Aung San Suu Kyi to receive Sakharov Prize awarded 23 years ago

Myanmar/Burma militant and parliamentary opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will finally receive the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize, awarded to her in 1990, at a ceremony at noon on 22 October at the EP’s plenary session in Strasbourg. Ms Suu Kyi was released from house arrest three years ago.

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