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Her name is Aung San Suu Kyi. She is a pro-democracy leader of Burma. She is a daughter of Burma's national hero General Aung San, who led the country to get independence. She is 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate. She has achieved over 70 international awards. Now she has been under house arrest since 30 May, 2003. |
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I am really pleased our Su Su Nway has been awarded
Su Su Nway wins 2006 John Humphrey Freedom Award
Aug 31, 2006 (DVB) Burmese pro-democracy activist Su Su Nway, who courageously challenged the ruling military junta's use of forced labour and won a historic court ruling against the regime last year, is the winner of Rights & Democracy's 2006 John Humphrey Freedom Award. Su Su Nway, 34, from Htan Manaing Village, Rangoon Kawmoo Township, came to the world's attention last year for her inspiring individual efforts to see the junta's representatives in her village brought to justice for forcing her and her neighbours to repair a road without pay. Su Su Nway's determination paid off last year when a judge sentenced the village Chairman and a deputy to eight months in prison under an untested law passed in 1999 that bans compulsory labour. The verdict was the first ever against the military regime's long-standing practice of forced labour. But a few months later, she was tried for “insulting and disrupting a government official on duty,” and sentenced last October to 18-months in the notorious Rangoon Insein Prison. Su Su Nway, who suffers from a heart condition, endured nine months in Insein before authorities finally bowed to international pressure and released her on June 6, 2006 . Rights & Democracy presents the John Humphrey Freedom Award each year to an organization or individual from any country or region of the world, including Canada , for exceptional achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development. Named in honour of John Peters Humphrey, a McGill University law professor who prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Award includes a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient's human rights work.
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