The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will honor Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the democracy movement in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

Suu Kyi, who recently won a seat in her country’s parliament under democracy reforms, spent most of 1989 through 2010 under house arrest in what had been a totalitarian regime.

She will be recognized on Wednesday, April 18, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, with the Elie Wiesel Award, named for one of the museum’s founders, and like Suu Kyi a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Suu Kyi will not be present for the D.C.-area event but is likely to deliver a video message. — jta