Aung San Suu Kyi

When Sakharov was exiled to Gorky, he was involved in numerous hunger strikes. This tactic goes back to non-violence movements illustrated by Gandhi and is still used by important government figures like Aung San Suu Kyi. When she was placed under house arrest by the Burmese government, Suu Kyi went on a hunger strike to win the support and respect of the people around the world. Also, when she was put under…

The lives of Gandhi, Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi(ASSK), are ones we deem as having been extraordinary. However, there are many potential determinants that illustrate this perception. The interesting aspect for this essay is how they managed to overcome the repressive existing order and bring about change. The three individuals in this study have similar objectives, however took slightly different routes in achieving their goals. The focus is on their methods of resistance and their attitudes…

factors, “transformational leadership results in performance…[and] better work outcomes” (Northouse, p.169). Suu Kyi displayed examples of these four factors throughout her career. As for the first factor, Suu Kyi was a leader who provided her “followers with a vision and a sense of mission” (Friebe). She criticized the government who was violating human rights in Myanmar, she empowered “those who feel that hope is lost” (Shaina). She gained deep respect by her followers, she was a strong role…

refugees. Russel writes that “The loosening of authoritarian control can always, it seems, give rise to unexpected consequences. In Burma, new freedoms had rekindled animosities and prejudices that military rule had appeared to keep in check.” Even Aung San Suu Kyi has been largely silent on the subject, leading some to call the Rohingya Muslims the most oppressed people in the world. They will continue to have to combat the various ethnic strife found throughout Burma. Some scholars, such as…

The concept of fear which Aung San Suu Kyi chose to title her most important book Freedom from Fear is one of primary tools used by the military government. The Burmese government utilizes fear as a means of controlling the populace by infecting fear in them. Fear of torturing them if…

48). He was late charge to jail for rebellion to the colonial authorities of opinion toward Burma entering the war. During 1947, Aung San was known to be icon hero for the Burmese people he was the one that “negotiated Panglong Agreement with ethnic leader that guaranteed the independence of Myanmar as a unified state” (Myanmar from Wikipedia, n.d., p. 8). It was Aung San dream to see Burma being liberty from the Britain but wasn’t able to see it unfold. During July 1947,…

young age. At the time I had no idea what was the big problem, but father never seemed to come home which angered my mother. The exact date or year I cannot seem to remember, however the present date is 1964, when my mother told me what happened to Aung Sun my father. The rivals of the Burmese army had assassinated him. A truly terrible tragedy to a great man in politics. Mid of 1967 St Hugh 's College of Oxford university, is one of the most prestigious schools in the world which had always…

went to his head. Clearly, you can see, that Napoleon was corrupt with power when he chases Snowball off the farm, brainwashes the animals to always think he is right, plus kills many animals and uses his dog to make the others fear him. As Aung San Suu Kyi once said, “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” When Napoleon got just a little taste of power, he gathered as much…

Nobel Causes Although many children believe they have no power to create change in today’s society, Malala Yousafzai decided to stand up for her rights and oppose the obstacles in her life. Yousafzai chose to continue attending school, despite threats made against her and other young girls by the Taliban. The terrorist group then attempted to murder her in retaliation for her defiance. However, she survived and soon became the face of a campaign to give every child the right to education and…

“I’d rather die in Bangladesh than be forced to return to Myanmar,” says Aisha, 19. Aisha, a Rohingya woman, was raped by soldiers that were attacking her village in Myanmar. The Myanmar soldiers violently killed her son, as the family attempted to flee the violence in Myanmar. “They threw my son in the air and cut him with a machete. Then they threw petrol bombs and burned down our houses,” reported by UNICEF. This is only one story of a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Aisha’s story is not an…