Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy

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ILCAA, 1999 - Political Science - 392 pages
An examination of the current political crisis in Burma, and in particular its Buddhist and socio-psychological aspects.
 

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Page 315 - Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people...
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