Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Open Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi
May 19, 2009
Dear Daw Suu The Burmese regime continues to resist the righteous clamour from your people and from the international community for your release. As you and the Burmese people are...
200 Join Aung San Suu Kyi Protest in London
May 18, 2009
Police had to close the street of the Burmese Embassy in London as more than 200 people joined the protest demanding the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Representatives...
New EU Burma Sanctions Should Be Targeted and Strategic
May 18, 2009
As European Union Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has been reported as stating: “It’s not the moment to lower the sanctions, it’s the moment...
ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn Burma’s military for imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 17, 2009
Media Release from All Burma Monks’ Alliance (ABMA), The 88 Generation Students and All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) ABMA, 88 Generation Students & ABFSU condemn the Burma’s military...
Forty-Thousand Back Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook
May 17, 2009
As Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial tomorrow, forty- thousand people are supporting her on the Facebook social networking website. Thousands have left messages of support on the Aung San...
Appeal to Take Action on Prosecution of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Under the Rome Statute of the ICC
May 17, 2009
Media Release from Burma Lawyers Council 1. Recently, the president of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta claimed that, if the SPDC does not immediately release Daw...
Global Day of Action for Aung San Suu Kyi – Monday 18th May
May 17, 2009
Photo Opportunity As Aung San Suu Kyi is put on trial on Monday, demonstrations will take place in more than 20 cities, including London, Bangkok, Sydney, San Francisco, Pretoria, Perth,...
Defence lawyer’s licence revoked in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi case
May 16, 2009
AAPP Media Statement [Mae Sot, Thailand] The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learned that lawyer U Aung Thein has had his licence to practise law revoked by the...
Leading Voices—Bono, Clooney, Madonna, McCain, Tutu—Call for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 15, 2009
Not On Our Watch unites politicians, entertainers, artists in support of incarcerated Burmese freedom fighter Press Release From Not On Our Watch. NEW YORK, NY – May 15, 2009 As...
English Barristers barred from attending Aung San Suu Kyi trial
May 15, 2009
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BURMA JUSTICE COMMITTEE TRIAL OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ILLEGAL AND AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW English Barristers barred from attending trial Aung San Suu Kyi has been...