 Tutoring

Explore Free Math Tutoring , Sine Formula