Instead, she received a three month prison term plus three months of house arrest.
The former president, who led Pakistan for nine years, is currently under house arrest in Islamabad.
Reformist candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were detained and remain under house arrest.
Than Shwe of the nation's ruling junta commuted it to the one-and-a-half years of house arrest.
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Thein told reporters that the pro-democracy advocate had actually been under house arrest for four-and-a-half years.
The official said Suu Kyi's house arrest officially went into effect on November 28, 2004.
He was recently freed from house arrest in New York in a separate alleged case.
Myanmar's ruling junta, however, says Suu Kyi's house arrest does not expire for six more months.
The head of Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland business, Bruno Spagnolini, has been placed under house arrest.
At least four other senior opposition leaders were also put under house arrest, officials said.
Unconfirmed reports said they were held under house arrest by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
It was during her house arrest that she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
"The parting of the way came when I was placed under house arrest, " she says.
He was convicted of violating immigration laws, municipal laws and Suu Kyi's house arrest terms.
One Beijing source claims that Chen is being held in comfortable house arrest in Inner Mongolia.
After he was released from jail, Chen was under house arrest for 18 months.
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Mr Montazeri has long been under house arrest, and members of his family have been jailed.
The head of Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland business, Bruno Spagnolini, was also placed under house arrest.
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The house arrest will last until early April when the investigation is expected to conclude.
In many states, inmates are released early and put on house arrest with GPS bracelets.
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Now 68, Sandusky has been under house arrest in the days leading up to his trial.
The 70-year-old is under 24-hour house arrest at his Manhattan apartment while awaiting court proceedings.
Placed under house arrest, both ex-officers have requested military hearings, which would quickly exonerate them.
Last year, while awaiting appeal, Panahi was under house arrest in his Tehran apartment.
Carlos Menem, president for a decade until 1999, is under house arrest, on corruption charges.
Nobel prize winner and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.
He was convicted of violating immigration laws, municipal laws and the house arrest terms.
He was put under house arrest after a judge refused to endorse his detention.
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Judges were kept under house arrest for about six months in 2007 after he imposed emergency rule.
Assange is currently under house arrest and staying in the mansion of a friend in Suffolk, England.
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