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Mae Tao Clinic, the Glossary

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  1. 16 relations: Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangkok, Cynthia Maung, Dalai Lama, Four cuts, John Humphrey Freedom Award, Kayin State, Mae Sot, Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize, Ramon Magsaysay, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Scorched earth, Statelessness, Time (magazine), 8888 Uprising.

  2. Hospitals established in 1989
  3. Hospitals in Thailand

Aung San Suu Kyi

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945), sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi, is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Cynthia Maung

Cynthia Maung (စင်သီယာမောင်; born 6 December 1959) is a Karen medical doctor and founder of Mae Tao Clinic that has been providing free healthcare services for internally displaced persons (IDP) and migrant workers on the Thai-Burmese border for three decades.

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Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama is a title given by Altan Khan in 1578 AD at Yanghua Monastery to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Four cuts

The four cuts strategy is a military doctrine of the Tatmadaw (the military of Myanmar) that consists of violent collective punishment against civilians perceived to have ties to insurgent groups.

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John Humphrey Freedom Award

The John Humphrey Freedom Award was presented annually by the Canadian human rights group Rights & Democracy, to an organization or individual from any country or region of the world for exceptional achievement in the promotion of human rights and democratic development.

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Kayin State

Kayin State (ကရင်ပြည်နယ်,; italics; ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်), formerly known as Karen State, is a state of Myanmar.

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Mae Sot

Mae Sot (แม่สอด,; မဲဆောက်,; မႄႈသွတ်ႇ) is a city in western Thailand that shares a border with Myanmar to the west.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Ramon Magsaysay

Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957.

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: Gawad Ramon Magsaysay) is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.

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Scorched earth

A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.

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Statelessness

In international law, a stateless person is someone who is "not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law".

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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8888 Uprising

The 8888 Uprising, also known as the People Power Uprising and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988.

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See also

Hospitals established in 1989

Hospitals in Thailand

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Tao_Clinic