Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate and Politician
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Burma engagement offers false hope...economic sanctions will be incentive enough for the regime to free political prisoners (most notably democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi) and ensure next year's elections are free and fair. The regime is known to be desperate to have... In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, United States, Democracy, Than Shwe, Best interests, Madeleine Albright, and Thein Sein |
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Aung San Suu Kyi on Non-Violence
In support of the current protests in Burma, the is an excerpt from an interview I shot in Rangoon in 1999. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner currently under house arrest, and leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma speaks on the non-violent approach. Full interview (33 mins) available to Free Burma organizations.
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Interview!
"Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure." (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, 07.10.1990)
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and ASEAN.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations. The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear. (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Her Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi has committed no crime. As one of the founders of the National League for Democracy and the winner of the 1990 general election, she is being held in detention simply because of her political activities and peaceful opposition to the military regime that controls Burma. Take action for Aung San Suu Kyi now bit.ly
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Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
www.thefreedomcampaign.org
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Speeches in Burmese language
If you can suffer, you can gain. What is valuable can not be obtained without effort. Don't depend on assistance (without strings attached) from here to there. (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
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Myanmar court convicts Aung San Suu Kyi - 11 Aug 09
Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to another 18 months house arrest after she was found guilty of violating Myanmar's security laws. Her supporters say the expected verdict is the military government's way of keeping the opposition leader out of general elections next year. Al Jazeera's Aela Callan reports.
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U2 - WALK ON - AUNG SAN SUU KYI TRIBUTE (BARCELONA 360 TOUR)
U2 tribute to Aung San Suu Kyi. She's is a Nobel Prize Winner, she has been described as Asia's Nelson Mandela. Live in Barcelona (06/30/2009)
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Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi jailed, to be charged
IN THE FIELD: Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man swam across a lake to gain access to her compound, her lawyer said. Her trial has been set for May 18.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Ambassador of Conscience
During U2's 2009 tour, the band invited fans to wear masks of Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi's face. www.u2.com
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Aung San Suu Kyi AC (Burmese File:AungSanSuuKyi1.png; MLCTS=aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: /àunsʰánsṵtʃì/), born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is an opposition politician and general secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma (Myanmar). Aung San Suu Kyi was the third child in her family. Her name is derived from three relatives; "Aung San" from her father, "Kyi" from her mother and "Suu" from her grandmother. Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. She is still under detention in Myanmar, and has been for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. In the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, which won 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. Her subsequent detention by the military junta prevented her from assuming office.
She is frequently called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Daw is not part of her name, but is an honorific similar to madam for older, revered women, literally meaning "aunt". Strictly speaking, she has no surname, but it is acceptable to refer to her as "Ms. Suu Kyi" or Dr. Suu Kyi, since those syllables serve to distinguish her from her father, General Aung San, who is considered to be the father of modern-day Burma.
- Birth Date:
- June 19, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Rangoon, Myanmar
- Religion:
- Theravadin Buddhist
- Residence:
- Rangoon
- Occupation:
- Prime Minister-elect
- Known for:
- Leader of the National League for Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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