PE652-VDB: 2013 Labels European Parliament SAKHAROV Prize SAN SUU KYI - Myanmar - (Perforated with sheet edge)
N°PE652-VDB : Set of 5 PERFORATED and gummed cinderella stamp blocks (labels) WITH SHEET EDGE
"AUNG SAN SUU KYI 1990 Laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought AWARD CEREMONY. European Parliament, Strasbourg (France) 22 October 2013"
Cinderellas issued on the occasion of the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France) October 21-24, 2013
"October 22, 2013 : Award Ceremony of the 1990 SAKHAROV Prize for Freedom of Thought for Mrs AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Activist and Leader of the Parliamentary opposition in Burma / Myanmar"
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Aung San Suu Kyi receives Sakharov Prize awarded in 1990
Myanmar human rights legend Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her Sakharov Prize on 22 October 2013, 23 years after it was awarded by the European Parliament.
"This is a great moment, a moment for which an entire generation in your country but also here in Europe have been waiting for," said EP president Martin Schulz.
Aung San Suu Kyi thanked MEPs for their support over the years: "Freedom of thought begins with the right to ask questions and this right our people in Burma have not had for so long that some of our young people do not quite know how to ask questions
"We want to make sure that the right to think freely and to live according to our conscience is preserved. This right is not yet guaranteed 100%. We still have to work very hard before the basic law of the land, which is the constitution, will guarantee us the right to live according to our conscience."
Symbol of freedom and democracy
Mr Schulz called Aung San Suu Kyi a "great symbol of freedom and democracy". "Despite how long it takes, the people who show strength to fight for democracy will prevail in the end," he said.
Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest before being released in November 2010.
(Europan Parliament)
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- 22/10/2013
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