Suu Kyi cautions Myanmar 'not yet a democracy'

April 11, 2014 20:17

Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi warned today that her country, despite a spate of reforms hailed by the international community, "is not yet a democracy".

Speaking in Berlin to accept a human rights award, she said the country formerly called Burma still needs a democratic constitution, true national reconciliation and a change of mindset among its ex-military rulers.

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