Detention in Myanmar

In 1990, the military junta called a general election, which the National League for Democracy won decisively. Under normal circumstances, she would have assumed the office of Prime Minister.[4] Instead, the results were nullified, and the military refused to hand over power. This resulted in an international outcry and partly led to Aung San Suu Kyi's winning the Sakharov Prize that year and the Nobel Peace Prize the following year in 1991. Her sons Alexander and Kim accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Aung San Suu Kyi used the Nobel Peace Prize's 1.3 million USD prize money to establish a health and education trust for the Burmese people.


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^ http://mwcnews.net/content/view/14517&Itemid=1
^ http://www.narinjara.com/details.asp?id=1282
^ http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/30/10128726.html
^ US urges Burmese to free Suu Kyi. BBC News (2004-12-02). Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
^ Overzicht Eredoctoraten Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Dutch). Vrije Univeriteit Brussel. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
^ "Arrest Yourself", US Campaign for Burma. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
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^ Burma Library website
^ Burma Lawyers' Council characterizes Declarations as Landmark
^ Bommersvik Declaration I in pdf from the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma website
^ Bommersvik Declaration II in pdf from the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma website
^ "for the lady", BBC Burmese, 2004-11-01. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
^ Cowley, Jason. "Heroes of our time — the top 50", New Statesman, 2006-05-22. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.