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Senior leaders of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party free birds and pray for the release of political prisoners at the party headquarters
27 May 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Senior leaders of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party free birds and pray for the release of political prisoners at the party headquarters May 27, 2009, to mark the 19th anniversary of the 1990 general election where Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD won 392 of 485 parliamentary seats. The military ignored the result, refusing to relinquish power. Central Executive Committee members (L-R) Hla Pe, Soe Myint, Win Tin and Than Tun. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun (MYANMAR POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW)
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks in Yangon July 4, 2009, before wrapping up his two day trip to the military-ruled Myanmar. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon publicly rebuked Myanmar's generals ...




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