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17/08/2009
Book Of Solidarity For Suu Kyi Opened In Dublin
A book of solidarity for the Burmese opposition leader will open at City Hall in Dublin this afternoon.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who is hailed as voice of peaceful resistance against Burma's internationally maligned incumbent junta, was sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest last week, ensuring she will miss next May's elections.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello will open the book in support of Suu Kyi, who is an opposition politician and general secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma.
It will be open to the public for signing from 1pm to 5pm today and from tomorrow until Thursday from 10am to 5pm.
Announcing the opening of the book, the Lord Mayor said: "Aung San Suu Kyi is a global icon of heroic and peaceful resistance in the face of military repression, and she takes her rightful place in history amongst other great civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi who I know inspired her.
"I am calling on the Military Junta in Burma to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest."
The Lord Mayor, Former Lord Mayor, Councillor Mary Freehill, Gearoid Kilgallen, Chairperson Burma Action Ireland (BAI), and Niamh Rooney, Co-ordinator, will speak at Monday’s event at City Hall.
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. She has been under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years.
(DW/BMcC)
Aung San Suu Kyi, who is hailed as voice of peaceful resistance against Burma's internationally maligned incumbent junta, was sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest last week, ensuring she will miss next May's elections.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello will open the book in support of Suu Kyi, who is an opposition politician and general secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma.
It will be open to the public for signing from 1pm to 5pm today and from tomorrow until Thursday from 10am to 5pm.
Announcing the opening of the book, the Lord Mayor said: "Aung San Suu Kyi is a global icon of heroic and peaceful resistance in the face of military repression, and she takes her rightful place in history amongst other great civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi who I know inspired her.
"I am calling on the Military Junta in Burma to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest."
The Lord Mayor, Former Lord Mayor, Councillor Mary Freehill, Gearoid Kilgallen, Chairperson Burma Action Ireland (BAI), and Niamh Rooney, Co-ordinator, will speak at Monday’s event at City Hall.
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. She has been under house arrest for 14 of the past 20 years.
(DW/BMcC)
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