Aung San Suu Kyi to receive Citizen of Burma Award; Kim Aris wraps up ‘Suu 80th birthday campaign’ tour in US

Jailed Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is this year’s recipient of the Citizen of Burma Award, which has been bestowed upon a citizen of Myanmar every year since 2010 by the U.S.-based organization of the same name.

“This year our goal is to express respect and to honor the civilian leader [Aung San Suu Kyi] who has been held in prison,” Kyaw Wanna, the founder of the Citizen of Burma Award, told DVB.