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Images of Aung San Suu Kyi to be displayed on EP buildings in Brussels
18-06-2009

Aung San Suu Kyi

Images of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be displayed on the European Parliament's buildings at Place du Luxembourg, Brussels, this Thursday and Friday in support of the EP's campaign for her release before her trial resumes on 26 June.

A giant image of Aung San Suu Kyi will be projected onto the building of the former Quartier Léopold station from 10pm to midnight on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June.

In addition, posters of the former Sakharov Prize winner, with the slogan "Free Aung San Suu Kyi now" in English and Burmese, will be placed on the outside of the walkways linking the different EP buildings as of Friday morning.

European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering has called on the Burmese military authorities to release Aung San Suu Kyi immediately and unconditionally, saying "She was arrested on 14 May accused of violating the conditions of her detention under house arrest, as an obvious pretext for keeping her detained as the country approaches new multi-party elections in 2010." Mr Pöttering also appealed for a fair and transparent trial in accordance with international standards.

He added "The European Parliament, which enshrines the values of democracy and freedom for which the European Union is a beacon throughout the world, reaffirms its complete support and solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi. This courageous woman represents the best hopes of her people for a free and prosperous future."

europarl.europa.eu

Pictures: Burma protester climbs Lloyd's
18 June, 2009


Lloyd's staff shocked as campainger climbs building to hang banner

Burma protestor Mike Robertson shocked Lloyd’s staff after climbing the London headquarters building today.

Robertson put up a five metre banner urging Lloyd’s underwriters to stop financial dealings with Burma. Robertson was later arrested by police.

His protest was timed to coincide with the eve of the birthday of Burma’s elected Prime Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday falls on Friday 19 June; she’s now been detained under house arrest in Burma for the majority of the last 19 years.

Robertson scaled the Eiffel Tower in November 2007 to draw attention to the campaign.

insurancetimes.co.uk

Originally Posted by europarl.europa.eu

In addition, posters of the former Sakharov Prize winner, with the slogan "Free Aung San Suu Kyi now" in English and Burmese, will be placed on the outside of the walkways linking the different EP buildings as of Friday morning.

Suu Kyi to claim EU Sakharov prize 23 years after award
Friday, 11 October 2013



Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is to finally receive the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990 at the height of the Myanmar military crackdown, the European Parliament revealed Wednesday.

Suu Kyi, now leader of the opposition in Myanmar and aiming to run in presidential polls in 2015, is due to address MEPs on October 22, according to the Parliament's schedule.

She won the Sakharov Prize in 1990 as the military ignored elections won by her National League for Democracy party after a bloody popular uprising was suppressed.

The military put Suu Kyi under house arrest for long periods and she was only freed in 2010, having insisted all the while on the need for reform and democracy in Myanmar.

Past winners of the prestigious 50,000-euro ($65,000) Sakharov prize include South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

This year, the European Parliament has shortlisted US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, Pakistan girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai and three jailed Belarussian dissidents.

In July, Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas came to Strasbourg to collect his Sakharov prize more than two years after winning.

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