Suu Kyi's release demanded
Rakhaing Women's Union stages a demonstration in front of the National Eidgah in the city yesterday demanding immediate release of Myanmar democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Photo: STAR
Several dozens of Rakhaing supporters of Myanmar's long incarcerated democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi staged a demonstration in front of National Eidgah in the city yesterday morning demanding her immediate release.
Rakhaing Women Union (RWU) organised the hour-long programme and later placed their four-point demand at a press a briefing.
Addressing the press briefing, RWU Chairperson Saw Mra Raza Linn demanded immediate release of Suu Kyi.
Linn also demanded release of other political prisoners, saying that political prisoners in Burma are “routinely subjected to torture and often denied medical treatment.”
She urged the international community to create pressure on the military junta of Burma for holding free and fair election in the country.
The RWU chairperson said Nobel laureate pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma went on trial at Insein prison yesterday charged with violating her house arrest by allowing US national John Yettaw to spend two days at her residence.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Human Rights Commission has condemned sending of Suu Kyi from house arrest to prison by the military junta in Myanmar on the pretext of holding trial as she met with a foreign national.
A correspondent from Cox's Bazar adds: Buddhist monks under the banner of 'International Burma (Myanmar) Bhikkhu Sangathan' staged a demonstration on the Shaheed Minar premises in Cox's Bazar town at 11:00am yesterday demanding release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
They carried different banners and festoons written in English and Burmese languages.
Leader of the body Soe Long Rakhaing said democracy in Myanmar is becoming a distant reality. Through the programme we urge international communities to put pressure on Myanmar junta, he added.
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