"Freedom from Fear" - collected writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi's collected writings - edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer - reflects her greatest hopes and fears for her fell[...]
"Letters from Burma" - an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. In these astonishing letters, Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burma's borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native land. Here she celebrates the courageous army o[...]
Now in paperback, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's role in the struggle against Burma's military junta. Included is a new afterword by the author, which covers events from the time of the original publication in 1998 to Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arr[...]
The exodus from Rakhine state in Myanmar began after Rohingya militants attacked police posts on 25 August 2017, prompting a military backlash that has sent a third of the Muslim minority population fleeing for their lives. Since then, more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees have become the problem of t[...]
The leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has joined Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama in the global pantheon of those whose lives are dedicated to freedom. Throughout the world, she is associated with a peaceful struggle for democracy and h[...]
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi--known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady"--has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Bur[...]
Aung San Suu Kyi is known for her courageous stand for democracy and human rights inside Burma (now Myanmar). This book offers a collection of her views on the political situation inside Burma, her non-violent approach to democracy and human rights, her Buddhist beliefs, and her family.[...]
Burma's pro-democracy movement emerged in 1988 when massive demonstrations swept across the country. This book gives an account of the movement, its emergence and growth, and Aung San Suu Kyi's prominent leadership role since its inception. Woven into this history is an outline of how Aung San Suu K[...]
I likhet med Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King og Mahatma Gandhi har Aung San Suu Kyi blitt et symbol for kampen for frihet verden over. I 1991 mottok hun Nobels fredspris. ??Men i lange perioder siden 1989 har Aung San Suu Kiy blitt holdt i husarrest av militærjuntaen. Da ektemannen døde i 1999 [...]
Hun var bare to år gammel da faren hennes ble drept av militærjuntaen. Hun gikk på skole i London og vokste opp under gode kår, men Aung San Suu Kyi bestemte seg senere for å kjempe for frihet og demokrati i Burma - akkurat som sin far. Hun fikk Nobels fredspris i 1991, mens hun satt i husarres[...]
Frihedsforkæmperen Aung San Suu Kyi er kendt over hele verden for sin fredelige kamp for demokrati og menneskerettigheder i Burma. Men hvordan er hun egentlig som menneske? Hvad er det, der driver hende til at ofre så meget for sit land?
Jesper Bengtsson tegner et portræt af en a[...]
Aung San Suu Kyi har blivit en ikon för kampen för demokrati i Burma - ja, för hela världen. I år är det ett år sedan hon släpptes fri från sin 21-åriga husarrest och 20 år sedan hon tilldelades Nobels fredspris.
På samma sätt som Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King och Mahatm[...]
När frihetskämpen Aung San mördades i en militärkupp 1947 efterlämnade han ett arv i form av en obändig vilja och tro på friheten i sin dotter Aung San Suu Kyi. Trots förlusten av familjemedlemmar, partikamrater och sin egen frihet, har Aung San Suu Kyi fortsatt kampen med en ofattbar inre s[...]
Aung San Suu Kyi on yksi aikamme tunnetuimmista poliittisista vaikuttajista, vaikka hän on viettänyt jo yli 15 vuotta elämästään vankilassa ja Myanmarin sotilasjuntan asettamassa kotiarestissa. Viimeisin, toukokuussa 2003 alkanut kotiaresti jatkuu edelleen. Burman itsenäisyystaistelua johtane[...]