Aung San Suu Kyi to receive honorary Oxford doctorate

Published on May 25, 2012 ...

This file photo taken on May 2, 2012 shows Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she attended a session at the lower house of parliament during which she read her parliamentary oath in Naypyidaw. She will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Britain's prestigious Oxford University, her alma mater announced on Thursday. -- PHOTO: AFP


LONDON (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Britain's prestigious Oxford University, her alma mater announced on Thursday.

The democracy icon will receive a doctorate in civil law on June 20, a day after her 67th birthday, during her first trip abroad in more than two decades.

She will address both houses of the British parliament the following day in an honour bestowed on only a few world leaders.

'We are delighted that Daw Suu is finally able to return to the university and are looking forward greatly to what will be a very special occasion,' said Oxford vice-chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton.

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