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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi: “We are convinced that the non-violent approach is the best for our country. We believe that it the long run it actually pays off. “
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and was General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory, gaining 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections, and she has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. She continues to be imprisoned. Influenced by both Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence and by more specifically Buddhist concepts, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratization. She was offered freedom if she left the country, but she refused. Many nations and figures have continued to call for her release and that of 2,100 other political prisoners in the country.
Aung San Suu Kyi was the recipient of 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.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi: “We are convinced that the non-violent approach is the best for our country. We believe that it the long run it actually pays off. “
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and was General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory, gaining 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections, and she has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. She continues to be imprisoned. Influenced by both Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence and by more specifically Buddhist concepts, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratization. She was offered freedom if she left the country, but she refused. Many nations and figures have continued to call for her release and that of 2,100 other political prisoners in the country.
Aung San Suu Kyi was the recipient of 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.