Dear friend

TEN YEARS IN DETENTION
On Monday 24th October Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of ten years in detention. There is currently no prospect of her being released. She is kept in isolation, allowed no visitors, her phone line is cut and her post intercepted.

NEW MOMENTUM TO FREE BURMA
Our campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release around her 60th birthday in June created headlines around the world, and pushed Burma up the international agenda. A new report commissioned by Desmond Tutu and Vaclav Havel has now called for Burma to be taken to the United Nations Security Council. The USA has pledged to work to get Burma on the agenda. This is a major step forward for our campaign. The British government has been inundated with letters supporting UN Security Council action, and has agreed to support this, but we need them to go further. We need Britain to throw its diplomatic weight behind this initiative and work to persuade other Security Council Members to back a resolution calling on the regime to restore democracy to Burma, and release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners.

JOIN OUR DEMONSTRATION
Monday 24th October
12.30-1.30pm Opposite St Stephens Gate, House of Commons, London Nearest Tube: Westminster

If you can’t make this demonstration you can still help, we’ll be emailing you next week with an action you take take to support Burma being taken to the UN Security Council.

If you are outside the UK, there may be actions taking place in your country. To find out about the campaign in your country visit our links page
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If there is no campaign in your country, and you’d like to help set one up, let us know. Email mark.farmaner@burmacampaign.org.uk

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN
Visit: the Burma Campaign

Thank you for your support