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Aung San Suu Kyi

video conferenze di Aung San Suu Kyi per la BBC nel 2011







courtesy of Sofie Brabant
Freedom from fear: "It's not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge[flagello] of power corrupts those who are subject to it.


One of the prizes she was awarded was the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
The statement of the Nobel Committee read:
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. …Suu Kyi’s struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. She has become an important symbol in the struggle against oppression… In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honor this woman for her unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means.” Oslo, 14 October 1991. On 16 June 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was finally able to deliver her Nobel acceptance speech at Oslo’s City Hall, two decades after being awarded the peace prize.


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