BURMA – A sentence to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a sentence to democracy
29 July 2009 12:00 pm

As the world awaits for the Burmese court's verdict of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi's two-month trial, solidarity activists under the Free Burma
Coalition-Philippines and Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) will hold a
protest action to further denounce the continued detention of Burma's democracy
icon by the military regime of Burma.

(Source: Free
Burma Coalition-Philippines and Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition, 30 July
2009)
As the world awaits for the Burmese court's verdict of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi's two-month trial, solidarity activists under the Free Burma
Coalition-Philippines and Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) will hold a
protest action tomorrow (31July 10:30 am) infront of the SPDC-Myanmar Embassy
in Makati City to further denounce the continued detention of Burma's democracy
icon by the military regime of Burma.

Protesters will don "masks" of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and will carry a
big banner saying "A sentence to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a sentence to
democracy in Burma" along with a replica of a cage to dramatize the plight
of Burma's 2,100 political prisoners.

The protest in Manila is part of the Global Action set by regional activists,
human rights defenders and leaders of Burma's movement for democracy in the
world in support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Similar and
actions are expected to be organized in Japan and in other countries in the
Asian region.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a nobel laureate has already spent 13 of the last 19
years under house arrest, and is currently undergoing a trial for allegedly
breaching the term of house arrest after an American war veteran swam to her
house and refused to leave. If found guilty, her jail terms will be extended to
another five years.

The defense team for Burma's democracy leader has delivered its final arguments
Tuesday, closing the case ahead of a Friday verdict. Lawyers for Aung San Suu
Kyi have argued all along that the law used by authorities against Suu Kyi is
invalid because it applies to a constitution abolished two decades ago.

(Photo courtesy of AP)