This is a disgraceful attempt by Aung San Suu Kyi to defend the indefensible. To say that this case had 'nothing to do with freedom of expression' and that Wa Lone, and Kyaw Soe Oo 'were not jailed for being journalists' is a deluded misrepresentation of the facts.
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"No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim."
"Democracy is not just about elections, it's about institutions."
"I don't have a favorite color. I like all colors."
"I believe that education is the key to a better future."
"We are trying to establish the rule of law."
Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate (1991) who spent 15 years under house arrest before her party's 2015 election win. Closely associated with Václav Havel (Czech dissident-turned-president) and Nelson Mandela (the moral-leader template she was often compared to). For an intellectual contrast, see Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar military commander-in-chief — deposed Suu Kyi in the 2021 coup and continues to detain her — the institutional military power her movement spent decades resisting.
Amnesty International's statement summarizing her defense of the conviction of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Date: 2018
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