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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world's most renowned freedom fighters and winner of most numerous international awards.  The Dundee City Council of Scotland honored her with the award "Freedom of Dundee" for her courageous struggle to restore democracy in Burma.  Ms. Anna Roberts, the director of the Burma Campaign United Kingdom, received the award on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi in a ceremony on Wednesday night.  This is the third award for her this year.

She has won numerous international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Jawaharlal Nehru Award from India. However, she has been unable to physically receive the vast majority of these awards due to the fact that she has been under house arrest since 1988.

The list of Awards won by Aung San Suu Kyi are:

1990
Honorary Fellow. St. Hugh's College
Oxford, UK
Thorolf Rafto Award for Human Rights
Norway

1991
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
European Parliament
Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway
Honorary Member, International PEN
Norwegian Center
Humanities Human Rights Award
USA
Honorary Member. International PEN
Canadian Center

1992
Marisa Bellisario Prize
Italy
Annual Award of the International
Human Rights Law Group

USA
Honorary President, Students' Union London
School of Economics and Political Science

UK
Honorary Member, International PEN
English Centre
Honorary Life Member,
University of London Union

UK
Honorary Professional Fellowship,
Law and Society Trust

Sri Lanka
Honorary Doctorate in Political Science,
Thammasat University

Thai
International Simòn Bolívar Prize
UNESCO
Prix Litteraire des Droits de l'Homme
Nouveaux Droits de l'Homme
Honorary Member, World Commission
on Culture and Development

UNESCO

1993
Member, Académie Universelle des Cultures
Paris
Rose Prize
Arbejderbevaegelsens Internationale Forum / International Forum of the Danish Labour Movement, Copenhagen
Premio Mujer Progresista
Federacion Mujeres Progresistas / Spanish Federation of Progressive Women, Madrid
Victor Jara International Human Rights Award
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law,
Los Angeles, USA

Member of the Advisory Board, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Havard University
USA
Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Toronto
Canada
The Freedom of the City, Commune of Giugliano
Italy
Bremen Solidarity Prize
City of Bremen, Germany

1994
Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy and Letters,
Free University of Brussels

Belgium
Honorary Adviser, Forum of
Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific

Seoul, Republic of Korea

1995
The Freedom of the City, Aversa
Italy
Liberal International Prize for Freedom
UK
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Queen's University
Canada
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
India
(for 1993)
Gandhi Award, Simon Fraser University
Canada (October)
Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law, University of Oxford
UK
Freedom Award of the International Rescue Committee
USA (November 21)

1996
Rajiv Smriti Puraskar (Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Award) -
Art & Culture Foundation of India

NGO (August)
Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia Award
Australia (May)
W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award
National Democratic Institute (August)
Empty Chair Award, Women of the Year Lunch, London
UK

1997
Honorary Doctorate, Charles University Faculty of Law
Prague
(January)
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, American University
Washington, DC. (January)
Distinguished Alumni Award,
Central University / Delhi University
India
Honorary Doctorate, University of Natal
South Africa (April)
Honorary Doctorate, Chapman University
Orange County, CA (May)
Honorary Citizenship of Rome
Italy (May 23)
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Glasgow University
UK
Honorary Doctorate of Letters,
University of Technology, Sydney

Australia
Pearl S. Buck Woman's Award, Pearl S. Buck Foundation
USA
International Award, St. Angela's Peace
and Justice Group, Waterford

Eire
Profiles in Courage Award, Kennedy Society of Denmark
Denmark

1998
Honorary Doctorate, Cambridge University
UK (June)
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Wales, Cardiff
Wales
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Bristol
UK
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Melbourne

Australia
Honorary Degree, University of Bath
UK (December)

1999
Honorary Degree, Bucknell University
USA (May)
Freedom Award, International Republican Institute
Washington, D.C. (October)

2000
Dublin Freedom Award
Dublin (March)
United States Presidential Medal of Freedom
USA

2003
Free Spirit Award, Freedom Forum
USA

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