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US Campaign for Burma

Reviewed Oct 26 2007 • 24 reviews • activism • uscampaignforburma.org

                                   The UN should act now on Burma!  

Letter from over 25 artists calls on Secretary General to "personally Intervene"
to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient. The letter was organized by the US Campaign for Burma and Human Rights Action Center and led by Oscar-winning acteress Anjelika Huston. 

  

Dear United Nations Secretary General  Ban Ki-Moon, 

We are writing to urge you to personally intervene to secure the release of the world's only imprisoned Nobel Prize recipient, Aung San Suu Kyi. As you know, she has been held under house arrest in the southeast Asian country of Burma for 12 of the past 17 years. On June 19th, she spent her 62nd birthday under house arrest.
 
Aung San Suu Kyi is not just a charismatic leader, she is the elected leader of the Burmese people. In Burma's last election, she won 82% of the seats in Parliament, yet the military regime cruelly locked her up along with many members of her party. Meanwhile, according to the United Nations expert on human rights in Burma, the ruling military regime has burned down or otherwise destroyed over 3,000 villages in eastern Burma, forcing over 1 million and a half people to flee their homes. 

This courageous, brave woman whom many call "Burma's Nelson Mandela" should be released and the military regime should end its attacks on civilians. We urge you to take action to secure her immediate release.

Sincerely, 

Jennifer Aniston, Anne Archer, Jim Carey, Dustin Hoffman, Anjelica Huston,Christine Lahti, Susan Sarandon,Robin Williams,Robin Wright, Bono, US Senator John McCaine (R-AZ), US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D_CA), and many others. 

Aung San Suu Kyi 

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