Abstract
To understand Aung San Suu Kyi, we must first understand the country and the circumstances in which she fights. Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Burma. Burma lies between Bangladesh and Thailand; it was a province of India until 1937 when it became a self-governing colony, its capital is Rangoon. In Burma, there is no government constitution. Its citizens are under political tyranny with no guarantee of a trial or at least a fair one if charged with a crime. Burma is a resource rich country and has large supplies of gas and oil but it suffers under the governments pervasive controls. It has inefficient economic policies and 25% of its citizens live below the poverty level. Burma is the second largest producer of illicit opium and a major source of methamphetamine's and heroin. Their corrupt government is not willing to deal with these drug traders and lacks any sort of commitment towards eradicating this or the extensive money laundering. Burma has been described as one of the most repressive countries in Asia. Burma is charged with crimes against humanity by the United Nations for its systematic abuses of human rights and refusal to hand over power to the National League for Democracy, the party which Aung San Suu Kyi founded.
