http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html en Copyright 2007 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:52:54 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MYANMAR. Rangoon. 1995. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, nonviolent activist and winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, reads in her yard where she was under house arrest for 6 years. © Steve McCurry/Magnum Photos Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (62) is a nonviolent pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma). According to the New York Times she has been held under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years by the military junta. In 1991 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship. The decision of the Nobel Committee mentions: "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. ...Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. She has become an important symbol in the struggle against oppression... ...In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honour this woman for her unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means." As the current events in Myanmar (Burma) unfold many demonstrators have been detained and a number of people as well as a Japanese photojournalist have been killed. Please inform yourself and take action where you can. Links: » Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's website » BBC Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi » The New York Times coverage of Burma » CNN: Blogs helping expose Myanmar horrors » Amnesty International: Myanmar authorities step up crackdown on protesters » Amnesty International: Take Action Online - Release Myanmar protesters » Amnesty International: Take Action Online - Send Urgent UN mission to Myanmar » US Campaign for Burma » One photographer killed and six journalists in jail Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association condemn the poor state of press freedom]]> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html <p>China will determine what's next. It already controls most of Burma's abundant natural resources and it will consolidate it's hold. China will need the Olympics in 2008 to offset past debacles and to confirm its role as a world power. Swimming and wrestling will thus prevent the Burma army thugs from killing too many protesters as they did during the eighties. China, however, will also ensure that the Burmese army thugs stay in power. </p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html#comment-4699 <p>I find it very questionable that Burma once again dissapeared from the news only a couple of days after the recent unrests...</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html#comment-4810 <p> Difficulty to imagine the life of this woman, difficult to imagine a photo that expresses the strength of this woman, a book a chair and a woman it is not enough</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html#comment-5190 <p>For me this photo reflects the isolation that the Burmese people must be experiencing in there current day plight. I pray that some day soon they are able to free themselves of the oppressive regime that rules them and move forward with optimism and in freedom. <br /> To the people of Burma. You are out of sight but not out of mind.</p> http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/09/photo_of_the_week_daw_aung_san_suu_kyi_in_myanmar.html#comment-5428