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June 18, 2012

Suu Kyi Collects Nobel Prize in Norway 
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The Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited Norway over
the weekend to collect the Nobel Peace prize she was awarded while
leading the struggle against the military junta 21 years ago. Suu Kyi
spent 15 years under house arrest and never left Burma when she could
have out of fear of being barred from returning. She was recently
elected to parliament and allowed to travel abroad as part of the ruling
junta's efforts to ease its global isolation. In her remarks, Suu Kyi
said the Nobel Prize award had expanded global solidarity for the
Burmese people.

Aung San Suu Kyi: "As days and months went by and news of reactions to
the award came over the airwaves I begun to understand the significance
of the Nobel Prize, it had made me real once again, it had drawn me back
into the wider community and what it is is more important, the Nobel
Prize had drawn the attention of the world to the struggle for democracy
and human rights in Burma. Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize means
personally extending my concerns for democracy and human rights beyond
national borders. The Nobel Peace Prize has opened up a door in my
heart."

 

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