Carla Bruni demands liberation of Aung San Suu Kyi
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Paris - France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has written to Myanmar's rulers to demand the liberation of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. In the open letter, which was made public Tuesday, the former top model wrote, "It is a question of simple humanity to allow an ill woman to be free to be treated in complete confidentiality, because her life is clearly in danger." Declaring that she found it "intolerable" that Suu Kyi could be sentenced to a new prison term, Bruni-Sarkozy wrote that imprisoning her again would "stifle hope for democracy in Myanmar." The letter was sent Monday, the day the court case was opened against Suu Kyi, her two house helpers, and American John William Yettaw at Yangon's Insein Prison.
Copyright DPA
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France killing freedom in Burma
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liz hilton ,
Tue, 19 May 2009 09:17:50 GMT
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A lovely letter from Carla but WHAT ABOUT TOTAL the French owned gas pipe line built on land cleared by forced relocations; run on forced labor, poisoniung villagers and giving the SPDC lots of money for guns to use against the people of Burma...fix that Carla. Aung San Suu Kyi would be happy with that. "Please use your freedom to promote ours " ASSK
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