Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo yesterday, gave a speech ‘The Nobel Peace Prize Opened Up a Door in My Heart,’ after spending a total of 15 years under house arrest and said full political freedom in her country was still a long way off.
Suu Kyi, the Oxford University-educated daughter of General Aung San, Myanmar’s assassinated independence hero, advocated caution about transformation in Myanmar, whose quasi-civilian government continues to hold political prisoners.
The 66-year-old champion of political freedom praised the power of her 1991 Nobel honor both for saving her from the depths of personal despair and shining an enduring spotlight on injustices in distant Myanmar.
Watch the whole ceremony and her speech below:
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