Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's Democracy leader and noble peace prize wnner
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's most renowned freedom fighters and winner of most numerous international awards. The Dundee City Council of Scotland honored her with the award "Freedom of Dundee" for her courageous struggle to restore democracy in Burma. Ms. Anna Roberts, the director of the Burma Campaign United Kingdom, received the award on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi in a ceremony on Wednesday night. This is the third award for her this year.
She has won numerous international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Jawaharlal Nehru Award from India. However, she has been unable to physically receive the vast majority of these awards due to the fact that she has been under house arrest since 1988.
The list of Awards won by Aung San Suu Kyi are:
1990 Honorary Fellow. St. Hugh's College Oxford, UK Thorolf Rafto Award for Human Rights Norway
1991 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought European Parliament Nobel Peace Prize Oslo, Norway Honorary Member, International PEN Norwegian Center Humanities Human Rights Award USA Honorary Member. International PEN Canadian Center
1992 Marisa Bellisario Prize Italy Annual Award of the International Human Rights Law Group USA Honorary President, Students' Union London School of Economics and Political Science UK Honorary Member, International PEN English Centre Honorary Life Member, University of London Union UK Honorary Professional Fellowship, Law and Society Trust Sri Lanka Honorary Doctorate in Political Science, Thammasat University Thai International Simòn Bolívar Prize UNESCO Prix Litteraire des Droits de l'Homme Nouveaux Droits de l'Homme Honorary Member, World Commission on Culture and Development UNESCO
1993 Member, Académie Universelle des Cultures Paris Rose Prize Arbejderbevaegelsens Internationale Forum / International Forum of the Danish Labour Movement, Copenhagen Premio Mujer Progresista Federacion Mujeres Progresistas / Spanish Federation of Progressive Women, Madrid Victor Jara International Human Rights Award Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, USA Member of the Advisory Board, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Havard University USA Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Toronto Canada The Freedom of the City, Commune of Giugliano Italy Bremen Solidarity Prize City of Bremen, Germany
1994 Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy and Letters, Free University of Brussels Belgium Honorary Adviser, Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific Seoul, Republic of Korea
1995 The Freedom of the City, Aversa Italy Liberal International Prize for Freedom UK Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Queen's University Canada Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding India (for 1993) Gandhi Award, Simon Fraser University Canada (October) Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law, University of Oxford UK Freedom Award of the International Rescue Committee USA (November 21)
1996 Rajiv Smriti Puraskar (Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Award) - Art & Culture Foundation of India NGO (August) Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia Award Australia (May) W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award National Democratic Institute (August) Empty Chair Award, Women of the Year Lunch, London UK
1997 Honorary Doctorate, Charles University Faculty of Law Prague (January) Honorary Doctorate of Laws, American University Washington, DC. (January) Distinguished Alumni Award, Central University / Delhi University India Honorary Doctorate, University of Natal South Africa (April) Honorary Doctorate, Chapman University Orange County, CA (May) Honorary Citizenship of Rome Italy (May 23) Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Glasgow University UK Honorary Doctorate of Letters, University of Technology, Sydney Australia Pearl S. Buck Woman's Award, Pearl S. Buck Foundation USA International Award, St. Angela's Peace and Justice Group, Waterford Eire Profiles in Courage Award, Kennedy Society of Denmark Denmark
1998 Honorary Doctorate, Cambridge University UK (June) Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Wales, Cardiff Wales Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Bristol UK Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Melbourne Australia Honorary Degree, University of Bath UK (December)
1999 Honorary Degree, Bucknell University USA (May) Freedom Award, International Republican Institute Washington, D.C. (October)
2000 Dublin Freedom Award Dublin (March) United States Presidential Medal of Freedom USA
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I know Amnesty International and other organizations support for her cause. Perhaps in a post-Bush America under an Obama presidency, community organizers will not be regarded with such open contempt by the evangelical right conservative moralists of the Republican Party.
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Amanda Lang (23 articles, 14003 quicklinks, 433 diaries, 604 comments)
on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 9:21:07 AM
Aung San Suu Kyi is remarkable, it is good to keep up with her activities as much as we can. I didnt realize she had won so many awards, WOW! What an inspiration!
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Meryl Ann Butler (53 articles, 61 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 531 comments)
on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:24:06 AM
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