Burma’s leading democracy icon Aung Suu Kyi claims Sakharov Prize for her human rights dedication almost quarter century after it was first awarded to her

Suu Kyi to claim EU Sakharov prize 23 years after award

AFP – Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is to finally receive the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990 at the height of the Myanmar military crackdown, the European Parliament revealed Wednesday. Suu Kyi is now a leader of the opposition in Myanmar.