Burma pledges to release 3000 prisoners a month before it hosts a Southeast Asian summit.

Amnesty International says Muslim Rohingyas in western Burma have been subject to attacks and arbitrary arrests.
2012-07-20

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Burma.
2012-04-29

Burma begins to release thousands of prisoners in a general amnesty, though few political prisoners are released.
2011-05-17

Burma's highest court upholds the dissolution of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party.
2011-01-28

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released after 15 years of house arrest.
2010-11-13

About 20,000 people flee Burma to escape fighting between the Burmese military and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in Karen State after the recent general election.
2010-11-9

Burma bars several areas of the country from taking part in the upcoming general election where the vote would "not be free and fair".
2010-09-16

A breakaway group from the National League for Democracy in Burma registers to participate in the general election later this year.
2010-07-10

Three explosions occur in the former Burmese capital of Yangon during the city's Water Festival, killing at least 9 people and injuring 178.
2010-04-15

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