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I myself am only an admirer and supporter of Daw Aung Suu Kyi, for her courage and the unyielding determination she shows. For the love of her fellow country men and women, she persists to fight by peaceful means to free Burma and to ultimately bring an end to the suffering caused by the current cruel dictatorship and brutal military regime. I live far away from Burma and from the horrific injustices that the Burmese people have been forced to endure. I have been moved by the courage that the burmese people have shown by opposing the regime in the face of such threat to their own personal safety. The world is watching in great admiration of Daw Aung San Suu kyi,of the National League of Democracy and ofcourse also of the the Burmese people themselves not least the Buddist Monks who too have sacrificed themeselves in protest against the regime. I am just a young women who will start college next year as a mature student of 27 years!I was inspired to setup this site for two reasons first and foremost because, due to the great media coverage of Burmas recent and tragic history, I feel I have been allowed to see into the eyes of modern day heros, one heroine in particular that of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and I feel it is time and crucial now that they can feel our support 'our' meaning those of us who are lucky enough to already have our liberty. The other reason is just a clerical error you could say ! I wanted to include Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on my myspace page to show my support for her; I searched myspace but nothing came up so I started to make my own! I have since however found a number of other official sites that are affiliated with Burma support groups and which include important links and information corresponding to how you can help the people of Burma and to call for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, I would urge you to consider these sites and add your surport to their campaign to Free Burma------------------------------------------------------ On a personal note I have really set this site up to say ♥ THANK YOU AUNG SAN SUU KYI ♥thank you for holding your heart out like a flag in the rain; thank you for your resilience, for not giving up hope; although you have said you dont believe in hoping but in doing; in that, you have redefined hope for the truth is you have and continue to inspire hope in the hearts of many even in those of us who are so removed from the epicentre of the struggle to Free Burma. I wanted to say I believe Burma will soon be free because of you and your compatriots and that, should you need our help, I believe that the rest of the world will be there for you at the 11th hour or before. My Government and those around the world are recieveing letters, as I write this to you, urging them to intervene. BURMA WILL BE FREE. For this I thank you and I thank God for you. yours always Annick ♥ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Daw Aung Sawn Sue Chee) is one of the world's most renown freedom fighters and advocates of nonviolence, having served as the figurehead for Burma's struggle for democracy since 1988. Born on June 19th, 1945 to Burma's independence hero, Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom. Her father was assassinated when she was only two years old.In 1988, while living in London, she returned to Burma to nurse her dying mother, and was plunged into the country's nationwide uprising that had just begun. Joining the newly-forming National League for Democracy political party, Suu Kyi gave numerous speeches calling for freedom and democracy. The military regime responded to the uprising with brute force, shooting and otherwise killing up to 10,000 demonstrators — student, women, children, and others — in a mater of months. Unable to maintain its grip on power, the regime was forced to call for a general election in 1990.As Suu Kyi began to campaign for the NLD, she and many others were detained by the regime. Despite being held under house arrest, the NLD went on to win a staggering 82% of the seats in parliament. The regime never recognized the results.Suu Kyi has been in and out of arrest ever since. She was held from 1989-1995, and again from 2000-2002. She was again arrested and placed behind bars in May 2003 after the Depayin massacre, during which up to 100 of her supporters were beaten to death by the regime's cronies. She has moved from prison back into house arrest in late 2003 and has been held there ever since.She has won numerous international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Jawaharlal Nehru Award from India. She has called on people around the world to join the struggle for freedom in Burma, saying "Please use your liberty to promote ours."****************************************************** ************************************************************ ****************************************************** BURMA in Brief: -.-.- The people of the Southeast Asian country of Burma are locked in one of the world's great freedom struggles. The country's military rulers, the State Peace and Development Council, have run the country with an iron fist for the past 15 years, after they assumed power from a 26-year socialist dictatorship. In 1988, students, professionals, and others launched a nationwide uprising aimed at bringing an end to authoritarian rule during which millions of people courageously marched on the streets, calling for freedom and democracy.The military responded by gunning down thousands of demonstrators and imprisoning thousands more in one of Southeast Asia's most bloody episodes in recent history. The leader of the demonstrations, Min Ko Naing (pronounced Min Ko Nine), has been held behind bars ever since, where approximately 1,400 political prisoners remain. The most recognizable face of Burma, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Daw Aung Sawn Sue Chee), has been in and out of house arrest and prison since 1988. Presently, she is held under house arrest.Worried that they could not hold on to power in 1988, the ruling generals announced they would hold a democratic election. Aung San Suu Kyi and many allies formed a political party, which they named the National League for Democracy (NLD). The party went on to win the election in a landslide victory in 1990, garnering an astounding 82% of the seats in parliament, even though many pro-democracy leaders were already imprisoned. Tragically, instead of permitting the electoral winners to assume office, the regime has maintained its grip on power ever since.In 1996, students again organized major protests on the streets of Rangoon, with thousands conducting sit-down demonstrations at key traffic intersections. The regime responded again by force, brutally beating them with batons and water canons, and arresting hundreds. This time, a videographer managed to capture some of the events on camera, which were then shown on CNN and other news stations.In May 2003, Burma again made international headlines when Aung San Suu Kyi, just released from house arrest a year earlier, was traveling on a speaking tour near Mandalay, Burma's second largest city. During her tour, approximately 600 members of her caravan were brutally attacked by the political arm of the regime, the Union Solidarity and Development Association. Up to 100 supporters were brutally beaten to death with blunt clubs, bamboo sticks, and spears, while Aung San Suu Kyi narrowly escaped assassination. She was held in prison and is now under total house arrest.At the same time, many of Burma's ethnic groups, including the Karen, Shan, and others, have been waging armed freedom struggles against the regime, some for up to 50 years. The regime, intent on dominating the entire country, has responded with brutal force — raping, slaughtering, or forcibly displacing millions of ethnic peoples. Reports of some of the world's most horrific human rights abuses have been documented by governments and credible organizations in Burma's ethnic regions, yet these peoples never give up the struggle to protect their homelands and way of life.The NLD, the true elected leaders of Burma, have called on citizens and governments around the world to put international pressure on Burma's regime. Our mission is to respond to this call — Please copy and paste the following links to your browser to learn more about how you can help to free Burma; WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/aboutburma/aung_san_suu_kyi. htm http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/whatyoucando/getstarted.ht ml .........http://www.ibiblio.org/freeburma/assk/assk.html ........................http://www.actionburma.com/

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Famous Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi "The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."************************* "Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change."***************************************************" I think this is the case in the great majority of authoritarian states: on the surface, because of repression, everything seems frozen, but when the sun comes out and the ice melts, you find that there was a lot of life underneath all along."***************************************************** ******"Please use your liberty to promote ours."****************************************************** ****"What is there to be discouraged about? Gandhi said the victory is in the struggle itself. The struggle itself is the most important thing. I tell our followers that when we achieve democracy, we will look back with nostalgia on the struggle and how pure we were."**************************************************** "We will prevail because our cause is right, because our cause is just. ...History is on our side. Time is on our side."***************************************************** "I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word "hope." I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. This is the way all such situations pan out-- even with the most truculent dictator."************************************************** ************"Wouldn't you say that unity comes first? Out of unity comes security. I don't think you can impose security from on top. Just look at Yugoslavia. For years it seemed as if everything was quiescent, but this was not the kind of security you would like--something that was imposed on the people and not something that had arisen from trust and understanding between them. So I think we want to put unity first. Out of real unity--which can only be based on understanding and mutual respect--will come the kind of security that we really want and the people really want."