RANGOON

Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma's Hope for freedom.

1988: Student led uprising across Burma.

August 8th 1988: The 8-8-88 uprising. Millions of people gather in Rangoon to protest the BSPP government. Thousands of people die at the hands of the military dictatorship including women and children trying to flee to Thailand.

The Burmese marched toward firing soldiers and placed flowers in the barrels of the soldier's guns.

September 18th 1988: The government kills an ass ton more people. Six days later the National League for Democracy (NLD)is formed and led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

May 27 1990: Despite house arrest, the National Leage for Democracy wins the general election at 82 percent of the seats. The military junta refuses to accept the results of the election.

Rafto Human Rights Prize
Sakharov Prize (human rights prize of the European Parliament)
Awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize