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Aung san suu kyis 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 fellow burmese people, and her concern about the need for international cooperation in the continuing fight for burmas freedom. On 10 december 1991, she was awarded the nobel peace prize. Aung san suu kyi, nobel peace prize winner, prodemocracy campaigner, burmese politician, and mother, is an incredibly inspirational woman. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power. First published by viking in 1993 and now available in paperback, a collection of writings from the leader of burmas national league for democracy, who ha. Aung san suu kyi has 23 books on goodreads with 10639 ratings. Read aung san suu kyis speech freedom from fear index on. For the last fiftenn years of burmas traumatic history, aung san suu kyi has been the inspirational leader of attempts to restore democracy to her country. Freedom from fear is both an essay by aung san suu kyi, and a book of the same name comprising a collection of her essays in honor of aung san suu kyi and the human rights abuses in burma, the freedom campaign released a feature documentary film entitled freedom from fear in 2008. Aung san suu kyis freedom from fear and other writings published in london. Aung san suu kyis 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 fellow burmese people, and her concern about the need for international cooperation in the continuing. Books by aung san suu kyi author of letters from burma. Awn sahn sue chee 1945 is an international icon for peace and the embodiment of the burmese now myanmar peoples fight for democracy after 50 years of oppressive military rule.
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