Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a pro-democracy campaigner in Burma, fighting the military government. She has been in detention, such as house arrest, for more than 11 of the past 18 years. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has become an international symbol of peaceful resistance. [1]
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Overview
- Advisory Council, Points of Peace Foundation
- International Advisory board, Barcelona Consensus [2]
- International Advisory Board, Democracy Coalition Project
- Honorary Director, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- Special Honorary President, Socialist International [3]
- Winner of the 1990 Sakharov Prize [4]
- Winner of the 2006 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute: Four Freedoms Award
- Winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize [5]
- Honorary Member, The Elders [6]
Criticism
- Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer (eds.), Buddhist Warfare (Oxford University Press, 2010).
- M. Reza Pirbhai, "Rohingya and the Myth of Buddhist Tolerance", Counterpunch, September 13, 2017.
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
References
- ↑ Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi, BBC, accessed February 2008.
- ↑ Barcelona Consensus International Advisory board, organizational web page, accessed June 14, 2019.
- ↑ Honorary Presidents, Socialist International, accessed October 14, 2008.
- ↑ Xanana Gusmão, Sakharov Prize, accessed August 24, 2007.
- ↑ All Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Prize, accessed September 17, 2007.
- ↑ About, The Elders, accessed February 10, 2011.
