Anti-Myanmar protesters rally for Suu Kyi 60th

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Sat June 18, 2005 3:04 AM GMT+05:30
By Ed Cropley

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will celebrate yet another birthday under house arrest on Sunday while pro-democracy activists around the world stage protests against the military junta.

The Nobel laureate turns 60, but even though the milestone bears little extra significance in Burmese culture, lobbyists from the United States to Asia to Europe are using the date as a rallying point against Yangon's generals.

Given the isolation and intransigence of those in charge of the former British colony, which has been under military rule for more than four decades, making noise and gestures from afar is about all the junta's opponents can do.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued yet another call for the release of Suu Kyi, who has spent nine of the past 16 years behind bars or under house arrest for demanding the army honor the results of 1990 elections it lost. <snip>

http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=worldNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=8827452

[jeff30997]

1. I don't recognize Myanmar as the country's name.

It's Burma until the people of Burma democratically choose to change it's name.

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3. I agree. eom

[meganmonkey]

2. Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi!

She's a hero for the Burmese people. She needs to be set free!!!

:party:

[jeff30997]

4. Fantastic woman,incredibly courageous.

That's one of the person I respect the most on this planet.

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5. Burmese demonstrators arrested by Malaysian police

June 16, 2005 (DVB) - Burmese pro-democracy activists who staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur, to mark the 60th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, were arrested by Malaysian police on 16 June.

Demonstrators chanted slogans in Burmese demanding the release of detained democracy leader and birthday greetings to her. They also read out statements concerning their views on the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi by Burma’s military junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

The demonstration started at 10am local time and it was broke off violently by the Malaysian police and arrested 68 protesters and detaining them at a police station. <snip>

http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=4971