This summer, [The Lady] Aung San Suu Kyi will be stepping out onto an
international stage.
She will finally be picking up her 1991 Nobel Peace
Prize and speaking her mind in various European capitals.
It will be
a far cry from the 15 years she spent under house arrest, unable to
participate in elections or speak to her Burmese compatriots.
Suu Kyi, now a member of the Burmese parliament, recently completed
her first trip out of Myanmar [Burma as renamed by its military dictatorships after their coup] in 24 years.
In a speech in Thailand, she
praised President Thein Sein’s efforts to bring democracy to the
country. But she didn’t shy away from criticizing more entrenched [authoritarian] forces
that are less open to change, in particular the military which she
called a “force to be reckoned with.”
Buddhist monastics rose up protesting police state dictators during the Saffron Revolution. |
Next, Suu Kyi heads to Paris, Oslo, London, and elsewhere for a series of high profile appearances.
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