Eleanor Roosevelt Awards for Human Rights
WAP2000120655- 06 DECEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON, D. C. USA:President Clinton presents to Alexander Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000. Clinton awarded Aung San Suu Kyi America's highest civilian award for her work against Human Rights violations by the Burmese Government. rw/Ricardo Watson UPI
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Two high-level U.S. State Department officials plan to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a trip to Myanmar.
BANGKOK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not reached a policy decision on whether sanctions on her country should be lifted, a British diplomat says.
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military junta let pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet Friday with three diplomats, Suu Kyi's spokesman and a government official said.
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a senior member of the ruling military after losing an appeal of her latest house detention.
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