Can you imagine what it's like to spend 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest?! Just ask Aung San Suu Kyi.
These are the stats I just read in a recent IHT/Associated Press piece:
"Myanmar's military, which has ruled since 1962 when they country was known as Burma, tolerates no dissent and crushed pro-democracy protests led by Buddhist monks in September 2007. It holds more than 2,100 political prisoners, up sharply from nearly 1,200 before the demonstrations, human rights groups say.
The General Assembly "strongly" called on Myanmar's government "to desist from further politically motivated arrests and to release without delay and without conditions those who have been arbitrarily arrested and detained, as well as all political prisoners."
The resolution said those freed should include Suu Kyi and other leaders of her party, leaders of the 88 Generation, a group at the forefront of a 1988 pro-democracy uprising, leaders of ethnic groups, and all those detained as a result of the September 2007 protests."
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