Burma opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi released

After fifteen years of house arrest, Burmese opposition politician and former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi was today released by the ruling military junta.



Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under the 1975 State Protection Act, which allows the government to imprison persons for up to five years without trial,and the Law to Safeguard the State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts.

Despite Aung San Suu Kyi's release, Burma remains a repressive country.

Over 2,200 political prisoners remain, and Amnesty International USA has prepared a letter which can be sent via the Amnesty International USA website to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), demanding they press the Burmease government to release all political prisoners.

You can also support human rights and oppose government censorship by funding Amnesty International's donation of radios for communities in remote areas of Burma.