Australia's most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 15 November 2013 | Issue 1201 | starobserver.com.au
Aung San Suu Kyi to launch
AIDS 2014 in Melbourne
National
Serkan Ozturk
One of the world’s most prominent
political prisoners, Nobel Peace Prize
winner...
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Australia's most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 15 November 2013 | Issue 1201 | starobserver.com.au
Aung San Suu Kyi to launch
AIDS 2014 in Melbourne
National
Serkan Ozturk
One of the world’s most prominent
political prisoners, Nobel Peace Prize
winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, will be the
keynote speaker at this year’s World AIDS
Day reception to be hosted by the Pacific
Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria in Melbourne on
December 1.
LeaderofMyanmar’sNationalLeaguefor
Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi spent almost
15 years under house arrest between 19892010 due to her opposition to the country’s
military rulers. In 2012, the Burmese
politician was named by the UN as a Global
Advocate for Zero Discrimination in its
continuing fight against discrimination and
stigma of people living with HIV.
“Respect for the human rights of people
living with HIV must be promoted,” Aung
San Suu Kyi said earlier this year.
“We also need to protect the people who
live on the fri
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