Aung San Suu Kyi
My blog entries of September + October 2007 spoke of this woman.
She has been under house arrest for the past 15+ years. She and her political party won the 1990 public election in Burma, but the military dictatorship refused to give over its power. They crushed the democracy movement and put her under arrest while the rest of the world watched, mute as usual.
Today, she is freed from house arrest. She tells her people, "Do not give up hope."
Desmond Tutu, another Nobel Laureate well-acquainted with the ravages of political abuse, had a wonderful statement. He said, she is beautiful, demur and the model of integrity-- and the generals are so frightened of this unarmed woman with a belief in the equality of people. She believes governments need to listen to all the people. Freedom of speech. Freedom from fear and repression.
What she needs from us, now, is our total attention and our voices -- to keep her alive and to learn from her.
I am looking for the Aung San Suu Kyi of my country. Who among us has this integrity, belief and quiet persistence? I want to believe: "Do not give up hope."
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