New bid to free Burma's Suu Kyi


	New bid to free Burma's Suu Kyi

invictus

6-19-2006 9:51 AM

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burma, myanmar, aung san suu kyi, democracy, human rights, military regime, junta

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Ms Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has spent more than 10 of the past 17 years in detention, mostly under house arrest.

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government to immediately release&nbsp;their fellow laureate Ms Suu
Kyi and hold free and fair elections.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/new-bid-to-free-burmas-suu-kyi/2006/06/17/1149964789517.html"><DIV id='idfeaturepic' class='featurePic'>
<img src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/06/17/JTPROTESTER_narrowweb__300x478,0.jpg" alt="A protester from Burma shouts slogans in front of a poster of
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in New
Delhi, India, yesterday." align="middle" height="478" width="300"><p>A protester from Burma shouts slogans in front of a poster of
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in New
Delhi, India, yesterday.<br><small>Photo: <em>Reuters</em></small></p> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/new-bid-to-free-burmas-suu-kyi/2006/06/17/1149964789517.html"><P>Burma's military junta last month extended Ms Suu Kyi's
detention for a fourth straight year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/new-bid-to-free-burmas-suu-kyi/2006/06/17/1149964789517.html"><DIV>Ms Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has spent more
than 10 of the past 17 years in detention, mostly under house
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The junta took power in 1988 after crushing a pro-democracy
movement. In 1990, it refused to hand over power when Ms Suu Kyi's
National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in
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