[polldaddy poll=”7505166″] Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi finally received the E.U.’s Sakharov Prize in person. It was awarded to her 23 years ago while she was under house arrest for charges of trying to divide the military, which she denies.
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Aung San Suu Kyi in 2012 in Rangoon, Burma.