Wednesday, August 27, 2008

“Saving Aung San Suu Kyi”


BY HTUN AUNG GYAW
“Saving Aung San Suu Kyi” Campaign

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on hunger strike and we all need to save her life by using our entire network inside out. Saving her life means saving Burma future. It is time we all need to come together and demanded for her freedom and free Burma.

It is obvious that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on hunger strike even though the regime refused she is not on strike. Here is the fact that she did not accept the food starting on August 25, 2008. If there is no acceptance from her to take food means she is on strike.

We fully support her courageous act but we are gravely concern about her health and her life because she is not only the most capable leader in our country who has ability to unite all the various political organizations and activist groups, but also she is well respected by the world as democracy icon who believe in non-violent struggle.

We, Burmese, and democracy loving people around the world need to save her from the military yoke, which has been unlawfully detained her since May 30, 2003. Her motorcade was ambushed by the regime in Depeyin, which killed at least 60-100 people from her supporters. No single person who committed the brutal murder was persecuted but she was under house arrest even though many of her supporters were murdered.

Five years have been past, and she is still under house arrest. Finally she tried to meet her lawyer and find out how she could contest the regime in legal action but it seems there is no way she could challenge the regime on legal ground because there is no law existed in Burma under General Than Shwe’s rule.

She wrote a quotation of her father General Aung San in front of her entrance gate which said, “ Azani (Hero) can do his/her work until it is done.” It means she is ready to sacrifice her life for justice and freedom. We all know she will not only demand for her release, she will demand for all political prisoners.

We urgently like to appeal to the world and Burmese communities to stand together with one voice to save “Aung San Suu Kyi”. Saving Aung San Suu Kyi is a moral cause and if we save her we are saving Burma future.

Please use your channel to spread the words that she is on strike.
We strongly demand the Than Shwe’s regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Please approach to the US, EU and democratic communities to write letters and gather in front of the Burmese Embassy to start a huge protest.

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