December 2012

The Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi received, the US Congress highest Civilian Honour at a ceremony organized in the Capitol Rotunda on 19 September 2012, before her meet with the US president Barack Obama. Before her, the recipient of this award includes George Washington, Pope John Paul II and Dalai Lama-the Tibetan Buddhist Leader. During her 15 year long house arrest against the military rule in Myanmar, she received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008.

Other awards received by Suu Kyi before the US Congress highest Civilian medal are:

1. Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the year 1990

2. Rafto Prize in the year 1990

3. Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1991

4. The government of India awarded her with Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in the year 1992

5. The government of Venezuela awarded her with International Simón Bolívar Prize

6. The Government of Canada in 2007 awarded her with Honorary citizenship, she was among the only four people by then to receive the award

7. She won Wallenberg Medal in 2011

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