Word: rangoon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...April 1988 was a matter of happenstance: she came home to nurse her mother, who died last January. But the explosive antigovernment protests that gripped Burma swept Suu Kyi, 44, into her nation's turmoil, from which she emerged as a clear, determined voice of opposition. Says a Rangoon lawyer: "She is the only person in our politics who is stainless...
...some 2 million dues-paying members in a country of 40 million people. During electrifying tours of the countryside, she disregarded the army guns that menaced her and her followers. And she has routinely flouted martial-law regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than five people. At one rally in Rangoon, soldiers aimed automatic weapons at the crowd that gathered to listen to her. "We are grateful to those who are giving the people practice in being brave," she snapped. While an officer recited over a loudspeaker the law prohibiting gatherings, Suu Kyi used her own microphone to confront the intruders...
...city of Rangoon narrowly avoided another bloodbath last week when club- wielding government troops waded into 1,000 protesters on Martyrs Day, which marked the 42nd anniversary of the death of independence hero Aung San. The government reported that 44 people had been "detained...
...words proved prophetic. The next day government soldiers placed Suu Kyi under house arrest, effectively cutting her off from all contact with the outside world. For most political observers in Rangoon, Suu Kyi's detention demonstrated that the junta never intended to honor its promise of holding a free and fair election next...
While some of the students who participated in the Rangoon Fall demonstrations have gone underground, others have formed political organizations. Foremost among them is the Democratic Party for New Society, which says it has 100,000 members. Former Prime Minister U Nu, ousted by Ne Win in 1962, has declared a "parallel government," consisting of old officials like himself. Even the former ruling Burma Socialist Program Party has transformed itself into something called the National Unity Party...