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  Aung San - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aung San was appointed war minister, and his army was again renamed, as the Burma National Army.
Aung San was offered the rank of Deputy Inspector General of the Burma Army, but declined it in favor of becoming a civilian political leader.
Aung San's daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, is now the leader of the Burmese opposition to the current military regime.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aung_San   (1115 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of General Aung San, was born on the 19 June 1945.
Aung San Suu Kyi continued her education at St Hugh's College, Oxford, obtaining a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in 1967.
Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested upon reaching Ye-U. She was imprisoned at Insein Prison in Yangon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi   (1536 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested again on May 30, 2003, by the ruling military junta of Myanmar during a violent clash between members of the National League for Democracy and junta supporters.
Aung San is a leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), whose election in 1990 would have made her the first democratic political leader in recent history.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born in 1945 in Rangoon, Burma.
myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=suukyi   (1521 words)

  
 The Burma Campaign UK: About Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi had returned to Burma in 1988 to nurse her dying mother and was immediately plunged into the country's nationwide democracy uprising.
Aung San Suu Kyi is placed her under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law that allows for detention without charge or trial for three years.
The junta releases Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.
www.burmacampaign.org.uk /aboutburma/aung_san_suu_kyi.htm   (1238 words)

  
 Dismal World | World Tour: Aung San Suu Kyi: The World's Only Imprisoned Nobel Laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of General Aung San, who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in 1947 and was assassinated by rivals in the same year.
Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested upon reaching Ye-U. She was imprisoned at Insein Prison in Yangôn.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been an honorary board member of International IDEA since her detention, and has received support for her release from the organization.
www.dismalworld.com /world_tour/aung_san_suu_kyi.php   (560 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikiquote
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ေအာင္ဆန္းဆုဳကည္) (born 19 June, 1945) Non-violent pro-democracy social activist of Myanmar; Winner of the 1990 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honour 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.
Aung San Suu Kyi serves as a reminder to us all that the commitment to nonviolence against aggressive violence, although deflected, cannot be ignored.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi   (2235 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi has often said that detention has made her even more resolute to dedicate the rest of her life to represent the average Burmese citizen.
Much of Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal within Burma lies in the fact she is the daughter of the country's independence hero General Aung San.
Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD convincingly won the polls, despite the fact that she herself was under house arrest and disqualified from standing.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1950505.stm   (846 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi Photos
Aung San Suu Kyi, a Noble Peace Laureate of 1991, was cited by the Nobel Committee as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades." She was educated at Delhi University and Oxford University.
Aung San Suu Kyi traveled extensively throughout the country, giving hundreds of speeches often to crowds of thousands, in an attempt to unite the people and reinstill their courage in achieving their long-sought goal of freedom.
Aung San Suu Kyi wrote numerous essays in her Rangoon home during Burma's upheaval in the final months of 1988.
www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/photos/phyo/suukyi.html   (342 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi was born on January 19, 1945 in the city of Rangoon, Burma.
Aung had made her way back to her homeland in 1988, to take care of her sick mother.
Aung San Sunn Kyi was released from prison on July 10, 1995.
departments.kings.edu /womens_history/kyi.html   (1257 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi - Great Men and Women of the World
Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in the city of Rangoon until she was 15 years old.
Aung San Suu Kyi would spend the next six years of her life at her lakeside villa in Rangoon to serve her house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi continued to fight for dialogue with the military rulers and a peaceful transition to a democratic government.
homepage.oanet.com /jaywhy/assk.htm   (816 words)

  
 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, saying that the NLD did not believe that the National Convention being held by the junta would lead the country to democracy, announced that the party was withdrawing from the National Convention.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers originally argued that U Aung San Oo had no right to apply for his sister to be evicted because, as a foreigner living in the United States, he has no right to own property in Myanmar.
www.burmabureaugermany.com /index.php?id=27   (3070 words)

  
 Amnesty International Women's Action Council Stop Violence Against Women Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, a general, is one of Myanmar’s foremost national heroes, having fought Japanese invaders during World War II and later helped to secure Burma’s independence from England.
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes the national symbol of the nation’s beleaguered democracy movement.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s husband Michael Aris dies of cancer in London at the age of 53.
women.amnestyusa.org /defenders/aungsansuukyi.asp   (738 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi - Summary
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is modest and soft spoken, but, depending on whether you believe the military rulers of Burma or the Nobel committee, she is either a puppet of imperialism or one of the most courageous women alive.
Aung San Suu Kyi ('Suu' to her friends and family) quickly emerged as the most effective and articulate leader of the movement, and the party she founded went on to win a colossal electoral victory in May 1990, even though she had been put under house arrest in July 1989.
In its citation the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated that in awarding the Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi, it wished 'to honour 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'.
www.geocities.com /gury4u/suukyi1.htm   (2844 words)

  
 CNN.com - Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi - Apr 4, 2004
Aung San Suu Kyi said she "could not stand by" as her country erupted in pro-democracy protests in 1988.
Born in 1945 she is the child of assassinated Myanmar independence hero Aung San -- a man almost universally respected in the country, including the top ranks of the military.
The generals had long been suspicious of Aung San Suu Kyi's marriage to a foreigner and had used it on many occasions in the rigidly controlled state media to cast doubts on her patriotism.
edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/suukyi.profile   (778 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi hero file
Aung San Suu Kyi is just such a person," the chairman of the Nobel Committee says at the award presentation ceremony held in Oslo on 10 December.
It is not least Aung San Suu Kyi's impressive courage which makes her such a potent symbol, like Gandhi and her father Aung San...
She has indeed taken up her inheritance, and is now in her own right the symbol of the revolt against violence and the struggle for a free society, not only in Burma, but also in the rest of Asia and in many other parts of the world.
www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/suukyi.html   (7567 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Aung San   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Born of a family distinguished in the resistance movement after the British annexation of 1886, Aung San became secretary of the students' union at Rangoon University and, with U Nu, led the students' strike there in February 1936.
Serving as minister of defense in Ba Maw's puppet government (1943-45), Aung San became skeptical of Japanese promises of Burmese independence, even if an unlikely Japanese victory were to occur, and was displeased with their treatment of Burmese forces.
While Aung San was appointed as Vice President of the Executive Council in Burma, Nehru was in the same position in India.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/San_Aung_702327115.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi & Aung San Suu Kyi Biography Links
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma, on June 19, 1945.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in Rangoon until the age of 15 and continued her studies at Delhi University when she accompanied her Ambassador mother to New Delhi.
From 1969 to 1971, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was the Assistant Secretary, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, United Nations Secretariat, New York.
www.thepeacemission.com /aung-san-suu-kyi.htm   (666 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Aung San Suu Kyi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Aung San Suu Kyi Whatever you're looking for you can get it on eBay.
Aung San Suu Kyi AUNG SAN SUU KYI [Aung San Suu Kyi], 1945-, Burmese political leader.
The daughter of assassinated (1947) nationalist general U Aung San, who is regarded as the founder of modern Myanmar, she lived outside the country after 1960.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00902.html   (389 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition leader, was taken into “protective custody” in...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition leader, was freed in May after 19 months of house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi - Political Figure, born 19 June 1945, Leader of the democratic movement in Myanmar
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0805339.html   (416 words)

  
 Free Aung San Suu Kyi ! Free Burma! Petition
But we need to look beyond freeing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as a goal because the ultimate objective of the democracy movement led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is to restore democracy in Burma and not just her freedom.
Overseas life: Much of Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal within Burma lies in the fact she is the daughter of the country's independence hero General Aung San.
Aung San Suu Kyi pronounced (Sue Chee), leader of Burma's struggle for democracy and the 1991 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of the world's most prominent leaders.
www.petitiononline.com /burma366/petition.html   (3269 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Aung San Suu Kyi still remains in custody in Myanmar today, despite a strong and unusually direct and unified appeal by ASEAN countries and other international bodies and countries for her release.
Aung San Suu Kyi is painted by the West as a hero of democracy.
However the current ruling junta seized power in a coup immediately after, maintaining power by arresting Aung San Suu Kyi, banning her party, controlling the press, and regularly closing down universities as possible hotbeds of dissent.
www.apmforum.com /news-feeds/aung-san-suu-kyi.htm   (468 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1998 | 08/98 | Burma | Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
Like the South African leader Nelson Mandela before her, Aung San Suu Kyi, has come to be seen internationally as a symbol of heroic and peaceful resistance in the face of oppression.
Now aged 53, Suu Kyi is the daughter of the late Burmese nationalist leader, General Aung San, whose resistance to British colonial rule culminated in Burma's independence in 1948.
Aung San Suu Kyi first came to prominence when she returned to Burma in August 1988, with her husband and their two sons remaining in Britain.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/140955.stm   (695 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi talks
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is demure and soft spoken in conversation, but, depending on whether you believe the military rulers of Burma or the Nobel committee, she is either a puppet of imperialism or one of the most courageous women alive.
To Aung San Suu Kyi, and legions of supporters around the world, all this intimidation proves the strength of the democracy movement in Burma.
This story includes comments from a series of personal interviews conducted with Aung San Suu Kyi, in her house in Rangoon, during the tense days after the junta arrested most of her party faithful in late May 1995.
www.gluckman.com /AungSanSuuKyi.html   (2107 words)

  
 The Burma Campaign UK Home Page
Aung San Suu Kyi is now serving her third term of house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Case is the First Filed Before New UN Human Rights Council
As Aung San Suu Kyi reaches ten years in detention, this new report highlights the failure of the United Nations to take any effective action against the regime in Burma, and calls for United Nations Security Council intervention
www.burmacampaign.org.uk   (269 words)

  
 Democratic Voice of Burma: Let's Talk Page (English)
I'm proud of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as she is a hero in the world.
All the best wishes to Daw Aung San Su Kyi and do pray that she and all the political prisoners in Burma be released the soonest.
Aung San Suu Kyi is the only one who could lead the demoracy movemet and who could make reconcilation among different groups in the country.
english.dvb.no /letstalk.php?id=35   (3921 words)

  
 Hero's Gallery
Ko Aung San, the Editor, is seated second from left.
Bogyoke Aung San, Daw Su (his mother), Daw Khin Kyi and their children (Aung San Oo, Aung San Lin, and Aung San Suu Kyi).
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the youngest child of Bogyoke Aung San.
www.aung.20fr.com /photo.html   (136 words)

  
 Vol.5 No.4&5 August - Who Killed Aung San   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Firstly, Bogyoke Aung San was the leader who could organise and unite the whole country so they were afraid of the whole of Burma uniting.
U Kin Oung, the son of U Tun Hla Aung (deceased) who was Deputy Police Commissioner during the investigation of the assassination, had written a book "Who killed Aung San", and some of the main facts were broadcasted on BBC in 1993.
In fact, Burma under Aung San and AFPFL leadership, was becoming organi-sed and united.
www.irrawaddy.org /database/1997/vol5.4.5/aungsan.html   (1775 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; born June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, Burma (which is now known as Yangôn, Myanmar), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist in Myanmar.
She is the daughter of General Aung San, who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in 1947 and was assassinated by rivals in the same year.
Under normal circumstances, she would have assumed the office of Prime Minister, however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power.
www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/a/au/aung_san_suu_kyi.html   (495 words)

  
 Aung San Suu Kyi Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Peace
Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma(Myanmar), and Nobel laureate.
Aung San Suu Kyi Biography & Achivements (submitted by samuel)
nobelprizes.com /nobel/peace/1991a.html   (340 words)

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