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64 for Suu

Last Friday was the 64th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi - who has been imprisoned by the Burmese dictator-generals for upwards of 14 years......


So, what is 64 for Suu?

"It is a global hub on the web for supporting, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's detained democracy leader, on her 64th birthday.

64 for Suu is a site where anyone from around the world can leave a message of support for Burma's imprisoned democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi and all of Burma's political prisoners. We want to gather thousands of messages by Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th Birthday, June 19th 2009."

Go to the site, here, to see the messages of support - from Paul McCartney, Mary Robertson, Bono and many, many others - and add your own if you wish.

Twitter and YouTube have also been harnessed in seeking the release of Suu Kyi. The SMH reports in "Campaign swells online as Suu Kyi spends birthday in jail"

"The Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in prison yesterday as global campaigns demanding her freedom erupted across Twitter, Facebook and other websites and at rallies worldwide.

Many posted online messages on social networking sites and videos on YouTube in what human rights groups called an unprecedented and enormously powerful tool to harness support for Ms Suu Kyi, who planned to mark the day by sharing food with her prison guards."


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