Aung San Suu Kyi is the world´s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient. She is the democratically chosen leader of Burma and she´s been under house arrest since the 1988 demostrations against the country´s military rulers.
The Lady´s birthday is June 19th and there´s a campaign to draw attention to her struggle (and the struggle of 55 million Burmese people who live under a brutal military dictatorship) by staying at home for 24 hours of self-imposed house arrest. For more information US campaign for Burma.
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