Aung San Suu Kyi (document en anglais)

In 2000 Aung San Suu Kyi was again placed under house arrest after repeated attempts to leave the capital, Rangoon, to hold political meetings in other parts of the country.

In 2002, Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest and had the right to travel around the country, thanks to a Burman UN Envoy, Razali Ismail.

After waiting patiently, Aung San Suu Kyi began to travel the country, holding meetings, where tens of thousand people turned out to see her. The Generals thought that during her long period of detention the people would have forgotten her, and her support would have fallen.

On May 30th 2003 members of the USDA attacked a convoy of vehicles Aung San Suu Kyi was travelling in. It was an attempt by the dictatorship to assassinate Aung San Suu Kyi, using a civilian front Without beeing accused. Aung San Suu Kyi’s driver managed to drive her to safety, but more than 70 of Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters were beaten to death. The attack became known at the Depayin Massacre. The dictatorship claimed it was an insurrection, between two political groups, encouraged by the NLD. The United Nations General Assembly called for the incident to be investigated, but it never was.

Following the attack, Aung San Suu Kyi had been kept in detention, and then placed back under house arrest.

During this period of detention, conditions were much stricter than in the past. Her phone line was cut and her post stopped.

Diplomats were generally not allowed to meet her, although occasionally UN envoys and US government officials were allowed to meet her, but even UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was not allowed to meet her when he visited the country in 2009.

In May 2009, just days before thé end of her period of house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested and was accused of breaking the terms of her house arrest. In august 2009, she was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. To lower the indignation, her sentence was reduced to 18 months under house arrest. She finally was released a few days after the elections in Burma, so she coulnd'nt present herself to it.

Aung San Suu Kyi has won numerous international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament and the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom. She has called on people around the world to join the fight for freedom in Burma, saying “Please use your liberty to promote ours.”

her husband died in 98, but she can not see him because the Burmese authorities refuse visa for her husband and she knows that if she returned to England, she will be exiled and can not return to Burma

That is why we have chosen Aung san suu kyi, because she put her life as a mother and wife aside for the sake of her country

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