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Sign Petition: Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar


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Tom
- 202 days ago - change.org
Suu Kyi has already spent much of the past 20 years under house arrest. Her prolonged imprisonment in Insein Prison, which has been referred to as the "darkest hell-hole in Burma," could effectively be a death sentence given her declining health.
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Dee C. (528)
Wednesday June 10, 2009, 3:18 am
Thanks Tom..
 

Carolyn T. (235)
Wednesday June 10, 2009, 3:51 am
Noted and petition signed. Thank you, Tom.
 

Joycey B. (697)
Wednesday June 10, 2009, 6:38 am
Signed,#77 and noted with thanks Tom.

Thank you for signing the petition "Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar"
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Wednesday June 10, 2009, 7:38 am
Release of political prisoners "a UN priority’" (Democratic Voice of Burma)
–Campaigners in Britain have called on United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon to make the release of political prisoners in Burma, many of whom are being denied healthcare, an urgent priority “before they die”.
Burma currently holds around 2,100 political prisoners in jails across the country. Many are deliberately imprisoned far from their families who, in the absence of sufficient in-prison healthcare, are relied upon to supply medicines.
Conditions in jails are often squalid, and torture by prison officials on political prisoners widespread.
http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=2611
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 11:16 am
Where Pariah States Meet.
It is arguable whether democratic countries are currently working together in a spirit of cooperation to protect global human rights; however it is quite clear that two of the world’s pariah states are united in protecting each other’s interests.

A case in point was the announcement on Wednesday in North Korea’s state-run mouthpiece, the Korean Central News Agency, which proclaimed that “a meeting, film show and photo exhibition were held in Myanmar and a news briefing and film show in Russia from June 1 to 3 ...”
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15942
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 12:21 pm
"64 Words for Aung San Suu Kyi."
Aung Suu Kyi's 64th Birthday, June 19! A site where you can leave a message of support for Burma's imprisoned democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. We want to gather thousands of messages by her 64th Birthday.
http://www.care2.com/news/member/140535861/1165232
 

Kari D. (179)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 3:34 pm
noted & signed
 

Mandi T. (269)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 3:39 pm
Signed. Tx Tom
 

mary f. (78)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 3:44 pm
signed and noted thanks tom
 

Leigh B. (178)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 4:26 pm
Thank you for signing the petition "Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar" , noted and signed, thanks Tom
 

sue w. (153)
Thursday June 11, 2009, 10:29 pm
Signed.
 

Polly pagan (83)
Friday June 12, 2009, 12:39 am
signed and noted and crossposted
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Friday June 12, 2009, 2:34 am
Aung San Suu Kyi on Non-Violence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZlLd1fnxU
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Saturday June 13, 2009, 2:33 am
Suu Kyi Trial Postponed. (Irrawaddy)
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15966
 

Ben Oscarsito (330)
Sunday June 14, 2009, 9:49 am
"5255 signatures so far"; that could be at least ten times as many...
We must keep up the pressure on those General Bastards!

Avaaz.Org "Free Aung San Suu Kyi" petition:
404,254 have signed. Help us get to 500,000!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/free_aung_san_suu_kyi/
 

Charlie L. (29)
Sunday June 14, 2009, 10:17 pm
Noted and signed, thanks Tom.
 

Alfred Donovan (26)
Monday June 15, 2009, 4:27 am
The Myanmar Generals shouldl release Aung San Suu Kyi immediatly the continuing imprisonment of this courageous lady is an affront to humanity and human dignity.This continuing imprisonment does nothing good for the immage of either these Generals or for the immage of their country.FREE HER NOW.
 
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