Demonstrators hold papers printed with Aung San Suu Kyi’s famous quote ''The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear'' as they rally to mark her 79th birthday in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
Demonstrators rally on motorcycles to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
Demonstrators rally to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
In this photo provided by Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force, the group's members pose for photographs with the roses and posters that read ''The steel roses will retaliate against the junta’s oppression without yielding,'' as they celebrate the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Thabeikkyin township in Mandalay region, Myanmar on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. ( Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force via AP)
Demonstrators hold a banner with Aung San Suu Kyi's famous quote ''The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom, is freedom from fear'', as they march during a rally to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
In this photo provided by Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force, the group's members pose for photographs with roses and posters that read ''The steel roses will retaliate against the junta’s oppression without yielding,'' as they celebrate the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Thabeikkyin township in Mandalay region, Myanmar on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. ( Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force via AP)
In this photo provided by Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force, the group's members celebrate the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with a cake in a hut of the group’s outpost in Thabeikkyin township in Mandalay region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Thabeikkyin Township People’s Defense Force via AP)
Demonstrators rally to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
Demonstrators hold papers with Aung San Suu Kyi's famous quote, as they march during a rally to mark the 79th birthday of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Launglon township in Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Democracy Movement Strike Committee-Dawei via AP)
FILE - Myanmar's then eader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 11, 2019. Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, some taking to the streets in defiance of the military government’s repression. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)