Aung San Suu Kyi

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(14 Jul 1995) Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hasn't ruled out becoming Prime Minister one day. The Nobel Prize winner is considering her future after being freed from six years of house arrest in Rangoon earlier this week. Supporters are still flocking to her home and - she's told APTV she'll be guided by the will of the people. Here is a woman little accustomed to having the press on her doorstep. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is now celebrating the fifth day of freedom after being under house arrest for the past six years. In the light of her release, she is urging countries not to rush to improve relations with Burma following her release because "nothing else" has changed under military rule. But she insists - she will give all she can for the people - perhaps even be their prime minister.

10 Dec 2019 / Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi used to be seen as a symbol of human rights and spent years under house arrest for promoting democracy. Now, as Myanmar's civilian leader, she is at the International Court of Justice to defend her country against charges of genocide committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority. She will, in fact, be defending the very people who had previously imprisoned her - the military. How did this peace icon wind up in the dock? [ BBC ]

A grave humanitarian crisis right now is occurring in Myanmar , where more than 400,000 members of the country's Rohingya minority have fled to neighboring Bangladesh following a campaign of rape, destruction, and killing carried out by Myanmar's military. The crisis — deemed a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing" by the United Nations Human Rights chief — has also damaged the reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi , Myanmar's de facto leader and iconic Nobel Peace laureate, who has downplayed the grievances of the Rohingya and refrained from criticizing the military in her public appearances. Aung San Suu Kyi's silence has attracted widespread condemnation , not least from fellow Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and Malala Yousafzai . But in an appearance at Asia Society on Friday, Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop argued that Myanmar's leader "may be taking the blame for matters that are outside her control."

L'icône birmane Aung San Suu Kyi est célébrée mercredi 27 juin par Paris qui a fait d'elle en juin 2004 une citoyenne d'honneur, au deuxième jour de sa visite en France, dernière étape de sa tournée européenne triomphale. (2012)

We know Aung San Suu Kyi as "a golden bird in a cage"; she is a valuable icon representing freedom and democracy which the suppressed population of Burma much hopes for. In the West she stands out as a symbol of peace and reconciliation, she has been awarded countless prizes for her effort, among them the Nobel Peace Prize. But who is the person and woman behind it all? In this film, her close family, friends, and close colleagues tell about a daughter, a wife, a friend, a mother, and a rebel - that early in life met deep grief and deprivation. But who is the person and woman behind it all? In this film, her close family, friends, and close colleagues tell about a daughter, a wife, a friend, a mother, and a rebel - that early in life met deep grief and deprivation. “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” Aung San Suu Kyi is known first and foremost as the political opposition leader at the center of 20 years of social unrest and turmoil in Burma. What many do not know is that she started out as a British housewife in the upper echelons of Oxford society before she went back to her oppressed homeland and joined the struggle for freedom. Since her return, she was held under house arrest for fifteen out of twenty-one years during which she had minimal contact with her family and closest relations. 'Lady of No Fear' offers a close-up of the freedom-fighting woman Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, ‘her knight in shining armor Dr. Michael Aris, who died on his 53rd birthday in 1999, still unable to see his wife. Together they gave up their normal life and marriage for the cause of freedom in Burma. She comes across as charming, determined, and stoical in her decision to fight for her country at the expense of her family. The focus is on the personal consequences of such powerful idealism and conviction that the current regime can be toppled by peaceful means. The film is a tribute to the woman at the heart of the rebellion, her steadfast husband and supporter, and not least to Gandhi's vision of non-violent civic resistance. by Anne Gyrithe Bonne

"Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the case brought against her country at the World Court was "incomplete and misleading" as she began her defense to accusations of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority on Wednesday. Suu Kyi, once feted in the West as a heroine of democracy spoke for about 30 minutes at the courtroom in The Hague in defense of the actions of the Myanmar military, which she said did not constitute genocide. In three days of hearings this week, judges are hearing the first phase of the case: Gambia's request for "provisional measures" - the equivalent of a restraining order against Myanmar to protect the Rohingya population until the case is heard in full. More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to Bangladesh after the military launched a crackdown in western Rakhine state in August 2017..." "Global News" (Toronto)

Aung San Suu Kyi at the Internatioanl Court of Justice

In a meeting conducted via video conference, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses recent changes in Myanmar, her decision to rejoin the political system, and Myanmar-U.S. relations. (2011)

Leslie Wilcox talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Her nonviolent campaign for human rights and democracy in Burma led to her initial house arrest in 1989. Suu Kyi speaks candidly about house arrest, her current political role and the elusive but important goal of perfect peace. This episode was produced in partnership with Pillars of Peace Hawaii, an initiative of the Hawaii Community Foundation.