We get all choked up at the very mention of Ghandi's name.
And yet... Aung San Suu Kyi is still locked up.
Eleven years of her life, locked up.
If we stand behind non-violent protest,
If we want this instead of killing,
Why are we not standing up and roaring, in one voice???
Why is she still imprisoned in her own home???
Why is she not free yet???
We speak with two faces.
Free Aung San Suu Kyi NOW!
Burma's military regime warned the world's most famous political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi that her days "are numbered" and she is "heading for a tragic end."
The junta said Suu Kyi, 61, was in "her final days," and guilty of "betraying the national cause while relying on aliens," including the United States, Britain and the European Union.
Suu Kyi remains under house arrest inside her two-story villa in the city of Rangoon, where she has languished for more than 10 of the past 16 years.
Describing the conditions under which she would be freed, the military government said "the restrictions imposed on her will be lifted on the day" when Suu Kyi stops demanding democracy.
"The restrictions will never be lifted until she abandons her practice of the liberal policy," it said, indicating a possible future renewal of her house arrest, which was extended in May for another year.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. - Aung San Suu Kyi - Freedom from Fear speech
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