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Uncertainty Over Whether Suu Kyi Will Attend Martyrs’ Day Event
Uncertainty Over Whether Suu Kyi Will Attend Martyrs’ Day Event
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the 69th Martyrs Day ceremony at the Martyrs Mausoleum in Yangon on July 19, 2016. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 16 July 2021
Myanmar marks Martyrs’ Day on July 19 and it is unknown if detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be allowed to mark the assassination in 1947 of her father General Aung San and eight colleagues from the independence movement.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest for the first time on July 20, 1989, under the 1975 State Protection Act. She spent 15 years under house arrest between 1989 and 2010, with brief periods where she was released, under the State Law and Order Restoration Council and its successor the State Peace and Development Council, but was allowed by military dictator Than Shwe to attend Martyrs’ Day events.
New Zealand Suspends All Diplomatic, Military Contact With Myanmar Published February 9th, 2021 - 10:39 GMT
This photo taken on February 7, 2021, shows Myanmar migrants protesting against the military coup in their home country, in Bangkok. Organising protests, gathering supporters and distributing posters of their beloved leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar workers in Thailand are adding to a chorus of dissent against a coup that has upended their home country. Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Highlights The rule of law and democratic will of the people of Myanmar must be respected, she said.
New Zealand announced Tuesday that it is suspending all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar after its military conducted a coup and arrested its civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, among others, last week.