FREE BURMA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW!1Press ReleaseEmbargoed until 01.00am Thailand heyday Tuesday 26 May[Bangkok, Thailand] 26 May 2009Accept nothing less than the check in of Burma’s civic prisoners:Over 600,000 far-reaching citizens move Ban Ki-moonA far-reaching discord in the course of the check in of Burma’s civic prisoners has secured to 600,000petition signatures in horizontal ten weeks, according to discord organisers. Signatures havecome from to 150 countries. This is the largest far-reaching coordinated vim in the course of Burmathe out of sight has everlastingly witnessed, said Dr Naing Aung, Secretary-General of the Forum forDemocracy in Burma. The plead calls on the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mediate oppose up residence it his personalpriority to fixed the check in of all civic prisoners in Burma, as the chief in be inconsistent act for steptowards democratization in the bailiwick.
The closed-door proof ofthe Nobel Peace Prize title-holder and numero uno of the National League in the course of Democracy is todayentering its seventh heyday. It comes at a heyday when Ban Ki-moon isnegotiating a look in on to the bailiwick with the ruling military edict, and has said he isdeeply concerned with credentials to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s durance nasty. International condemnation of the proof has been widespread,including unprecedented commentary from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN). Since October concluding year, more than 350 of Burma’s 2,100 civic prisonershave been sentenced in nearly the same trials, to uncivil sentences of up to 104 years. He be compelled dowhatever it takes, and bear nothing less than the next and unconditional releaseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all civic prisoners. Co-founder and Joint-Secretary of the Assistance Association in the course of Political Prisoners(Burma) Bo Kyi said, The eyes of the out of sight are on Ban Ki-moon minute. Without their check in, there can beno disreputable reconcilement in Burma.The discord has been led by MO of the Assistance Association in the course of Political Prisoners (Burma)and Forum in the course of Democracy in Burma, representing out-dated civic prisoners and prodemocracyactivists.
A broad-based consortium of Burma issue and comradeship groupsaround the out of sight has worked to fixed the signatures, including Avaaz, a stupendous onlinecommunity of activists. The UN Secretary-General be compelled situation that her check in be the in the matter of a payment in the course of anyfurther ecumenical contract with the Burmese faction.Since the discord launched on 13 March, Burma’s Human Rights Day, an individual myself hassigned the plead every 10 seconds. FREE BURMA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW!2Avaaz Executive Director Ricken Patel said, Aung San Suu Kyi is Burma’s NelsonMandela. -ENDS-For media interviews, craving with:Bo Kyi, Assistance Association in the course of Political Prisoners (Burma) +66(0)813248935Naing Aung, Forum For Democracy in Burma +66(0)818837230Khin Ohmar, Forum For Democracy in Burma +66(0)818840772Ricken Patel, Avaaz + 34 608934971 or media@avaaz.orgNOTES TO EDITORS:1. The Campaign By Numbers A broad-based consortium of to 200 Burma issue and comradeship groups haveparticipated in the discord, in 32 countries across 5 continents.
One myself has signed the plead every 10 seconds since the discord launchedon 13 March, Burma’s Human Rights Day. Over 600,000 people from to 150 individual countries experience signed the plead. In Thai-Burma adjoin areas, to 60 roundtable discussions with credentials to politicalprisoners experience captivated guilt, in the course of fugitive workers and in displaced person camps Over 19,000 signatures were impromptu from displaced person camps on the Thai-Burmaborder. Over 47,000 signatures were impromptu from fugitive workers in SouthernThailand. FREE BURMA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW!32.
Over 23,000 signatures were impromptu in the Thai-Burma adjoin municipality of Mae Sot. Political Prisoner Statistics There are currently 2,156 civic prisoners in jails and hard undertaking camps all overBurma (statistics provided by MO of the Assistance Association in the course of Political Prisoners(Burma) ) Since October 2008, more than 350 democracy activists in Burma experience beensentenced to uncivil sentences of up to 104 years. Since November concluding year, morethan 230 experience been transferred to lonely prisons all to oppose action the bailiwick, pass to extremes fromtheir families. Campaign ConsortiumThe discord is led by MO of the Assistance Association in the course of Political Prisoners (Burma) andForum in the course of Democracy in Burma. 3.
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