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NEGOTIATIONS
NLD Meeting with the Election Commission
November 2009 A group led by National League for Democracy (NLD) Rangoon Division Vice-Chairman Dr. Than Nyein, Dr. Than Win and U Hla Thein recently met with U Khin Maung Tun, Chairman of Election Commission Office.
Recent Meetings between NLD and SPDC
| 17 Feb 2009 |
NLD published Special Statement No. 2, which demanded dialogue without preconditions, between Senior Gen. Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi. |
Nov 2009
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A group led by NLD Rangoon Division Vice-Chairman Dr. Than Nyein, Dr. Than Win and U Hla Thein met with U Khin Maung Tun, Chairman of Election Commission Office. |
25 Sep 2009
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Aung San Suu Kyi sent a letter to Sr. Gen. Than Shwe stated her desire to work with Western countries and the junta toward the lifting of sanctions and a meeting with senior members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) in order to negotiate an agreement for an end to sanctions.
9 Oct - Than Shwe granted Suu Kyi a meeting with representatives of the United States, the European Union and Australia primarily on the issue of sanctions. |
| 3 Oct 2009 |
Aung San Suu Kyi met with the SPDC Liaison Minister, Aung Kyi (1) |
| 7 Oct 2009 |
Aung San Suu Kyi met with the SPDC Liaison Minister, Aung Kyi (2) |
| 11 Nov 2009 |
Aung San Suu Kyi, sent a letter to Sr. Gen. Than Shwe offering to cooperate with him in easing western sanctions, and requested a face to face meeting with him to discuss the issue |
| 9 Dec 2009 |
Aung San Suu Kyi met with the SPDC Liaison Minister, Aung Kyi (3)
The government publishes a commentary in the state-run New Light of Myanmar said her letters “are designed to tarnish the image of the ruling government.”
16 Dec 2009 - Suu Kyi was allowed to meet with three senior members of her NLD party.
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| 15 Jan 2010 |
Aung San Suu Kyi met with the SPDC Liaison Minister, Aung Kyi (4) |
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Legal charges
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2010.11.13
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Aung San Suu Kyi is due to be released six days after the country's election
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2010.10.05
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Rangoon's Supreme Court accepted legal documents related to a lawsuit filed by Aung San Suu Kyi against the Burmese military government accusing it of illegally dissolving her political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). Her lawyers were told to return the next day.
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2010.09.30
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Courts in Burma have given long prison sentences to 13 people, including a Buddhist monk, who were accused of planning bombings and other activities to disrupt upcoming elections. The sentencing is the first major crackdown on dissent since campaigning officially began last week for the Nov. 7 general elections
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2010.09.15
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The National League for Democracy(NLD) said after a meeting discussing the party's future that it will challenge the Election Commission’s announcement that it will disband the party and are preparing to confront the Political Parties Registration Law Chapter 4, Article 25 before the court
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2010.07.15
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Win Htein, a former army captain and personal aide to Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released today from Katha prison in Sagaing Division in northwestern Burma after spending more than 14 years in prison
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2010.05.12
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Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal again to Burma's supreme court against her extended house arrest after similar appeals were lodged and rejected twice by Burma's military courts in the recent past
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2010.04.30
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Burma’s Supreme Court told the National League for Democracy (NLD) that it is processing lawsuits brought against the government by the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi regarding an appeal to cancel Article 25 of the Political Parties Registration Law, which requires existing political parties to reregister or face disbandment, arguing that it does not apply to the NLD and an appeal to recognise the results of the poll in accordance with the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law 14/89, issued in 1989
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2010.03.23
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Three NLD leaders––Nyan Win, Tin Oo and Aung Shwe –– filed a lawsuit in an attempt to sue the chairman of the State Peace and Development Council by NLD Chairman Aung Shwe. The statement claimed that the election laws are unfair and one-sided. The NLD pointed to an election law that prohibits its leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, from participating in the general election as she is currently under house arrest, and that the law violates the right of political parties and is counter to the spirit of a democratic system. However, an official at the supreme court reportedly told the NLD leaders that the court does not have the power to handle the case, and returned the documents
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2010.02.26
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Supreme Court rejected appeals of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Lay
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2010.02.13
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Vice-chairman of the National League for Democracy Tin Oo was freed after more than six years in detention
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2009.10.2
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Yangon divisional court rejected an appeal of Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest
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2009.09.12
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Win Tin, Senior leader of the NLD, was briefly detained but released later in the day by the Special Branch of the police.
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2009.08.11
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Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced by a Yangon district court to three years' prison terms but her terms were immediately commuted to one and a half years' terms which were suspended for carrying out by confinement to her residence according to an order of Than Shwe.
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2009.05.03-05
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Aung San Suu Kyi is charged for violating her house arrest after an American, John William Yettaw, swam across the Inya Lake and entered into the restricted lakeside house stayed for three days
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