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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged as a leader of the democracy movement during the protests. Her political party swept elections held in 1990, but the military refused to let it take power. "The `88 uprising was the symbol of the people's cooperation," Ko Ko Gyi said. "It makes us remember our friends who are still in prison and those who live abroad. It also reminds me of our hard times." Human rights groups say authorities are still holding an unknown number of political prisoners, although the most famous have been released over the past two years, including Suu Kyi. Last month, authorities temporarily detained more than 20 activists ahead of a planned commemoration of the 50th anniversary of a brutal military crackdown on students in July 1962. Although all were freed after about a day, their colleagues said the detentions showed that the government remains repressive despite its reforms.
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