Open Letter to the President of the United States of America for Free Aung San Suu Kyi
Date: 15
th
May 2009President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500Dear Mr. President,We, the undersigned Burmese democratic organizations , wish to express our deepconcerns about the trial of our democratic icon, Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmesemilitary regime, over the uninvited visit from American citizen.Last week, an American citizen secretly swam across Inya Lake, Rangoon to gain accessto the Nobel Laureate’s House. According to the official Burmese media, he wasidentified as 53-year old former military serviceman John William Yettaw of Falcon,Missouri, USA. On 13th of May, American diplomat was allowed to meet with him.Although his motives for the alleged lake exploits remain unclear, it caused the NobelPeace Prize winner to serve jail terms under the anti-subversion laws.Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 19 years detained in virtual isolation in hercrumbing compound since the junta refused to recognize her party’s landslide victory inthe country’s last election in 1990. Her last period of detention at her home expires at theend of May. This expiration of six years of house arrest, without trail or charge or evenfigleaf of legal respectability, was to have yanked away from the generals.Now, due to the uninvited access to her compound by American citizen, the militarygenerals no longer need to trouble themselves with legal niceties and it has given them aready-made reason to imprison the most prominent political prisoner up for at leastanother five years. It would perfectly play into the hands of the junta if the United Statesof America and international community do not stand up with the People of Burma whohave been oppressed by the junta for several years.As Burmese people,it is our deep conviction that this situation could only be resolved bythe active participation of the United States Government and the internationalcommunity. We would like to draw your attention to call to the junta to release the
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