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Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyiအောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်[1]

Born 19 June 1945Rangoon, British Burma

Alma mater University of Delhi(B.A. Politics, 1964)St Hugh's College, Oxford(B.A. Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 1969)University of London(Ph.D, 1985)

Occupation politician

Known for Leading the Burmese democracy movementGeneral Secretary of the National League for Democracy

Political party National League for Democracy

Religion Theravada Buddhism

Spouse Michael Aris (1972–1999)

Children AlexanderKim

Awards Rafto PrizeNobel Peace PrizeJawaharlal Nehru AwardInternational Simón Bolívar PrizeOlof Palme Prize

Aung San Suu Kyi AC (Burmese: [àuɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tɕì]; born June 19, 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and theGeneral Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's NationalLeague for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament.[2] [3] [4]

[5] [6] [7] [8] She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained underhouse arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her release on 13 November 2010.[9]

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Aung San Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the NobelPeace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by theGovernment of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, theGovernment of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country,[10] one of only five people ever to receive thehonor.[11] In 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Wallenberg Medal as an outstanding humanitarian,[12]

delivering a speech to a University of Michigan audience by videotape, and then answering questions live viaaudio/video link.Aung San Suu Kyi is the third child and only daughter of Aung San, considered to be the father of modern-dayBurma.

NameAung San Suu Kyi derives her name from three relatives: "Aung San" from her father, "Suu" from her paternalgrandmother and "Kyi" from her mother Khin Kyi.[13] She is frequently called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Daw is notpart of her name, but is an honorific, similar to madame, for older, revered women, literally meaning "aunt."[14] Sheis also often referred to as Daw Suu by the Burmese (or Amay Suu, lit. "Mother Suu," by some followers),[15] [16] or"Aunty Suu", and as Dr. Suu Kyi,[17] Ms. Suu Kyi, or Mrs. Suu Kyi by the foreign media. However, like otherBurmese, she has no surname (see Burmese names). The pronunciation of her name is approximated as "Awn SahnSue Chee," although the "ch" in "Chee" is unaspirated.[18]

Personal lifeAung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon (now named Yangon).[19] Her father, Aung San, founded the modernBurmese army and negotiated Burma's independence from the British Empire in 1947; he was assassinated by hisrivals in the same year. She grew up with her mother, Khin Kyi, and two brothers, Aung San Lin and Aung San Oo,in Rangoon. Aung San Lin died at age eight, when he drowned in an ornamental lake on the grounds of the house.[13]

Her elder brother emigrated to San Diego, California, becoming a United States citizen.[13] After Aung San Lin'sdeath, the family moved to a house by Inya Lake where Suu Kyi met people of very different backgrounds, politicalviews and religions.[20] She was educated in Methodist English High School (now Basic Education High School No.1 Dagon) for much of her childhood in Burma, where she was noted as having a talent for learning languages.[21]

She is a Theravada Buddhist.Suu Kyi's mother, Khin Kyi, gained prominence as a political figure in the newly formed Burmese government. Shewas appointed Burmese ambassador to India and Nepal in 1960, and Aung San Suu Kyi followed her there,shestudied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in NewDelhi with a degree in politics in 1964.[22] [23] Suu Kyi continued her education at St Hugh's College, Oxford,obtaining a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1969. After graduating, she lived in New YorkCity with a family friend and worked at the UN for three years, primarily on budget matters, writing daily to herfuture husband, Dr. Michael Aris.[24] In 1972, Aung San Suu Kyi married Aris, a scholar of Tibetan culture, livingabroad in Bhutan.[22] The following year she gave birth to their first son, Alexander Aris, in London; their secondson, Kim, was born in 1977. Subsequently, she earned a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London in 1985. She was elected as an Honorary Fellow in 1990.[22] For two years she was a Fellow atthe Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla, India. She also worked for the government of the Unionof Burma.In 1988 Suu Kyi returned to Burma, at first to tend for her ailing mother but later to lead the pro-democracy movement. Aris' visit in Christmas 1995 turned out to be the last time that he and Suu Kyi met, as Suu Kyi remained in Burma and the Burmese dictatorship denied him any further entry visas.[22] Aris was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 which was later found to be terminal. Despite appeals from prominent figures and organizations, including the United States, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Pope John Paul II, the Burmese government

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would not grant Aris a visa, saying that they did not have the facilities to care for him, and instead urged Aung SanSuu Kyi to leave the country to visit him. She was at that time temporarily free from house arrest but was unwillingto depart, fearing that she would be refused re-entry if she left, as she did not trust the military junta's assurance thatshe could return.[25]

Aris died on his 53rd birthday on 27 March 1999. Since 1989, when his wife was first placed under house arrest, hehad seen her only five times, the last of which was for Christmas in 1995. She was also separated from her children,who live in the United Kingdom, but starting in 2011, they have visited her in Burma.[26]

On 2 May 2008, after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, Suu Kyi lost the roof of her house and lived in virtual darknessafter losing electricity in her dilapidated lakeside residence. She used candles at night as she was not provided anygenerator set.[27] Plans to renovate and repair the house were announced in August 2009.[28] Suu Kyi was releasedfrom house arrest on 13 November 2010.[29]

Political beginningsAung San Suu Kyi returned to Burma in 1988 to take care of her ailing mother. By coincidence, in the same year, thelong-time military leader of Burma and head of the ruling party, General Ne Win, stepped down. This led to massdemonstrations for democracy on 8 August 1988 (8–8–88, a day seen as auspicious), which were violentlysuppressed in what came to be known as the 8888 Uprising. On 26 August 1988, she addressed half a million peopleat a mass rally in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda in the capital, calling for a democratic government.[22] However inSeptember, a new military junta took power.Influenced[30] by both Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence[31] [32] and by more specifically Buddhistconcepts,[33] Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratization, helped found the National League forDemocracy on 27 September 1988,[34] and was put under house arrest on 20 July 1989. She was offered freedom ifshe left the country, but she refused.One of her most famous speeches is the "Freedom From Fear" speech, which begins: "It is not power that corruptsbut fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who aresubject to it."She also believes fear spurs many world leaders to lose sight of their purpose. "Government leaders are amazing",she once said. "So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want."[35]

Political career

1990 general electionIn 1990, the military junta called a general election, in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) received59% of the votes, guaranteeing NLD 80% of the parliament seats. Some claim that Aung San Suu Kyi would haveassumed the office of Prime Minister;[36] in fact, however, as she wasn't permitted, she did not stand as a candidatein the elections (although being a MP isn't a strict prerequisite for becoming PM in most parliamentary systems).Instead, the results were nullified, and the military refused to hand over power. This resulted in an internationaloutcry. Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest at her home on University Avenue (16°49′32″N 96°9′1″E)in Rangoon. During her arrest, she was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990, and the NobelPeace Prize the year after. Her sons Alexander and Kim accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Aung San SuuKyi used the Nobel Peace Prize's 1.3 million USD prize money to establish a health and education trust for theBurmese people.[37] Around this time, Suu Kyi chose non-violence as an expedient political tactic.[38]

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1996 attackOn 9 November 1996, the motorcade that she was traveling in with other National League for Democracy leadersTin Oo and U Kyi Maung, was attacked in Rangoon.About 200 men swooped on the motorcade, wielding metal chains, metal batons, stones and other weapons. The carthat Aung San Suu Kyi was in had its rear window smashed, and the car with Tin Oo and U Kyi Maung had its rearwindow and two backdoor windows shattered. It is believed the offenders were members of the Union SolidarityDevelopment Association (USDA) who were allegedly paid 500 kyats (USD $5) each to participate. The NLDlodged an official complaint with the police, and according to reports the government launched an investigation, butno action was taken. (Amnesty International 120297)[39]

House arrestAung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest on numerous occasions since she began her political career,totalling 15 of the past 21 years.[40] During these periods, she had been prevented from meeting her party supportersand international visitors. In an interview, Suu Kyi said that while under house arrest she spent her time readingphilosophy, politics and biographies that her husband had sent her.[41] She would also occupy her time by playingthe piano and was occasionally allowed visits from foreign diplomats as well as her personal doctor.[42]

The media have also been prevented from visiting. In 1998, journalist Maurizio Giuliano, after photographing her,was stopped by customs officials, and all his films, tapes and some notes were confiscated.[43] Suu Kyi met theleader of Burma, General Than Shwe, accompanied by General Khin Nyunt on 20 September 1994, while underhouse arrest. It was the first meeting since she had been placed in detention.[22] On several occasions during SuuKyi's house arrest, she has had periods of poor health and as a result has been hospitalized.[44]

Suu Kyi continued to be imprisoned under the 1975 State Protection Act (Article 10 b), which grants the governmentthe power to imprison people for up to five years without a trial,[45] and the Law to Safeguard the State Against theDangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts (Article 10 a), as Suu Kyi is "likely to undermine thecommunity peace and stability" of the country.[46] She has appealed against her detention.[47] Many nations andfigures have continued to call for her release and that of 2,100 other political prisoners in the country.[48] [49] On 12November 2010, days after the junta-backed party – Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) – won theelections[50] which were conducted after a gap of almost 20 years, the junta finally agreed to sign orders allowingSuu Kyi's release. Her house arrest term came to an end on 13 November 2010.

UN involvementThe UN has attempted to facilitate dialogue between the junta and Suu Kyi.[51] On 6 May 2002, following secretconfidence-building negotiations led by the UN, the government released her; a government spokesman said that shewas free to move "because we are confident that we can trust each other". Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed "a newdawn for the country". However on 30 May 2003, a government-sponsored mob attacked her caravan in the northernvillage of Depayin, murdering and wounding many of her supporters.[52] Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene with thehelp of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested upon reaching Ye-U. The government imprisoned her atInsein Prison in Rangoon. After she underwent a hysterectomy in September 2003,[53] the government again placedher under house arrest in Rangoon.The results from the UN facilitation have been mixed; Razali Ismail, UN special envoy to Burma, met with Aung San Suu Kyi. Ismail resigned from his post the following year, partly because he was denied re-entry to Burma on several occasions.[54] Several years later in 2006, Ibrahim Gambari, UN Undersecretary-General (USG) of Department of Political Affairs, met with Aung San Suu Kyi, the first visit by a foreign official since 2004.[55] He also met with Suu Kyi later the same year.[56] On 2 October 2007 Gambari returned to talk to her again after seeing Than Shwe and other members of the senior leadership in Naypyidaw.[57] State television broadcast Suu Kyi with Gambari, stating that they had met twice. This was Suu Kyi's first appearance in state media in the four years since

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her current detention began.[58]

The United Nations Working Group for Arbitrary Detention rendered an Opinion (No. 9 of 2004) that herdeprivation of liberty was arbitrary, as being in contravention of Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights 1948, and requested that the authorities in Burma set her free, but the authorities had thus far ignored thisrequest.[59]

Such claims were rejected by Brig-General Khin Yi, Chief of Myanmar Police Force (MPF). On 18 January 2007,the state-run paper New Light of Myanmar accused Suu Kyi of tax evasion for spending her Nobel Prize moneyoutside of the country. The accusation followed the defeat of a US-sponsored United Nations Security Councilresolution condemning Burma as a threat to international security; the resolution was defeated because of strongopposition from China, which has strong ties with the military junta (China later voted against the resolution, alongwith Russia and South Africa).[60]

In November 2007, it was reported that Suu Kyi would meet her political allies National League for Democracyalong with a government minister. The ruling junta made the official announcement on state TV and radio just hoursafter UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari ended his second visit to Burma. The NLD confirmed that it had receivedthe invitation to hold talks with Suu Kyi.[61] However, the process delivered few concrete results.On 3 July 2009, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon went to Burma to pressure the junta into releasing Suu Kyi andto institute democratic reform. However, on departing from Burma, Ban Ki-moon said he was "disappointed" withthe visit after junta leader Than Shwe refused permission for him to visit Suu Kyi, citing her ongoing trial. Ban saidhe was "deeply disappointed that they have missed a very important opportunity."[62]

Periods under detention• 20 July 1989: Placed under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law that allows for detention without charge or

trial for three years.[51]

• 10 July 1995: Released from house arrest.[13]

• 23 September 2000: Placed under house arrest.[40]

• 6 May 2002: Released after 19 months.[40]

• 30 May 2003: Arrested following the Depayin massacre, she was held in secret detention for more than threemonths before being returned to house arrest.[63]

• 25 May 2007: House arrest extended by one year despite a direct appeal from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annanto General Than Shwe.[64]

• 24 October 2007: Reached 12 years under house arrest, solidarity protests held at 12 cities around the world.[65]

• 27 May 2008: House arrest extended for another year, which is illegal under both international law and Burma'sown law.[66]

• 11 August 2009: House arrest extended for 18 more months because of "violation" arising from the May 2009trespass incident.

• 13 November 2010: Released from house arrest.[67]

2007 anti-government protestsProtests led by Buddhist monks began on 19 August 2007 following steep fuel price increases, and continued eachday, despite the threat of a crackdown by the military.[68]

On 22 September 2007, although still under house arrest, Suu Kyi made a brief public appearance at the gate of herresidence in Rangoon to accept the blessings of Buddhist monks who were marching in support of human rights.[69]

It was reported that she had been moved the following day to Insein Prison (where she had been detained in2003),[70] [71] [72] [73] but meetings with UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari near her Rangoon home on 30 September and 2October established that she remained under house arrest.[74] [75]

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2009 trespass incident

U.S. Senator Jim Webb visiting Suu Kyi in 2009.Webb negotiated the release of John Yettaw, theman who trespassed in Suu Kyi's home, resultingin her arrest and conviction with three years' hard

labor.

On 3 May 2009, an American man, identified as John Yettaw, swamacross Inya Lake to her house uninvited and was arrested when hemade his return trip three days later.[76] He had attempted to make asimilar trip two years earlier, but for unknown reasons was turnedaway.[77] He later claimed at trial that he was motivated by a divinevision requiring him to notify her of an impending terroristassassination attempt.[78] On 13 May, Suu Kyi was arrested forviolating the terms of her house arrest because the swimmer, whopleaded exhaustion, was allowed to stay in her house for two daysbefore he attempted the swim back. Suu Kyi was later taken to InseinPrison, where she could have faced up to five years confinement forthe intrusion.[79] The trial of Suu Kyi and her two maids began on 18May and a small number of protesters gathered outside.[80] [81]

Diplomats and journalists were barred from attending the trial;however, on one occasion, several diplomats from Russia, Thailand and Singapore and journalists were allowed tomeet Suu Kyi.[82] The prosecution had originally planned to call 22 witnesses.[83] It also accused John Yettaw ofembarrassing the country.[84] During the ongoing defence case, Suu Kyi said she was innocent. The defence wasallowed to call only one witness (out of four), while the prosecution was permitted to call 14 witnesses. The courtrejected two character witnesses, NLD members Tin Oo and Win Tin, and permitted the defense to call only a legalexpert.[85] According to one unconfirmed report, the junta was planning to, once again, place her in detention, thistime in a military base outside the city.[86] In a separate trial, Yettaw said he swam to Suu Kyi's house to warn herthat her life was "in danger".[87] The national police chief later confirmed that Yettaw was the "main culprit" in thecase filed against Suu Kyi.[88] According to aides, Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in jail sharing biryani rice andchocolate cake with her guards.[89]

Her arrest and subsequent trial received worldwide condemnation by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, theUnited Nations Security Council,[90] Western governments,[91] South Africa,[92] Japan[93] and the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations, of which Burma is a member.[94] The Burmese government strongly condemned thestatement, as it created an "unsound tradition"[95] and criticised Thailand for meddling in its internal affairs.[96] TheBurmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win was quoted in the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar as saying thatthe incident "was trumped up to intensify international pressure on Burma by internal and external anti-governmentelements who do not wish to see the positive changes in those countries' policies toward Burma".[84] Ban respondedto an international campaign[97] by flying to Burma to negotiate, but Than Shwe rejected all of his requests.[98]

On 11 August 2009 the trial concluded with Suu Kyi being sentenced to imprisonment for three years with hardlabour. This sentence was commuted by the military rulers to further house arrest of 18 months.[99] On 14 August,U.S. Senator Jim Webb visited Burma, visiting with junta leader Gen. Than Shwe and later with Suu Kyi. During thevisit, Webb negotiated Yettaw's release and deportation from Burma.[100] Following the verdict of the trial, lawyersof Suu Kyi said they would appeal against the 18-month sentence.[101] On 18 August, United States President BarackObama asked the country's military leadership to set free all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.[102] Inher appeal, Aung San Suu Kyi had argued that the conviction was unwarranted. However, her appeal against theAugust sentence was rejected by a Burmese court on 2 October 2009. Although the court accepted the argument thatthe 1974 constitution, under which she had been charged, was null and void, it also said the provisions of the 1975security law, under which she has been kept under house arrest, remained in force. The verdict effectively meant thatshe would be unable to participate in the elections scheduled to take place in 2010 – the first in Burma in twodecades. Her lawyer stated that her legal team would pursue a new appeal within 60 days.[103]

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2009: International pressure for release, and Burmese general election 2010It was announced prior to the Burmese general election that Aung San Suu Kyi may be released "so she can organizeher party,"[104] However, Suu Kyi was not allowed to run.[105] On 1 October 2010 the government announced thatshe would be released on 13 November 2010.[106]

Burma's relaxing stance, such as releasing political prisoners, was influenced in the wake of successful recentdiplomatic visits by the US and other democratic governments, urging or encouraging the Burmese towardsdemocratic reform. U.S. President Barack Obama personally advocated for the release of all political prisoners,especially Aung San Suu Kyi, during the US-ASEAN Summit of 2009.[107]

Democratic governments hoped that successful general elections would be an optimistic indicator of the Burmesegovernments sincerity towards eventual democracy.[108] The Hatoyama government which spent 2.82 billion yen in2008, has promised more Japanese foreign aid to encourage Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi in time for theelections; and to continue moving towards democracy and the rule of law.[108] [109]

In a personal letter to Suu Kyi, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown cautioned the Burmese government of thepotential consequences of rigging elections as "condemning Burma to more years of diplomatic isolation andeconomic stagnation".[110]

The Burmese government has been granting Suu Kyi varying degrees of freedom throughout late 2009, in responseto international pressure. She has met with many heads of state, and opened a dialog with labor minister Aung Kyi(not to be confused with Aung San Suu Kyi).[111]

Suu Kyi was allowed to meet with senior members of her NLD party at the State House,[112] however these meetingtook place under close supervision.

2010 releaseOn the evening of 13 November 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.[113] This was the date herdetention had been set to expire according to a court ruling in August 2009[114] and came six days after a widelycriticized general election. She appeared in front of a crowd of her supporters, who rushed to her house in Rangoonwhen nearby barricades were removed by the security forces. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate had been detained for15 of the past 21 years.[115] The government newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported the release positively,[116]

saying she had been granted a pardon after serving her sentence "in good conduct".[117] The New York Timessuggested that the military government may have released Suu Kyi because it felt it was in a confident position tocontrol her supporters after the election.[116] The role that Aung San Suu Kyi will play in the future of democracy inBurma remains a subject of much debate.Her son Kim Aris was granted a visa in November 2010 to see his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, shortly after herrelease, for the first time in 10 years.[118] He visited again in July 5, 2011, to accompany her on a trip to Bagan, herfirst trip outside Yangon since 2003.[119] Her son visited again in August 8, 2011, to accompany her on a trip toPegu, her second trip.[120]

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International support

May 2009 demonstration for AungSan Suu Kyi in Rome, Italy

The 2009 celebration of Aung San Suu Kyi'sbirthday in Dublin, Ireland

Aung San Suu Kyi has received vocal support from Western nations inEurope,[121] Australia[121] and North[122] and South America, as wellas India,[4] Israel,[123] Japan[124] and South Korea.[125] In December2007, the US House of Representatives voted unanimously 400–0 toaward Aung San Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal; the Senateconcurred on 25 April 2008.[126] On 6 May 2008, President GeorgeBush signed legislation awarding Suu Kyi the Congressional GoldMedal.[127] She is the first recipient in American history to receive theprize while imprisoned. More recently, there has been growingcriticism of her detention by Burma's neighbours in the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations, particularly from Indonesia,[128]

Thailand,[129] the Philippines[130] [131] and Singapore.[132] At one pointMalaysia warned Burma that it faced expulsion from ASEAN as aresult of the detention of Suu Kyi.[133] Other nations including SouthAfrica,[134] Bangladesh[135] and the Maldives[136] have also called forher release. The United Nations has urged the country to move towardsinclusive national reconciliation, the restoration of democracy, and fullrespect for human rights.[137] In December 2008, the United NationsGeneral Assembly passed a resolution condemning the human rightssituation in Burma and calling for Suu Kyi's release—80 countriesvoting for the resolution, 25 against and 45 abstentions.[138] Othernations, such as China and Russia, are less critical of the regime andprefer to cooperate only on economic matters.[139] Indonesia has urgedChina to push Burma for reforms.[140] However, Samak Sundaravej,former Prime Minister of Thailand, criticised the amount of support forSuu Kyi, saying that "Europe uses Aung San Suu Kyi as a tool. If it'snot related to Aung San Suu Kyi, you can have deeper discussions with Myanmar."[141] U2 supported her on their2009 U2 360° Tour by encouraging fans to wear masks with her likeness on them during the band's performance ofthe song "Walk On", which was originally written for her, and in some cities they welcomed Amnesty Internationalvolunteers on stage again during the performance of the song, carrying lanterns in her tribute. In 2005, Irish singersongwriter Damien Rice released the single Unplayed Piano in support of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Aung San Suu Kyi greeting supporters from Bago State in 2011.

Vietnam, however, does not support calls byother ASEAN member states for Myanmarto free Aung San Suu Kyi, state mediareported Friday, 14 August 2009.[142] Thestate-run Việt Nam News said Vietnam hadno criticism of Myanmar's decision 11August 2009 to place Suu Kyi under housearrest for the next 18 months, effectivelybarring her from elections scheduled for2010. "It is our view that the Aung San SuuKyi trial is an internal affair of Myanmar",Vietnamese government spokesman LeDung stated on the website of the Ministryof Foreign Affairs. In contrast with otherASEAN member states, Dung said Vietnamhas always supported Myanmar and hopes it will continue to implement the "roadmap to democracy" outlined by itsgovernment.[143]

Nobel Peace PrizeAung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. The decision of the Nobel Committee mentions:[144]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyiof Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights....Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. Shehas become an important symbol in the struggle against oppression......In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishesto honour this woman for her unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people throughout theworld who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means.—Oslo, 14 October 1991

Nobel Peace Prize winners (Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Dalai Lama, Shirin Ebadi, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,Mairead Corrigan, Rigoberta Menchú, Prof. Elie Wiesel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Betty Williams, JodyWilliams and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter) called for the rulers of Burma to release Suu Kyi in order to"create the necessary conditions for a genuine dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all concerned parties andethnic groups in order to achieve an inclusive national reconciliation with the direct support of the UnitedNations."[51] Some of the money she received as part of the award helps fund London-based charity Prospect Burma,which provides higher education grants to Burmese students.[145]

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Organizations• Freedom Now, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization, was retained in 2006 by a distant member of

her family living in exile to help secure Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest. The organization secured apositive judgment from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and has been conducting political andpublic relations advocacy on her behalf.

• Aung San Suu Kyi has been an honorary board member of International IDEA and ARTICLE 19 since herdetention, and has received support from these organisations.

• The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Université catholique de Louvain, both located in Belgium, have grantedher the title of Doctor Honoris Causa.[146]

• In 2003, the Freedom Forum recognized Suu Kyi's efforts to promote democracy peacefully with the Al NeuharthFree Spirit of the Year Award, in which she was presented over satellite because she was under house arrest. Shewas awarded one million dollars.[147]

• In June of each year, the U.S. Campaign for Burma organizes hundreds of "Arrest Yourself" house parties aroundthe world in support of Aung San Suu Kyi. At these parties, the organizers keep themselves under house arrest for24 hours, invite their friends, and learn more about Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi.[148]

• The Freedom Campaign, a joint effort between the Human Rights Action Center and US Campaign for Burma,looks to raise worldwide attention to the struggles of Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.

• The Burma Campaign UK is a UK based NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) that aims to raise awareness ofBurma's struggles and follow the guidelines established by the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi.

• St. Hugh's College, Oxford, where she studied, had a Burmese theme for their annual ball in support of her in2006.[149]

• Aung San Suu Kyi is the official patron of The Rafto Human Rights House in Bergen, Norway. She received theThorolf Rafto Memorial Prize in 1990.

• She was made an honorary free person of the City of Dublin, Ireland in November 1999, although a space hadbeen left on the roll of signatures to symbolize her continued detention.

• In November 2005 the human rights group Equality Now proposed Aung Sun Suu Kyi as a potential candidate,among other qualifying women, for the position of U.N. Secretary General.[150] In the proposed list of qualifiedwomen Suu Kyi is recognised by Equality Now as the Prime Minister-Elect of Burma.[3]

• The UN' special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, met Aung San Suu Kyi on 10 March 2008 beforewrapping up his trip to the military-ruled country.[151]

• Aung San Suu Kyi is an honorary member of The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together byNelson Mandela.[152] Her ongoing detention means that she is unable to take an active role in the group, so TheElders place an empty chair for her at their meetings.[153] The Elders have consistently called for the release of allpolitical prisoners in Burma.[154]

• In 2008, Burma’s devoted human rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize, was welcomed as Club of Madrid [155]

Honorary Member.• In 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi is the Guest Director of the 45th Brighton Festival• In June 2011, the BBC announced that Aung San Suu Kyi was to deliver the 2011 Reith Lectures. The BBC

covertly recorded two lectures with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, which were then smuggled out of the countryand brought back to London.[156] The lectures will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service onJune 28, 2011 and July 5, 2011.

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Books

Authored• Der Weg zur Freiheit (1999) with U Kyi Maung, U Tin Oo, ISBN 978-3404614356• Letters from Burma (1998) with Fergal Keane ISBN 978-0140264036• The Voice of Hope (1998) with Alan Clements, ISBN 978-1888363838, fully updated and re-issued in October

2008 by Rider Books, ISBN 978-1846041433• Letter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart (1996) by Fergal Keane, foreword by Aung San Suu Kyi, edited by

Tony Grant ISBN 978-0140262896• Freedom from Fear and other Writings (1995) with Václav Havel, Desmond M. Tutu, and Michael Aris, ISBN

978-0140253177• Burma's Revolution of the Spirit: The Struggle for Democratic Freedom and Dignity (1994) with Alan Clements,

Leslie Kean, the Dalai Lama, Sein Win, ISBN 978-0893815806• Aung San of Burma: A Biographical Portrait by His Daughter (1991) ISBN 978-1870838801, 2nd edition 1995• Aung San (Leaders of Asia Series) (1990) ISBN 978-9990288834• Burma and India: Some aspects of intellectual life under colonialism (1990) ISBN 978-8170231349• Bhutan (Let's Visit Series) (1986) ISBN 978-0222010995• Nepal (Let's Visit Series) (1985) ISBN 978-0222009814• Burma (Let's Visit Series) (1985) ISBN 978-0222009791

Edited• Tibetan Studies in Honour of Hugh Richardson. Edited by Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi. (1979). Vikas

Publishing house, New Delhi.

Awards• Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize (1990)• Sakharov Prize (1990)• Nobel Peace Prize (1991)• Simón Bolívar International Prize (1992)[157]

• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1993)[158]

• Prize For Freedom of the Liberal International (1995)[159]

• Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (1996)[160]

• Doctor of Laws Honorary degree from the University of Bath (1998)[161]

• Freedom of Dublin City,Ireland (1999)• Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)[162]

• UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence (2002)[163]

• Gwangju Prize for Human Rights (2004)[164]

• Olof Palme Prize (2005)• Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from Memorial University of Newfoundland (2004)[165]

• Freedom from Fear award (2006)[166]

• Honorary Canadian citizenship (2007)[167]

• Honorary President of the LSESU (2007)[168]

• Doctorate of Letters (honoris causa) from Colgate University (2008)[169]

• Congressional Gold Medal (2008)[170]

• Premi Internacional Catalunya (2008)[171]

• Honorary Member of the Club of Madrid [155] (2008)

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• Freedom Of Glasgow (2009)[172]

• Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation (2009)[173]

• Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Ulster in recognition of her services to human rights (2009)[174] [175]

• Ambassador of Conscience Award (2009) from Amnesty International[176]

• Freedom of Newcastle Upon Tyne (2011) [177]

Popular media• She was portrayed by Adelle Lutz in John Boorman's 1995 motion picture Beyond Rangoon, which takes place

during the 8888 Uprising.• Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock composed the piece "Aung San Suu Kyi" in 1997 in her honor, which appeared on

his 1+1 album with saxophonist Wayne Shorter.• In a list compiled by the British magazine New Statesman in 2006, she was voted as number one among the "50

Heroes of Our Time". Other "heroes" mentioned were Nelson Mandela, Noam Chomsky, Bill Gates, andBono.[178]

• The 2000 song "Walk On" by U2 is about her, according to Bono.[179] Suu Kyi was regularly mentioned as thesong was played during 2001's Elevation Tour. During the 2009 leg of the 360° Tour, the band invited fans towear masks of Suu Kyi's face (printable from their website) during the song "Walk On".[180]

• The Lady Of Burma, a play written by Richard Shannon and staged in the London Old Vic, dealt with the life ofAung San Suu Kyi and received rave reviews in the UK press, including The Independent.[181]

• She was voted as number 34 among "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010" by the British magazine NewStatesman.[182]

• "Unplayed Piano" by Damien Rice was released in Ireland on 17 June 2005 and in the UK on 20 June 2005 tocoincide with Aung San Suu Kyi's 60th birthday. The song was written for Suu Kyi following a visit by Damiento Burma in July 2004. Proceeds from the sale of the single go to the Burma Campaign UK. Rice and Hanniganrecorded a charity song, campaigning for her release, called "Unplayed Piano", which they performed at the 2006Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

• Actress Michelle Yeoh is portraying Aung San Suu Kyi in the 2011 film The Lady, directed by Luc Besson.

Footnotes[1] Burmese: အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany[2] Aung San Suu Kyi should lead Burma (http:/ / english. pravda. ru/ news/ world/ 25-09-2007/ 97677-burma_britain-0), Pravda Online. 25

September 2007[3] The Next United Nations Secretary-General: Time for a Woman (http:/ / www. equalitynow. org/ english/ actions/ action_1102_en. html).

Equality Now.org. November 2005.[4] MPs to Suu Kyi: You are the real PM of Burma (http:/ / timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ India/

MPs_to_Suu_Kyi_You_are_the_real_PM_of_Burma/ rssarticleshow/ 2118431. cms). The Times of India. 13 June 2007[5] Walsh, John. (February 2006). Letters from Burma (http:/ / www. bookideas. com/ reviews/ index. cfm?fuseaction=displayReview&

id=3103). Shinawatra International University.[6] Deutsche Welle (http:/ / www. dw-world. de/ dw/ article/ 0,,4557275,00. html) Article: Sentence for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi sparks

outrage and cautious hope Quote: The NLD won a convincing majority in elections in 1990, the last remotely fair vote in Burma. That wouldhave made Suu Kyi the prime minister, but the military leadership immediately nullified the result. Now her party must decide whether to takepart in a poll that shows little prospect of being just.

[7] The Hon. PENNY SHARPE (http:/ / www. pennysharpe. com/ hansard/ 18/ 06/ 2009/ daw_aung_san_suu_kyi) Speech: In 1990 Daw AungSan Suu Kyi stood as the National League for Democracy's candidate for Prime Minister in the Burmese general election. The NationalLeague forDemocracy won in a landslide. But instead of her taking her rightful place as Burma's new Prime Minister, the military juntarefused to hand over power. Page: 52

[8] A twist in Aung San Suu Kyi's fate (http:/ / www. globalpost. com/ dispatch/ thailand/ 090520/ aung-san-suu-kyi-imprisonment) Article: How a Missouri Mormon may have thwarted democracy in Myanmar. By Patrick Winn — GlobalPost Quote: "Suu Kyi has mostly lived under house arrest since 1990, when the country's military junta refused her election to the prime minister's seat. The Nobel Peace Laureate remains backed by a pro-democracy movement-in-exile, many of them also voted into a Myanmar parliament that never was." Published: 21 May 2009

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Further reading• Aung San Suu Kyi (Modern Peacemakers) (2007) by Judy L. Hasday, ISBN 978-0791094358• The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner (2002) by Barbara Victor, ISBN

978-0571211777, or 1998 hardcover: ISBN 978-0571199440• Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi (2007) by Justin Wintle, ISBN 978-0091796815• Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators (2006) by David Wallechinsky, ISBN 978-0060590048• Aung San Suu Kyi (Trailblazers of the Modern World) (2004) by William Thomas, ISBN 978-0836852639• No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs (2002) by Naomi Klein ISBN 978-0312421434• Mental culture in Burmese crisis politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (http:/ /

homepages. tesco. net/ ~ghoutman) (ILCAA Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa MonographSeries) (1999) by Gustaaf Houtman, ISBN 978-4872977486

• Hidden Agendas (1998) by John Pilger, ISBN 978-0099741510• Aung San Suu Kyi: Standing Up for Democracy in Burma (Women Changing the World) (1998) by Bettina Ling

ISBN 978-1558611979• Prisoner for Peace: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's Struggle for Democracy (Champions of Freedom Series)

(1994) by John Parenteau, ISBN 978-1883846053

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• Des femmes prix Nobel de Marie Curie à Aung San Suu Kyi, 1903–1991 (1992) by Charlotte Kerner, NicoleCasanova, Gidske Anderson, ISBN 978-2721004277

• Aung San Suu Kyi, towards a new freedom (1998) by Chin Geok Ang ISBN 978-9814024303• Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle: Its principles and strategy (1997) by Mikio Oishi ISBN 978-9839861068• Finding George Orwell in Burma (2004) by Emma Larkin ISBN 0143037110• Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

(2005) by John McCain, Mark Salter. Random House ISBN 978-1400064120• The Political Thought of Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / www. burmaawareness. org/ PoliticalThoughSuuKyi. pdf) by

Josef Siverstein (1996)• Under the Dragon: A Journey Through Burma (1998/2010) by Rory MacLean ISBN 978-1-84511-622-4

External links• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages (http:/ / www. dassk. org)• Nobel Peace Prize 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / www. nobelprize. org/ nobel_prizes/ peace/ laureates/ 1991/ )

at NobelPrize.org• Aung San Suu Kyi - Summary, biography, excerpts from books (http:/ / gury. orgfree. com/ suukyi1. htm)• Works by Aung San Suu Kyi on Open Library at the Internet Archive• Works by or about Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / worldcat. org/ identities/ lccn-n81-46163) in libraries (WorldCat

catalog)• Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ world/ aung-san-suu-kyi) collected news and commentary at

The Guardian• Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / topics. nytimes. com/ top/ reference/ timestopics/ people/ a/ daw_aung_san_suu_kyi/ )

collected news and commentary at The New York Times• Burma's Suu Kyi, Free at Last (http:/ / www. spiegel. de/ fotostrecke/ fotostrecke-61677. html) – slideshow by

Der Spiegel• Aung San Suu Kyi (http:/ / www. dmoz. org/ Regional/ Asia/ Myanmar/ Society_and_Culture/ Politics/

Aung_San_Suu_Kyi/ / ) at the Open Directory Project

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