Sunday, August 16, 2009

Petition for release of Suu Kyi

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"Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy activist, was sentenced to 18 months of extended house arrest by a Burmese court on Tuesday. Speak out now to urge China and Russia, two permanent members of the UN Security Council which have refused to condemn Burma in the past, to demand Suu Kyi's release ..." Take action.
"Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. She has become an important symbol in the struggle against oppression."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Oslo, October 14, 1991
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