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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Human Rights Defender on Trial Again in Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi is a heroic woman. (Her name is pronounced more like “On Sang Sue Chee”.) She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and is beloved by her fellow countrymen and women.
She was forced into exile and left her home in Burma when a military dictatorship took over the country and renamed it Myanmar.Her father was a famous and revered leader of Burma, and about twenty years ago she bravely returned to Burma to lead a democracy movement.Although beloved by her people, the military regime in Burma (Myanmar) has kept her movement and Aung San Suu Kyi under close watch.She has spent 13 of the last 19 years of her life under “house arrest” since returning to Burma.
Last week she was arrested on new charges and is already being put on trial. Her crime? Allowing an American "fan" she didn't know to stay at her house overnight after he made a difficult journey to her home. (The guy seems a little unstable - he swam to her house with home-made flippers on and begged to stay after complaining of cramps.)
Aung San Suu Kyi is a heroic woman. (Her name is pronounced more like “On Sang Sue Chee”.) She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, and is beloved by her fellow countrymen and women.
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