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 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)
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.
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