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UN Burma Envoy Meets Activist Leader

Suu Kyi freed briefly from 12-year house arrest for key sitdown

By Vasiliki t Touhouliotis,  Newser User

Posted Sep 30, 2007 11:06 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The United Nations' envoy to Burma met briefly today with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, reports AP. The UN representative first met with leaders of the military junta, which continued to lock down the nation's largest cities in the wake of  violent reprisals that killed at least 10 protesters.

Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 12 years, was allowed to leave home for the 90-minute meeting. Details were not immediately revealed. The talks were part of UN effort to end the confrontations between the junta and the pro-democracy opposition,  but the organization has had little luck in the past bringing about a reconciliation between the two sides.

Protesters from Myanmar's National League for Democracy holding a picture of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stage a candle rally against Myanmar's military junta in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. South Korea expressed grave concern Thursday over Myanmar's crackdown on massive protests and called on...
Protesters from Myanmar's National League for Democracy holding a picture of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stage a candle rally against Myanmar's military junta in downtown Seoul, South Korea,...   (Associated Press)
Activists hold photographs of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and of Buddha, as they shout slogans against Myanmar's military government at a protest rally, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. A U.N. envoy held back-to-back meetings Sunday with Suu Kyi and Myanmar's military rulers,...
Activists hold photographs of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and of Buddha, as they shout slogans against Myanmar's military government at a protest rally, in New Delhi, India,...   (Associated Press)
A Myanmar citizen living in Japan, holding a photograph of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, shouts a slogan along with others during a protest march against Myanmar's military junta in downtown Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007. A senior Japanese official left for Myanmar on Sunday to convey...
A Myanmar citizen living in Japan, holding a photograph of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, shouts a slogan along with others during a protest march against Myanmar's military junta...   (Associated Press)
A monk holds a picture of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in downtown Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. The sit-in, organized by Amnesty International was aimed at pressing Myanmar's leaders to end their crackdown on demonstrators. (AP Photo / Luca Bruno)
A monk holds a picture of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in downtown Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. The sit-in, organized by Amnesty International was aimed at pressing Myanmar's...   (Associated Press)
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