Security Tight at Suu Kyi Trial in Myanmar

FILE May 6, 2002. Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader surrounded by supporters in a massive... FILE May 6, 2002.

[Freedom Now]

They've kept extending her house arrest another year for the past couple of years. She's 63, and she earned the Nobel Peace Prize in '91 for her non-violent struggle to restore democracy in Burma. The junta really needs to release her. They're only hurting themselves by keeping her captive.

[Kaso]

Freedom Now wrote:

They've kept extending her house arrest another year for the past couple of years. She's 63, and she earned the Nobel Peace Prize in '91 for her non-violent struggle to restore democracy in Burma. The junta really needs to release her. They're only hurting themselves by keeping her captive.

I quite agree with you, but she is also hurting Myanmar. She is making herself a tool for some democratic powers to stab the majority of poor Burmese. If this drags-on (which is very likely), most people will long for the day she is gone forever. She should have enough courage to change and evolve - then again, she will lose her backings and couldn't survive politically.Ironic, isn't it?

[Dan USA]

I'm an American and accustomed to democracy. And it took many generations to build what we have. And certainly I would not have supported an "Activist Revolutionary" which is no more than distructive to peaceful society. Suu Kyi is not much more than a troublemaker.

[WalterC]

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[Hannibal Barca]

Dan USA wrote:

I'm an American and accustomed to democracy. And it took many generations to build what we have. And certainly I would not have supported an "Activist Revolutionary" which is no more than distructive to peaceful society. Suu Kyi is not much more than a troublemaker.

You would still be under British rule if it wasn't for people who DONT think like you do.

[Freedom Now]

Please sign the petition urgingin UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to secure the release of all 2,100 political prisoners in Burma - including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Khun Tun Oo and Min Ko Naing. The petition will be presented on May 26th.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_aung_san_suu_kyi...

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