Resounding International Support for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on her 65th Birthday

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s only detained Nobel Peace Laureate, spent her 65th birthday under house arrest in her Rangoon home on Saturday 19 June. Governments, Burmese communities, solidarity groups and individuals around the world held events to commemorate Daw Suu’s birthday, calling for her immediate release [...]

June 21, 2010 | Tags: 65th Birthday, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Global Day of Action, Ten Alliances, United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention | Read more >>

UN Declares Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Illegal

UN Urges Her Immediate And Unconditional Release

Today, Freedom Now released Opinion No. 12/2010 from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The judgment from this international tribunal unequivocally reestablishes that the ongoing detention of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal and in violation of international law [...]

June 17, 2010 | Tags: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom Now, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention | Read more >>