Japan recently announced the largest aid package since the military government suppressed prodemocracy demonstrators more than a decade ago. |
The case generated street protests that coalesced into a prodemocracy movement. |
So I became involved in the prodemocracy movement and pressed for constitutional reforms and political space to ensure freedom of thought and expression. |
After weeks of prodemocracy protests — at times more than 100,000 people have massed in the streets — the royal family has pledged to enter a dialogue with the demonstrators after an initial crackdown killed seven people. |
The provision is widely considered as a means of disqualifying prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in the next elections. |
In March 2011, police snipers opened fire on the prodemocracy camp in Sana'a, killing more than 50 people. |