Sunday, June 19, 2005

Happy Birthday to the Lady

The Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Celebrates her 60th Birthday today...She has been under house arrest since 1989, for non-violently struggling for democracy in Burma...She is a believer in Gandhi's methods...
She has also been awarded the Sakharov human rights prize for freedom of thought..

An album was made in tribute to her called For The Lady...the artists included Paul McCartney Pearl Jam Sting Ani DiFranco R.E.M. Bonnie Raitt U2 Eric Clapton Peter Gabriel Coldplay Avril Lavigne ManĂ¡ matchbox twenty Damien Rice Indigo Girls Travis Natalie Merchant Ben Harper Bright Eyes among others...


Photo's of Aung San Suu Kyi for the BBC
Anti-Myanmar protesters mark Suu Kyi's birthday reuters

2 comments:

Shurouq said...

A true rold model.
Happy birthday to her.

kwtia said...

yes indeed...hope she gains her freedom to enjoy the world again...