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Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010

On 13 November 2010 Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest after the junta’s 2010 election. She did not write the 2008 Constitution. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 13 November 2010 Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest after the junta’s 2010 election.

Context

Thein Sein’s transition had begun. She did not write the 2008 Constitution. A release is still a dated civic-space gain.

2012 by-election is the neighbouring later entry. 1989 arrest is the neighbouring earlier custody.

Myanmar’s State Counsellor (2016–2021) was de facto civilian head under the 2008 Constitution; she did not command the Tatmadaw’s autonomous ministries, write a Bangladeshi gazette, an ICJ merits judgment, or a 2026 Min Aung Hlaing amnesty. She has been detained since 1 February 2021; as of August 2026 she is under house arrest after sentence commutations, not in office. A Nobel lecture is not a clearance-operation order. An ICJ appearance is not a personal genocide conviction. A junta court sentence is not a finding that every charge was true. Allegation of a stolen 2020 count is not stored as a completed steal. A Panglong speech is not a nationwide ceasefire. A Reuters conviction is not a completed finding that the journalists planted evidence. A 2026 ICRC visit is not a release.

Why it matters

The path is democratic resilience: a completed release re-opened legal political activity.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    The junta released her. She resumed NLD leadership. Thein Sein held the presidency.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactSuu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 13 November 2010 · verified

    A completed release of the opposition leader re-opens civic space.

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Myanmar's Suu Kyi released from house arrestReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Myanmar authorities — 2010 release of Aung San Suu KyiMinistry of Foreign Affairs Myanmar · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Myanmar carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: a 13 November 2010 release from house arrest, independently reported.

Not established: that the 2008 charter was thereby civilian, or a unique later GDP coefficient from the gate.

She resumed NLD leadership. Thein Sein held the presidency.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010, not a later speech about Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The junta released her. She resumed NLD leadership. Thein Sein held the presidency. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAung San Suu Kyi
  2. contributed toFactSuu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Suu Kyi is released from house arrest in 2010. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mm-suu-release-2010

https://factrail.ai/facts/mm-suu-release-2010

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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