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AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S 61ST BIRTHDAY­ GLOBAL CELEBRATIONS

On Monday 19th June Aung San Suu Kyi will spend her 61st birthday in detention. On that day she will have spent a total of 10 years and 238 days (3888 days) in detention. 

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE ACTIONS TAKING PLACE INTERNATIONALLY

UNITED KINGDOM

Campaigners are sending birthday cards to Aung San Suu Kyi.

Friday 16th June Edinburgh: Launch of newly commissioned portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi commissioned by Edinburgh City Council.

Saturday 17th June 5-10pm: London. Burmese community in UK holding a party with traditional Burmese food and dancing. Media welcome.

Monday 19th June 12.30-1.30pm: London. Jo Brand, & John Bercow MP join protest outside Burmese Embassy in London.

Monday 19th June 3.30-4.30pm: London All Party Parliamentary Group for
Democracy in Burma to hold a meeting on Aung San Suu Kyi in the House of
Commons. The meeting will be addressed by two Burmese MPs and Yvette Mahon,
Director of the Burma Campaign UK.

AUSTRIA

Monday 19th June: Vienna Birthday party with Austrian singer plus exhibition.

Innsbruck: Lecture on Aung San Suu Kyi.

BELGIUM

Monday 19th June, Brussels: Birthday cards will be distributed to the
employees of banks and investment funds which invest in companies operating
in Burma.

CANADA

Birthday wish campaign.

Democracy activists in Canada are working with democracy activists inside Burma to write pro-democracy and ‘Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi¹ messages on Burmese currency.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Saturday 17th June, Prague, “Arrest yourself” protest. Supporters will stay at home for 24 hours. Monday 19th June 4-6pm, Prague Red Rose for the Unfree, Protests at the embassies of United Nations Security Council members calling for action.

Monday 19th June Prague: Evening Public screening of documentary on Burma.

Monday 19th June Prague, Burma Center Prague and Czech Buddhists will hold a meditation session in Prague dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.

IRELAND

Birthday cards being sent to Aung San Suu Kyi.

Sunday 18th June Dublin: Speech at Speakers Corner, Temple-Bar

Monday 19th June, Dublin: Photo exhibition opens

ITALY

Postcard action campaign to Italian foreign ministry calling for action.

NETHERLANDS
Monday 19th June: 1,000 special birthday cards will be given to a representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bot. A petition calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners will also be handed over. 61 yellow balloons carrying birthday cards will also bereleased.

NORWAY

Monday June 19:Bergen: Seminar at the Rafto Foundation: Burma - a country behind bars. Stavanger: The Stavanger Chin Organization (SCO), an organization of the Chin Community in Norway, NLD (liberated area) and other democracy forces will be holding a Campaign /Demonstration in front of Stavanger Culture House/National Library.

Sørumsand: The Burmese community in Sørumsand will arrange an open meeting about the political situation in Burma.

POLAND

Warsaw: Aung San Suu Kyi focus at a festival on human rights.

USA
Saturday 17th June 35 American states. Arrest Yourself 24 hour protests.

ARREST YOURSELF protests will also take place in Canada, Australia, Costa Rica, France, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and United Kingdom.

(Credits to Mark Farmaner, Media & Campaigns Manager, Burma Campaign UK)

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