Bono to present Suu Kyi with award in Dublin

Bono is to present Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International’s top honour when she visits Dublin next month as part of her first international tour in 24 years.

Suu Kyi is scheduled to visit Dublin on June 18 to be guest of honour at a concert called Electric Burma.

She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1991, and Amnesty’s Ambassador of Conscience award in 2009.