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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi called for "freedom from fear" and further moves towards democracy in her first televised election campaign speech. "Unless people get human rights with freedom from fear, a democratic system cannot be established and developed," Ms Suu Kyi said, echoing the title of her well-known political essay, Freedom from Fear. "Only under the rule of law can people really feel the taste of freedom by really getting protection of the law," she said, ahead of April 1 by-elections in which the pro-democracy icon is standing for parliament for the first time. The speech was censored by Burma's authorities to remove criticism of the former junta, the democracy icon said. Ms Suu Kyi, who spent much of the past 22 years under house arrest, also called for the abolition of laws which have "oppressed the people." "We have to write and enact laws that can protect the people," she said. The Burmese-language speech was leaked online ahead of its official broadcast. Seated in front of an National League for Democracy flag, the Nobel peace prize winner also called for a ceasefire to bring an end to the country's long-running conflicts with ethnic minority guerrilla armies. 15 March 2012.