Thousands protest for Suu Kyi – answers

By Berni | May 18, 2009

Thousands protest for Suu Kyi

questions

  1. Where is Aung San Suu Kyi being held? in prison in Myanmar
  2. What did armed police do? They manned barbed wire barricades.
  3. What did Suu Kyi win a Nobel prize for? she won the Peace Prize
  4. How long might her sentence be? 5 years
  5. What is she accused of? breaching the terms of her house arrest
  6. How did this happen? because an American man swam across a lake to her house (presumably she’s not allowed visitors)
  7. How long is it since she won the election? 19 years
  8. Who took photos of the protesters? plain clothes police
  9. Why does the government want Suu Kyi detained? because there will be multi-party elections in 2010 (she is very popular)
  10. How are the charges against her described? ‘trumped up’ – invented
  11. Which countries staged protests against her detention? Thailand, Bangladesh and Japan
  12. When did the military Junta in Myanmar last detain opposition leaders in this way? in 1988

 

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