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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Gaze into the life of Aung San Suu Kyi with never-seen-before family photos




Posted on 05 Nov 2011

STOMPer Alex sent in photos of Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi which were previously unreleased until her 65th birthday. The photos were taken before she received her Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

The 66-year-old was detained under house arrest om Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from July 20, 1989, to Nov 13, 2010.

Wrote Alex:

"On the 65th anniversary of her birth, the family of Aung San Suu Kyi released old family photographs of the human rights activist long before her Nobel prize.

"She’s of interest in relation to Bhutan as her late husband, Michael Aris, was a former royal tutor in the Kingdom and a scholar of both the nation’s history and of the Himalayas more generally.

"One of her most famous speeches is the 'Freedom From Fear' speech, which begins: 'It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.'

"She also believes fear spurs many world leaders to lose sight of their purpose. 'Government leaders are amazing', she once said. 'So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.'

"These photographs are priceless!"


-Ref:Stomp
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