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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally has accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, after spending more than 15 years under house arrest. In her acceptance speech during her first trip to Europe in nearly 25 years, Suu Kyi pledged to keep up her struggle for democracy in Myanmar. She said full political freedom in her country is still a long way off.
She said absolute peace in the world is an unattainable goal. Suu Kyi said hostilities have not ceased in the far north to the west and communal violence resulting in arson and murder are taking place several days before she started out the journey that has brought her in Oslo today. She advocated caution about transformation in Myanmar, whose quasi-civilian government continues to hold political prisoners.
Suu Kyi, 66, told a packed Oslo City Hall that it is to be feared that because the best known detainees have been released, the remainder, the unknown ones, will be forgotten. A day earlier, she arrived from Switzerland to a jubilant reception as dancing and chanting crowds filled Oslo's streets and showered her with flowers.
She said absolute peace in the world is an unattainable goal. Suu Kyi said hostilities have not ceased in the far north to the west and communal violence resulting in arson and murder are taking place several days before she started out the journey that has brought her in Oslo today. She advocated caution about transformation in Myanmar, whose quasi-civilian government continues to hold political prisoners.
Suu Kyi, 66, told a packed Oslo City Hall that it is to be feared that because the best known detainees have been released, the remainder, the unknown ones, will be forgotten. A day earlier, she arrived from Switzerland to a jubilant reception as dancing and chanting crowds filled Oslo's streets and showered her with flowers.
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