Published in The Times on 16 Nov 2010

101116tt - Aung San Suu Kyi - Has she been liberated or not?

Description & Background

Burma (now called Myanmar) holds its first elections for 20 years. The junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) captures the majority of seats in a controversial and sham election. The repressive military regime releases Aung San Suu Kyi from years of living under house arrest. The pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, can be compared to South Africa's Nelson Mandela. She embodies a nation's hopes for liberation. Is she genuinely free ? Zapiro's cartoon shows this graphically with a cage within a cage.

People in the cartoon

Aung San Suu Kyi

Tags

Burma •Myanmar •Release from political detention •Repressive regime •Liberation •House arrest •Military dictatorship

Text in the cartoon

House arrest Military dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi

Links

• The liberation of Aung San Suu Kyi is a great victory for people power
• Suu Kyi refuses ‘limited freedom’
• Dominic Lawson: Smash a window, lose the argument
• VIDEO: BURMA VJ Trailer

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