Freedom for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Released from House Arrest
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The political landscape also changed during the time Suu Kyi was under house arrest. Although she is still revered, the political opposition that once coalesced around her has begun to fracture. A breakaway faction called the National Democratic Force (NDF) has appeared to question her uncompromising stance and contested the elections, along with dozens of other opposition parties, many of which represented Burma's patchwork of ethnic minorities.

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