“Saving Aung San Suu Kyi” Campaign

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has entered into a hunger strike and we all need to save her life by using our entire network inside and out. Saving her life means saving Burma’s future. It is time we all come together and demand her freedom and freedom for Burma. It is obvious that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on this hunger strike even though the regime denies her defiant and brave action. Simply stated: She has not accepted any food since August 18, 2008. No acceptance of food by her means she is on strike.

We fully support Aung San Suu Kyi’s courageous act. However, we are gravely concerned about her health and her life because she is not only the most capable leader in our country who has the ability to unite all the various political organizations and activist groups, she is also well respected by the world as an icon of democracy who symbolizes non-violent struggle.

We Burmese and democracy-loving people around the world need to save “The Lady” from the military yoke which has unlawfully detained her since May 30, 2003. Her motorcade was ambushed by the regime in Depeyin; during the shock of that ambush at least 60-100 of her supporters were killed. Not one soldier who committed those brutal murders was persecuted, whereas Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest.

Five years have passed and Burma’s rightful leader remains under house arrest. Finally, she tried to meet with her lawyer and find out how she could contest the regime through legal action. It appears that there exists no way she can challenge the regime on legal grounds because there is no law in Burma under General Than Shwe’s rule.

When Mr. Gambari visited Burma on August 18 and met with NLD leaders, he encouraged them to enter the 2010 election. This “encouragement” indicates that he has chosen to ignore the 1990 election results. We believe Mr. Gambari’s job is to mediate between the NLD and SPDC to start a dialogue involving mutual respect, one that does not pressure NLD to follow the regime’s one-sided road map. Such pressure made Aung San Suu Kyi decide on her current move.

She wrote a quotation of her father General Aung San in front of her entrance gate:
အာဇာနည္ပုဂၢိဳလ္တို႔၏လုပ္ငန္းကိုဆံုးခန္းတိုင္ဆက္လက္၍ေဆာင္ရြက္မည္ (ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္ေအာင္ဆန္း)
“( I will) follow the work of Azani (Martyr) until the completion.” This means she is ready to sacrifice her life for justice and freedom. We all know she will not only demand her release but she will also demand the release of all political prisoners.

88 Generation Leaders Min Ko Naing, Min Zaya, Ko Htay Kywe and others are now in the Yin Kwe Teik (Broken Chest cell) inside Insein prison. They are not allowed to take a bath for more than four months and suffer from malnutrition and skin disease.
One again Mr. Gambari failed to meet the real 88 Generation leaders who are in prison since last year September 2007. Instead, he met a pro Junta group led by Aye Lwin who claimed himself as 88 Generation leader.
We urgently appeal to the world and Burmese communities to stand together with one voice and say, “Please save Aung San Suu Kyi.” Saving Aung San Suu Kyi and saving 88 Generation leaders are a moral cause and if we save them we are saving Burma’s future too. In the universal sense, we are saving the entire world’s democratic future, as well.

We urge the UN Secretary, General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, to directly handle the situation and save Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from being starved to death and investigate the inhuman treatment to prisoners in Insein prison. The UN needs to show the world it has teeth and is not a paper tiger.

Please use your channel to spread the words that she is on strike.

We strongly demand that the Than Shwe regime release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally. Please approach the US, EU and democratic communities to write letters and gather in front of the Burmese Embassy to start a huge protest worldwide.

Regards and with our gratitude,

Htun Aung Gyaw 607-339-6054
Moe Thee Zun 814-867-0435
Thet Htun 206-403-0161

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