As heroic Burmese human rights campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi
finally been able to accept in person the Nobel Peace prize that was awarded to
her back in 1991, does this mean that the Nobel Peace Prize doesn’t leave any
laureates behind?
By: Ringo Bones
Its now official – in June 16, 2012 – Burmese human rights
campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has finally been able to formally accept the Nobel
Peace Prize that was awarded to her back in 1991 in Oslo, Norway. It took 21
years for Aung San Suu Kyi to accept her Nobel Peace Prize in person because
she was subjected under house arrest by the Burmese junta for the same length
of time. And she was just recently been freed and allowed travel outside Burma.
According to the Nobel Peace prize Committee in Oslo, Norway – Ang San Suu Kyi
was proven to be a good moral leader, then and now. Does this spell good hope
to those Nobel Peace Laureates who were unable to formally accept theirs?
The 2010 Mainland Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo
was still unable to formally accept his own Nobel because he is currently
serving a lengthy prison term in a Mainland Chinese maximum security prison for
his work calling for more freedom for the average Mainland Chinese citizen.
Sadly, the Beijing government doesn’t approve of this, denying Liu Xiaobo to
formally accept his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. But like Aung San Suu Kyi, his
Nobel awaits that glorious day when he will be able to accept in person his
Nobel – whether it takes 20 years or more.
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