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International Celebrations for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 66th Birthday
For the first time in 7 years, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi spent her birthday free from house arrest. Burma groups and non-governmental organizations around the world celebrated her birthday, expressing their support for Daw Suu and their solidarity with the people of Burma.
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Czechs have celebrated Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday and call for the release of the Burmese political prisoners
On Friday 17th June 2011 several dozen supporters of the Burmese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered on a bank of the river Vltava in Prague to commemorate her 66th birthday […]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is celebrating her 66th birthday alone
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the democratic opposition in Burma will celebrate her 66th birthday on June 19. We, the undersigned NGOs, are greatly delighted that, unlike in most of the past twenty years, Suu Kyi will celebrate this birthday freely, without being under house-arrest […]
Filipino solidarity activists lambast Burmese junta’s “bogus” prisoner amnesty
About a hundred of Filipino solidarity activists under the Free Burma Coalition-Philippines (FBC-Phils) today held a solidarity action in front of the Myanmar (Burma) Embassy in Makati City, Philippines in line with the international celebration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s 66th birthday on June 19 […]
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