Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi marks her 65th birthday today, under house arrest in Rangoon. Here, we republish an article she wrote in honour of her father Aung San, which first appeared in the January 1992 edition of Index on Censorship magazine.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Freedom from fear
18 Jun 2010
Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi marks her 65th birthday under house arrest today. Here, we republish an article she wrote in honour of her father Aung San, which first appeared in the January 1992 edition of Index on Censorship magazine.
Read "Freedom from fear" here
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