Aung San Suu Kyi : The Women Who Spent Her 15 Years Life Under House Arrest For Democracy In Her Country

Aung San Suu Kyi is the great inspiration in politics who fought against her country's militant for Democracy. She became the world's most famous political prisoner. She was put under house arrest for her political work for democratization. Military had offered her freedom if she would agreed to left the country but she refused. She knew that if she left the country then Berman military will never give her permission to enter in her country. Thus she never left Berma during her pro-democracy movement & spent 15 years under house arrest. Her famous speech was "Freedom to fear" in which she 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."

During this imprisonment,  she was prevented from meeting her party supporters, media and international visitors. The military had denied the visa of her husband & children. Her husband died in 1999 during her imprisonment. She could not met him in his last days but she didn't left her country. She was also separated from her children, who live in the United Kingdom. She was recently released on 13 November 2010. Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on November 2010. She appeared in front of a crowd of her supporters, who rushed to her house in Rangoon when nearby barricades were removed by the security forces.Discussions were held between Suu Kyi and the Burmese government during 2011, which led to a number of official gestures to meet her demands. In October, around a tenth of Burma's political prisoners were freed in an amnesty and trade unions were legalised.

When she was asked for the opportunity of ministerial post during 2012 election, she said,

"I can tell you one thing – that under the present constitution, if you become a member of the government you have to vacate your seat in the national assembly. And I am not working so hard to get into parliament simply to vacate my seat." She says about her country's democracy patterns,: "We wish to learn from everybody who has achieved a transition to democracy, and also our great strong point is that, because we are so far behind everybody else, we can also learn which mistakes we should avoid."

Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. The Nobel Committee mentions:

• The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
• ...Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. She has become an important symbol in the struggle against oppression...
• ...In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honour this woman for her unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means.
• —Oslo, 14 October 1991