A Burmese human rights campaigner, Zoya Phan, accepted the Political Studies Association's special award for lifetime achievement in politics on her behalf during Tuesday's award ceremony in London.
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won elections in 1990, but Burma's government refused to recognize the results and prevented the party from taking office.
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