Aung San Suu Kyi

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, now known as Yangon) is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist in Burma, now known as Myanmar. In 1990 the devout Buddhist won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. In 1991 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a repressive military regime.

External links

• The Burma Campaign UK Home Page
• An extensive story of her life
• Sunday Herald article about her ongoing detention
• Nobel Prize press release
• Homepage made by supporters from the Free Burma Coalition
• "Freed Burmese Democracy Leader Proclaims 'New Dawn'" by Seth Mydans, for The New York Times, May 7 2002, A3 (only abstract available)
• On the role of Buddhist meditation and contemplation in Aung San Suu Kyi's politics
• Nobel Laureates Call for Suu Kyi's Release - IFEX
• Damien Rice's page promoting his effort to have Aung San Suu Kyi released and also promoting the CD single Unplayed Piano by Rice and fellow singer Lisa Hannigan
• US Campaign for Burma Well known and established organization dedicated to the freedom of Burma and their democratic activists
• ARTICLE 19 Campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi