However, she remained under house arrest for almost 15 of the 21 years from her arrest in July 1989 until her release on 13 November 2010, whereupon she was able to resume her political career and put her mark on the rapid democratization of Myanmar. The Peace Prize had a significant impact in mobilizing world opinion in favor of Aung San Suu Kyi's cause. Burmese living in Thailand hold pictures of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy, in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. Instead they continued to arrest members of the opposition and refused to release Suu Kyi from house arrest. In the election in 1990, the NLD won a clear victory, but the generals prevented the legislative assembly from convening. The aim was to establish a democratic society in which the country's ethnic groups could cooperate in harmony. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, she opposed all use of violence and called on the military leaders to hand over power to a civilian government. Myanmars Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during an event at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York City, U.S. She was one of the founders of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and was elected secretary general of the party. Myanmars government in exile is courting the international community to try to gain recognition over the military junta. From then on, she led the opposition to the military junta that had ruled Burma since 1962. Following studies abroad, she returned home in 1988.
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Information on the trial has been hard to come by as.
A month earlier, she had been released from house arrest. Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was due to give evidence on Tuesday in her trial that her supporters say is politically motivated. Aung San Suu Kyi poses for a portrait in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2010. The Burmese Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of the legendary liberation movement leader Aung San. A few days later, the military detained her in a coup.