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Aung San Suu Kyi, born on 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, to the Burmese national hero, Aung San, is a pro-democracy activist committed to non-violence, and is the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, and a famous prisoner of conscience. A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Sakharov and Rafto Prizes for Freedom of Thought in 1990. In 1991, she also became a Nobelist, for her peaceful fight against a dictatorship.
Largely influenced by the example of Mahatma Gandhi, Suu Kyi entered politics to work on behalf of increased Burmese democracy, helping to set up the National League for Democracy on 27 September 1988, and for this was placed under house arrest on 20 July 1989. The Burmese authorities offered to let her go as an exile, but she refused. Various international figures, from George W Bush to Ban Ki-moon, have called upon the Burmese leader, Than Shwe, to release her, but as yet, these requests have not been aquiesced to.
