"Recent events have raised concerns about Aung San Suu Kyi?s health -- and questions about how the pro-democracy movement would cope without her... Let?s imagine a situation: Burma without Aung San Suu Kyi. Undoubtedly, the ruling generals would see this as a dream come true. But for the majority of Burmese, it would come as a great disappointment to lose the leader of the country?s pro-democracy movement. Aung San Suu Kyi at her Inya Lake home in 1996 (Photo: Nic Dunlop/Panos) Suu Kyi may be a prisoner, but she still has immense power. She strikes fear into the hearts of heavily armed men, while giving moral strength to the powerless. She is the hope of the people of Burma, who have struggled to survive under the boot of their military rulers for the past 46 years..."