ANALYSIS:

Suu Kyi still a Burmese force

By Peter Janssen

Bangkok/Rangoon (dpa) - With the fourth anniversary of Daw (Mrs) Aung San Suu Kyi's current term of house arrest coming up on May 27, the international community and her supporters in Burma are going out of their way to prove she is not forgotten.

Last week, in an unprecedented gesture, 59 former world leaders, including three US past-presidents and 15 Asian ex-presidents and premiers, signed a letter to Burmese junta leader Senior General Than Shwe appealing for Suu Kyi's immediate release.

lest we forget our friendly junta to the west ............................

The LADY

It's never too late to try and draw more attention to this -almost- forgotten story about a DEMOCRATIC elected Lady:

Another Black Day in Burma's History....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...c=70454&hl=

Thanks Mid !

LaoPo

Burma extends Aung San Suu Kyi's detention:

Fri, May 25, 2007 : Last updated 20:20 pm (Thai local time)

Rangoon - Military-run Burma on Friday extended the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, police sources told AFP, despite growing international calls for her freedom.

"We issued an order of further detention," a police source said without giving further details.

The Nobel peace prize-winner's latest period of detention began in May 2003 and was set to expire this weekend.

Japanese Jiji press news agency said the junta extended the house arrest for another year, but the police source declined to comment.

An Asian diplomat in Rangoon said a police car was seen entering her lakeside home here during the afternoon.

The 61-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 17 years under house arrest and has little contact with the outside world, apart from her live-in maid and visits from her doctor.

The last time the opposition leader -- the only Nobel peace laureate in detention -- was able to leave her house was November 2006, when the junta allowed her to meet visiting UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari for one hour.

The extension of her house arrest was widely expected, with observers saying the junta is fearful the hugely popular democracy leader could threaten its rule.

parallels are intriguing ...................

Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns 62 in isolation

By Aung Hla Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent another birthday under house arrest on Tuesday as her supporters released doves and balloons to accompany prayers for her release.

National League for Democracy (NLD) members cheer after releasing doves and balloons during a ceremony to mark the 62nd birthday of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi at the party headquarters in Yangon June 19, 2007. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun

Happy Birthday

the Lady

lest we forget

mid

ASEAN MPs, woman activists at Suu Kyi birthday event

To mark the 10th annual Women of Burma Day and the celebration of the 62nd birthday of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, various Burma organizations are hosting a panel discussion and book launch on June 19 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand, The

Penthouse, Maneeya Center from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Panel speakers include members from the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus - Marzuki Darusman, Indonesia, Loreta Rosales, Philippines, Charles Chong, Singapore, and Jon Ungphakorn, former Thai Senator and Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Thai Democrat Party. Other panelists include Myint Myint San, Burmese Women’s Union and Khun Sunee Chaiyarose of the Thai National Human Rights Commission.

The book "Burma - Women's Voices for Hope," will also be launched during the event. "Burma - Women's Voices for Hope" is a collection of writings from women of Burma, including activists in the country, refugees and exiles. For the first time in “Women’s Voices”, the voices of Yintalai women will be heard, sharing their concerns about the future of the remaining 1000 Yintalai people of Burma and their struggle to stop the Salween dam project that threatens to wash their communities away. Copies of the book will be available at the event.

This event is organized by the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC),Alternative Asean Network on Burma (Altsean-Burma), Forum for Democracy in Burma (FDB), National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), National Council for the Union of Burma

(NCUB), Members of Parliament Union (MPU) and the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB).

ALL ARE WELCOME no need to book you can just show up at FCCT

Edited June 19, 200719 yr by MiG16