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Aung San Suu Kyi

Also known as: Aung San Suu Kyi; primary name: Aung San Suu Kyi
Details: individual; politician/statesman; Burmese; Female
Other dates: 1945- (active)
Biography: An activist who campaigned non-violently for democracy in Burma. She won the Nobel peace prize in 1991 and helped to negotiate the independance of Burma from Britain in 1947. She has been in an out of jail since 1990 and is still imprisoned today.

3 related objects

badge

Museum number: 2004,0810.1 |
Authority: BIOG168096 Issuer:Burma Campaign UK |
Production date: 1999 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

badge

Museum number: 2004,0810.2 |
Authority: BIOG168106 Issuer:Prospect Burma |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

medal

Title: Free Burma |
Museum number: 2010,4194.2 |
Producer name: BIOG204298 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:David Nicholls |
Production date: 2009 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles