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Quick Link (May 20, 09): Speicial Coverage on Canada's response on Suu Kyi's detention
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|Special coverage on Canada’s response on Suu Kyi’s detention|
—brought to you by Canadian Friends of Burma (www.cfob.org)— May 20, 2009
Action News:
Epoch Times: Suu Kyi Supporters Condemn ‘unfair’ Arrest
AFP: Canadians protest Aung San Suu Kyi trial
Rabble: Supporters rally for Burma's Suu Kyi in Toronto
Georgia Straight: Victoria Day protests for Suu Kyi and other pol. prisoners
Ottawa Citizen: A Nobler way to spend Victoria Day
Related News:
AFP: Canada renews calls for Aung San Suu Kyi release
Toronto Star: American 'fool' lands Suu Kyi in trouble
CBC News: Trial of Burma's pro-democracy leader begins
Press Releases/Statements:
Canadian Foreign Minister’s Statement
Canadian Opposition leader’s Statement
Question and Answer in House of Commons: Hon. Jack Layton, NDP Leader and Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (America)
PFOB calls on ASEAN for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
CFOB Condemns Suu Kyi's Transfer to Insein, Protest planned in Ottawa
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Action News:
Suu Kyi Supporters Condemn ‘unfair’ Arrest
By Pam McLennan| Epoch Times Staff| May 18, 2009
A group of Burmese and their supporters gathered in front of the Burmese Embassy Monday to speak out against the arrest and to call for Suu Kyi’s immediate release. In addition to rallies in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver, Burmese groups held events in over 30 countries, calling on their governments to put sanctions on Burma and to condemn the unfair arrest of Suu Kyi.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/17001/
Canadians protest Aung San Suu Kyi trial
OTTAWA (AFP) — Protesters marched in front of Yangon's embassy in Canada on Monday demanding the release of pro-democracy activist and 1991 Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who earlier went on trial at a Myanmar prison.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iLvZqQsjPhW2m6FpIhzcX047a-5g
Supporters rally for Burma's Suu Kyi in Toronto
By John Bonnar|rabble.ca| May 20, 2009
Over 100 people participated in a global day of action at Queen’s Park on Monday in support of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is accused of violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing a visitor to stay at her home without official permission.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2009/05/supporters-rally-burma%E2%80%99s-suu-kyi-toronto
Victoria Day protests planned for Suu Kyi and other Burmese political prisoners
By Charlie Smith| Georgia Straight| May 18, 2009
The group Canadian Friends of Burma will hold rallies in Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa today (May 18). The Vancouver gathering will take place at noon at Robson Square to call for the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political protesters in Burma. She was arrested last week after an American man swam across a lake and entered her home.
http://www.straight.com/article-222088/monday-protest-planned-aung-san-suu-kyi-and-other-burmese-political-prisoners
A Nobler way to spend Victoria Day
By Kate Heartfield | Ottawa Citizen| 05-15-2009
As Tin Maung Htoo of Canadian Friends of Burma said when I spoke with him yesterday, this bizarre trick with Suu Kyi seems to be the way the junta is testing the limits of international tolerance, as they prepare for the "election" in 2010. CFOB is planning a protest in Ottawa for Monday, which is the day Suu Kyi's trial begins. The protest is planned for 1:30 pm at 85 Range Road (the Myanmar embassy).
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/worldnextdoor/archive/2009/05/15/a-nobler-way-to-spend-victoria-day.aspx
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Related News:
Canada renews calls for Aung San Suu Kyi release
OTTAWA (AFP) — Canada on Thursday called on Myanmar to release all political prisoners, specifically naming pro-democracy activist and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Our government is alarmed by the charges laid against Aung San Suu Kyi, and we call for her immediate release, along with all political prisoners in Burma," Canada's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Kent said in the House of Commons.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpG-EUIkbGWsJ5V4AyIfZso2d0SA
American 'fool' lands Suu Kyi in trouble
By Olivia Ward| Toronto Star| May 15, 2009
Burma's opposition icon in jail after harbouring intruder who swam across lake to see her
"This latest attack on Daw Suu is a desperate attempt by an illegitimate regime to remove the National League for Democracy, and its leader, from the political scene in advance of next year's election," said Tin Maung Htoo, executive director of Canadian Friends of Burma, which plans protests in Toronto, Ottawa and other cities on Monday, the day she will be in court.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/634695
Trial of Burma's pro-democracy leader begins
CBC News | Monday, May 18, 2009
The court hearing the case of Burma's jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejected a request Monday for an open trial that would have allowed the media and public to observe the proceedings. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/18/suu-kyi-trial-burma337.html
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Press Releases/Statements:
Canada Deeply Concerned Over New Charges Against Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
May 14, 2009 (6:40 p.m. EDT) No. 131
Minister of Foreign Affairs issued a statement denouncing the continued, unlawful detention of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/publication.aspx?publication_id=387166&lang=eng&docnum=131
Statement from Michael Ignatieff on the trial and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 18, 2009
The unjustified trial and continued detention of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi serves as a stark reminder of the need for greater vigilance by all governments to protect and promote democratic freedoms and expression around the globe.
http://www.liberal.ca/story_15847_e.aspx
PFOB calls on ASEAN for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB), calls on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to join forces in attaining the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from the notorious Insein Prison. http://www.cfob.org/news/PFOBCallsForReleaseofSuuKyi.html
CFOB Condemns Suu Kyi's Transfer to Insein, Protest planned in Ottawa
CFPB strongly condemns the Burmese military regime’s continued imprisonment of Suu Kyi and the ridiculous show trial that is set to transpire. We call for the immediate release of Suu Kyi and the release of the more than 2,000 other political prisoners jailed in Burma's gulags.
http://www.cfob.org/news/CondemnSuuKyiTransfer.html
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The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) is federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Burma since 1991. Contact: Suite 206, 145 Spruce St., Ottawa, K1R 6P1; Tel: 613.237.8056; Email: cfob@cfob.org; Web: www.cfob.org