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AUNG SAN SUU KYI MONTH: TOOLKIT 3
- Subject: AUNG SAN SUU KYI MONTH: TOOLKIT 3
- From: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 04:58:00
FREE SUU KYI, FREE BURMA
AUNG SAN SUU KYI MONTH (JUNE 19-JULY 20)
CAMPAIGN TOOL-KIT
THIRD INSTALLMENT
MORE ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU KYI
REMINDER TO EDITORS AND PRODUCERS
CONTENTS
1) The Generals and the Dhamma Warrior
2) Reminder to editors and producers (send out now)
3) Curriculum Vitae Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Awards, Honours and Appointments
5) Selected Citations
6) Chronology 1989-1995
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THE GENERALS AND THE DHAMMA WARRIOR
(Icemen meet dragon woman)
Aung San Suu Kyi continues to engage the SLORC generals. At the
end of last year, following her two discussions with senior SLORC
officers, there was much talk about her imminent release and a
consequent reduction in SLORC's pariah status. However, Suu Kyi
was apparently not convinced of SLORC's interest in a serious
dialogue leading to democratisation, since less than a month
after the second meeting Corazon Aquino delivered an eloquent
speech on Suu Kyi's behalf calling for the empowerment of people.
Then on 22 January 1995 Suu Kyi issued another challenge to the
generals, demanding access to her political colleagues as a
condition for continuing the talks.
The generals have a problem, or rather, a set of problems. In
1987 Burma was declared a Least Developed Country. In 1988, after
the army crushed the democracy movement, killing thousands of
people, de facto sanctions were imposed, and Burma has received
virtually no international assistance since that time. The
generals have been told by Japan, among others, that no
significant aid will be forthcoming until there is a relaxation
in SLORC's economic, political and military stranglehold over the
country, and Aung San Suu Kyi is unconditionally released. But
they fear that if they loosen their grip, especially if they
release their charismatic and popular adversary, the masses will
rise again, the army will split, and chaos ensue. By selling off
the family silver, jade, teak and, particularly, gas at rock
bottom prices, SLORC will be able to earn enough foreign exchange
to continue equipping its growing army [1], and Chinese and
Singaporean investment will modernise the cities. But this does
not benefit the majority rural population or ensure long-term
political or economic stability, and therefore does not allow
SLORC to relax its grip. A classical vicious circle.
To improve SLORC's international standing and ease its economic
isolation, some political prisoners were released and a strategy
of symbolic rapprochement with Suu Kyi attempted. Through the
mediation of U Rewata Dhamma, a senior Burmese Buddhist monk
living in England, a couple of meetings between SLORC and Suu Kyi
took place. These won SLORC much international credit, including
some Japanese ODA. But if the meetings were intended to buy Suu
Kyi's silence, they did not succeed. On 21 November, three weeks
after her 2nd meeting with SLORC, the former Philippines
President, Corazon Aquino, who took office as a result of
people's power, delivered Suu Kyi's "Empowerment for a
Culture of Peace and Development" to the UN Commission on Culture
and Development, in Manila. This powerful speech, which argues
that the empowerment of people is the crucial condition of
genuine development, displeased the generals mightily, according
to inside sources.
By early 1995, it became clear that without a push, SLORC would
not enter serious political discussions with the people's
representatives, and had furthermore opted for a military
solution to the civil war. "Asia's Mandela" therefore
administered a push.
This appeared in the form of a two-paragraph statement dated 22
January 1995, and released by her husband in Bangkok. In it she
says, in effect, that she will have no more talks with the
generals until they give her access to her political colleagues
and broaden the discussions out to include the rest of the
democracy movement, including the non-Burman peoples.
She quotes the General Assembly Burma resolution of 1994, whereby
the United Nations unanimously encourages a tripartite process in
which SLORC engages in a "substantive political dialogue with
Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders, including
representatives from ethnic groups, as the best means of
promoting national reconciliation and the full and early
restoration of democracy".
The generals were extremely unhappy about this Statement, and
have refused permission for her family to visit her for her 50th
birthday.
In common with all regimes ruling purely by fear and the gun,
SLORC is obsessed with legitimacy, which it seeks to acquire by
paying respect to Buddhist monks and the United Nations (while
jailing the former and flouting the principles of both), or by
association with foreign diplomats and business people.
International attention should be drawn to SLORC's complete lack
of legitimacy. One forthcoming focus for such attention is 11
July. On that day Suu Kyi's current detention order expires; and
so far, despite its past creativity in this area, SLORC has not
succeeded in dreaming up a "legal" pretext for extending it.
Powerful as she is, Aung San Suu Kyi needs the help of her
friends both within and outside the country, to increase the
pressure on SLORC to engage in a serious political dialogue with
the people. We call on groups and individuals to work in all
appropriate ways to help achieve this end.
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[1] Already the biggest and most battle-hardened in the region,
and scheduled to reach 500,000 by the end of the century
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FOLLOWING IS SOMETHING TO FAX TO THE MEDIA LAST WEEK
WHERE POSSIBLE, REPLACE THE CONTACT AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM WITH A
LOCAL CONTACT. FOLLOW UP BY PHONE WHERE APPROPRIATE. ADAPT THE
TEXT TO CHANGING EVENTS AND LOCAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS (IT IS
WRITTEN FROM A US PERSPECTIVE).
Contact: David Arnott, Fax (+1-212) 692 9748; Tel 338 0048
REMINDER TO EDITORS AND PRODUCERS
AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF BURMA
DEMOCRACY LEADER STILL DETAINED
IMPORTANT DATES UPCOMING
19 JUNE 1995 - the fiftieth birthday of Nobel Peace Prize winner
Aung San Suu Kyi. She will spend the day as she has spent the
last six years, detained under house arrest in Rangoon by Burma's
military dictatorship, the State Law And Order Restoration
Council (SLORC). The day is also Burmese mothers' day. Suu Kyi's
family has been denied permission to visit her.
11 JULY 1995 - the detention order on 1991 Nobel Peace Prize
winner Aung San Suu Kyi expires.
20 JULY 1995 - Aung San Suu Kyi completes 6 years under house
arrest.
BACKGROUND
* The Burmese junta offers no "legal" reason for continuing to
detain Aung San Suu Kyi. However, the head of Burmese Military
Intelligence suggests that her early release cannot be expected.
In an interview published in the "New York Times" of 3 June 1995
he said that she cannot be freed until "there is the guarantee of
peace and tranquillity in our country", a time that he suggested
was still far in the future.
* In 1988 the Burmese military killed thousands of peaceful
protesters who were demanding democracy.
* Aung San Suu Kyi, principal leader of Burma's democracy
movement, was placed under house arrest on 20 July 1989.
* In May 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for
Democracy, won 82% of the parliamentary seats in the General
Elections. However, the results were repudiated by the military,
and power has not been handed over to the Burmese people's
elected representatives.
* Last year the generals met twice with Suu Kyi, but offered no
real concessions and used the meetings for propaganda purposes.
In January, Suu Kyi issued a statement (attached) refusing any
more talks until the discussions are widened out to include her
political colleagues.
* The SLORC regime is one or the world's worst human rights
violators, denounced by the UN, many governments and human rights
groups worldwide. Torture, murder and slave labor are common.
There is no freedom of expression or association.
* The U.S. State Department has reported on SLORC complicity
in the heroin trade that supplies nearly two-thirds of the heroin
reaching the US.
* In the U.S. and Europe, local activists have begun a grass-
roots campaign to boycott companies doing business in Burma.
Several American companies, including Smith and Hawkens, Levi
Strauss, Reebok, Eddie Bauer, Liz Claiborne and Macy's, have
either pulled out of Burma or announced they will refuse to do
any more business there.
SUGGESTIONS TO EDITORS AND PRODUCERS
We urge that editorials, op-eds, articles and programs be
scheduled for the month 19 JUNE (Aung San Suu Kyi's 50th
birthday) to 20 JULY, the sixth anniversary of her arrest and
detention, with a special focus on the 11 July when her detention
order expires.
Background information that could be included:
* The SLORC military junta is an illegal regime
* SLORC has no popular support and rules by fear and the gun
* The Burmese economy is collapsing, especially in rural areas
* The human rights situation is among the worst in the world
* Burma is the source of over 60% of the heroin in the United
States. Opium production has tripled since the present junta came
to power, despite its cosmetic "opium burning" rituals.
* The junta is waging a war of attrition against the indigenous
people in its border regions, producing large refugee flows to
neighboring countries.
Action that can be suggested includes:
* The United States and other countries should commit themselves
to taking severe and specific measures if Aung San Suu Kyi is not
released by 11 July.
*International economic and diplomatic pressure on the junta
should be maintained and strengthened. An international arms
embargo should be imposed immediately.
* The Clinton Administration should issue an executive
order against U.S. corporations doing business with the junta.
Although the United States has been outspoken on Burma's human
rights record, US oil and gas companies (specifically Unocal and
Texaco) are today the source of much of the hard currency
reaching the junta. Pepsi also has operations in Burma.
* Consumers should support boycotts against companies doing
business in Burma, along the same lines as the anti-apartheid
action of the 1980s.
* The ASEAN countries, whose summit this year is in Brunei in
July have a policy of "constructive engagement" which helps keep
the junta in power. ASEAN countries should be encouraged to
isolate Burma.
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STATEMENT
It has always been the firm conviction of those working for
democracy in Burma that it is only through meaningful dialogue
between diverse political forces that we can achieve national
reconciliation, which is the first and most vital requirement for
a united and prosperous country. That the international
community shares this view is evident from clause 5 of the
General Assembly resolution of December 1994 which encourages the
government of Burma to engage in "a substantive political
dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders,
including representatives from ethnic groups, as the best means
of promoting national reconciliation and the full and early
restoration of democracy".
It was in full acceptance of this view and with genuine good will
that I approached the meetings with members of the State Law and
Order Restoration Council on 20 September and 28 October 1994.
There has not been and there will not be any secret deals with
regard either to my release or to any other issue. I adhere to
the principle of accountability and consider myself at all times
bound by the democratic duty to act in consultation with
colleagues and to be guided by the aspirations of those engaged
in the movement to establish a truly democratic political system
in Burma. I remain dedicated to an active participation in this
movement.
Aung San Suu Kyi
22 January 1995
Rangoon
Burma
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Further information, including background documents and contact
numbers of human rights groups, Burma experts, and local
activists are available on request from:
David Arnott Fax (+1-212) 692 9748; Tel 338 0048;
Email darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
or local contact:......
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CURRICULUM VITAE AUNG SAN SUU KYI:
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1945: June 19: Born in Rangoon, Burma, as the daughter of
national leader General Aung San (assassinated July 19
1947) and Daw Khin Kyi; educated in Rangoon until 15
years old.
1960: Accompanied mother to Delhi on her appointment as
Burmese Ambassador to India and Nepal; studied politics
at Delhi University.
1964-67: BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, St Hugh's
College, Oxford (elected Honorary Fellow, 1990).
1969-71: Assistant Secretary, Advisory Committee on
Administrative & Budgetary Questions, United Nations
Secretariat, New York.
1972: Research Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bhutan.
Married Dr Michael Aris, a British scholar.
1973: Birth of first son Alexander Myint San Aung) in London.
1977: Birth of second son, Kim (Htein Lin) in Oxford.
1985-86: Visiting scholar, Center for South-East Asian Studies,
Kyoto University.
1987: Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla.
1988: August 15: Proposed the formation of a People's
Consultative Committee during the democratic uprising
in Burma.
Sept 24: Secretary-General (and co-founder), National
League for Democracy.
Oct.88- As leader of the NLD, delivered over a hundred
July 89 public addresses during extensive campaign
tours in Rangoon, Pegu, Magwe, Sagaing, Mandalay,
Moulmein, Tavoy, Mergui, Pakkoku, Taunggyi,
Kyaukpadaung, Monywa, Myinmu, Myitkyina, etc.
1989: July 20: Placed under house arrest by the military
regime that seized power on September 18 1988.
Went on hunger strike to protect the students taken
from her house to the Military Intelligence
Interrogation Center; recognized as a prisoner of
conscience by Amnesty International.
1990: May 27: Despite her continuing detention, the National
League for Democracy won a landslide victory in the
General Elections by securing 82 percent of the seats;
the military junta refuses to recognize the results of
the Election.
October 12: Awarded - in absentia - the 1990 Rafto
Human Rights Prize.
December 19: In response to a call by UN Secretary
General Perez de Cuellar for her release, the SLORC
issued a statement that "should she wish to stay
together with her husband and children, she would
be allowed to leave Burma on humanitarian grounds."
1991: July 10 : Awarded - in abstentia - the 1990 Sakharov
Prize (human rights prize of the European Parliament).
August 10: The military regime retroactively amends
the law under which Aung San Suu Kyi is held to allow
for detention for up to five years without charge or
trial.
October 14: Awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
December 10: Aung San Suu Kyi's "Freedom from Fear, and
Other Writings" published in London.
1992: The Nobel Committee reveals that "Aung San Suu Kyi has
established a health and education trust in support of
the Burmese people" to use the $1.3 million prize
money.
1994: January 21: The junta states that Aung San Suu Kyi
can be detained for up to six years under its law.
The argument is that while the regime as a whole can
choose to detain a person for five years, an extra year
can be added by the decision of a (previously unknown)
three-member committee comprising the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs and Defense.
1995: June 20: Suu Kyi's 50th birthday.
July 11: Expiry date of the detention order on Aung San
Suu Kyi. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Myanmar told
the Commission on Human Rights that: " ACCORDING TO THE
GOVERNMENT'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF ITS ALTERED LAW,
applied to her with retroactive effect, SHE CANNOT
CONTINUE TO BE HELD BEYOND 11 JULY 1995, by which time
she will have been detained without trial for six
years." (emphasis added).
July 20: 6th anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi's
detention.
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AUNG SAN SUU KYI:
AWARD S, HONOURS AND APPOINTMENTS
1990 Honorary Fellow, St Hugh's College (Oxford, UK)
1990 Thorolf Rafto Award for Human Rights (Norway)
1991 Sakharof Prize for Freedom of Thought (European Parliament)
1991 Nobel Peace Prize (Norway)
1991 Honorary Member, International PEN (Norwegian Center)
1991 Humanitas Human Rights Award (USA)
1991 Honorary Member, International PEN (Canadian Center)
1992 Marisa Bellisario Prize (Italy)
1992 Annual Award of the International Human Rights Law Group
(USA)
1992 Honorary President, Students' Union, London School of
Economics and Political Science
1992 Honorary Member, International PEN (English Centre)
1992 Honorary Life Member, University of London Union
1992 Honorary Professorial Fellowship, Law and Society Trust (Sri
Lanka)
1992 Honorary Doctorate in Political Science, Thammasat
University (Thailand)
1992 International Simon Bolivar Prize (UNESCO)
1992 Prix Litteraire des Droits de l'Homme (France)
1992 Honorary Member, World Commission on Culture and Development
(UNESCO)
1993 Member, Academie Universelle des Cultures (Paris)
1993 Rose Prize, Arbejderbevaegelsens International
Forum/International Forum of the Danish Labour Movement,
Copenhagen)
1993 Premio Mujer Progresista (Federation Mujeres Progresistas/
Spanish Federation of Progressive Women, Madrid)
1993 Victor Jara International Human Rights Award (Center for
Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, USA)
1993 Member of the Advisory Board, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center
for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
1993 Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Toronto
1993 The Freedom of the City, Commune of Giugliano, Italy
1993 Bremen Solidarity Prize (City of Bremen, Germany)
1994 Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy and Letters, Free
University of Brussels
1994 Honorary Advisor, Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-
Pacific
1995 The Freedom of the City, Aversa, Italy
1995 Liberal International Prize for Freedom
1995 Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Queen's University, Canada
TO BE AWARDED
Thakore Visiting Scholar Award (the "Gandhi Award"), Simon
Fraser University, Canada -- October 1995
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding,
India -- 1995
Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law, University of Oxford
(awaiting collection in person)
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EXTRACTS FROM THE CITATIONS
"Aung San Suu Kyi personifies Burma's mass movement for
democracy. Through her courageous and devoted work for human
rights and democracy Aung San Suu Kyi has become the focal point
of the Burmese opposition demanding an end to the iron-fisted
military rule in the country, restoration of fundamental human
rights and democracy."
- The 1990 Rafto Human Rights Prize Commission
"...A woman whose name has become synonymous with the non-violent
struggle for freedom and democracy ... [she] has been imbued with
the principles of freedom, discipline and self-sacrifice for
which [her father] is always remembered by the people of Burma.
Like Gandhi, like Havel and like Andrei Sakharov himself, she
knows that these values are much more powerful than the
instruments of repression."
- The European Parliament in awarding the Sakharov Prize (1991)
"... Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples
of civil courage in Asia in recent decades. She has become an
important symbol in the struggle against oppression. ... the
Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honor this woman for her
unflagging efforts and to show its support for the many people
throughout the world who are striving to attain democracy, human
rights and ethnic conciliation by peaceful means."
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee (1991)
"After careful consideration of the numerous nominations received
from all over the world, the jury has decided that the Award for
the year 1993 be given to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma ... The
honor is in recognition for outstanding contribution to the
promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship
among the people of the world."
- The Jury for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International
Understanding (1995)
"Democrats throughout the world salute her courage and
determination ... The introduction or restoration of genuine
democracy to autocratic states is not easy but must be one of our
highest priorities. True democracy is inseparable from political
liberty ... Although shut off from the outside world and her own
people Daw Aung San Suu Kyi keeps the flame of democracy
flickering. Her struggle is critical to the survival of the
dispirited and persecuted remnants of her highly successful
democracy movement. Liberal International's Prize for Freedom is
a
small token in comparison to the great personal sacrifice made by
the recipient and I salute her courage."
- Sir David Steel on announcing the award of the 1995 Liberal
International Prize for Freedom to Aung San Suu Kyi (1995)
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THIS WAS PREPARED FOR THE PAPER VERSION OF THE CAMPAIGN TOOLKIT.
BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS MENTIONED BELOW AMOUNT TO ABOUT 150 PAGES,
THEY ARE NOT BEING POSTED ON THE NET, AT LEAST NOT ALL OF THEM,
AND
NOT NOW. HOWEVER, WE THOUGHT THE CHRONOLOGY AND REFERENCES WOULD
BE
USEFUL.
CHRONOLOGY 1989-1995
Events from August 1994 onwards are illustrated by press reports,
statements by Aung San Suu Kyi, analyses and comments by human
rights and other organisations. Enclosed documents (not included
in
the electronic dossier) are listed in brackets in the chronology,
and placed chronologically in the Documents section.
1989 Suu Kyi gives public speeches criticising the
military government and Ne Win, and reminds the army
that her father was its founder.
1989 20 JULY: Suu Kyi placed under house arrest. (The
detention order was extended each year. When the
"legal"
maximum of five years was reached in 1994, SLORC said
the
first year did not count and that it was entitled hold
her for a further year. The current detention order
expires on 11 July 1995.)
Goes on hunger strike to protect the students taken
from her house to the Military Intelligence
Interrogation Center; recognized as a prisoner of
conscience by Amnesty International.
1990 19 December: In response to a call by UN Secretary
General Perez de Cuellar for her release, SLORC
issues a statement that "should she wish to stay
together with her husband and children, she would
be allowed to leave Burma on humanitarian grounds."
1991 10 August: The military regime retroactively amends
the law under which Aung San Suu Kyi is held to allow
for detention for up to five years without charge or
trial.
1992 May: Her husband and sons allowed to visit. (Visas were
granted until early 1995, when they were refused.)
1994 21 January: The junta states that Aung San Suu Kyi
can be detained for up to six years under its law.
The argument is that while the regime as a whole can
choose to detain a person for five years, an extra year
can be added by the decision of a (previously unknown)
three-member committee comprising the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs and Defense.
May: Burmese Buddhist monk U Rewata Dhamma visits Burma
for the first time in 20 years. He meets the SLORC
leadership but refuses their suggestion that he meet
Suu Kyi.
August: U Rewata Dhamma visits Suu Kyi and the
generals. He announces that a Suu Kyi/SLORC
dialogue will begin "very soon".("The Nation" 14/8/94;
FBIS 6/9/94)
20 September: First meeting between Suu Kyi and
SLORC leaders. Participants, Generals Khin Nyunt and
Than Shwe. According to the reports, nothing serious
was discussed. Just an ice-breaking exercise and, of
course, a photo-opportunity for the generals (Suu Kyi
is said to have asked for the discussions to be kept
confidential until there was something of substance to
announce). (MON 20/9/94; NCGUB 20/9/94; Amnesty Int.
21/9/94; "NY Times" 21/9/94; "The Economist" 24/9/94;
"Time" 3/10/94)
28 October: Second meeting between Suu Kyi and SLORC
leaders. General Khin Nyunt and a couple of colonels.
Serious matters were apparently discussed, but in a
culture where rank is all, the absence of Than Shwe or
any other SLORC leader beside Khin Nyunt indicates that
SLORC was not united on the value of the talks, or that
they were seen as Khin Nyunt's show, part of his
internal political manoeuvres. ("Nation"/AP 29/10/94;
"Bangkok Post" 31/31/10/94; "The Nation" 4/11/94;)
Amnesty International exhibits caution, fearing that
the meetings are simply a PR exercise by SLORC
(Amnesty Int. 11/94)
November: Press reports in mid-November speak of
relaxation of tension and an atmosphere of hope among
Burmese and diplomats that the deadlock between SLORC
and Suu Kyi may be ending. More talks were expected.
Enthusiasm for the talks allowed Japan to announce that
it is resuming ODA. (Reuter 13/11/94; "The Nation"
18/11/94; IPS 18/11/94;
21 November, Manila: In a speech read by Corazon Aquino
to the World Commission on Culture and Development, Suu
Kyi attacks SLORC's latest bandwagon, "economic
development first, political liberalisation later (if
you're lucky)". In her typical scholarly, sting-in-the-
tail style she argues, inter alia, that "Democracy as a
political system which aims at empowering the people is
essential if sustained human development, which is
'development of the people for the people by the
people',
is to be achieved" -- not SLORC's favourite political
philosophy. (Full Text of Speech; VOA comment 21/11/94)
1 December: Foreign Minister Ohn Gyaw is optimistic
about the continuation of the talks (Reuters 1/12/94)
2 December: A voice of caution from (VOA 2/12/94)
21 December: Caution justified - Ohn Gyaw explains why
Suu Kyi is being detained - an explanation not seen as
auguring well for Suu Kyi's release (IPS 21/12/94)
26-28 December: Chinese Premier Li Peng's visit to
Burma. Some analysts say China encourages SLORC to grow
a
thick skin and ignore international criticism.
1995 19 January: SLORC says it will not release Suu Kyi
until a new Constitution is written (Reuter 19/1/95;
AFP 22/1/95; Amnesty Int 23/1/95)
23 January: Release in Bangkok of Suu Kyi's statement
that she will not make any private deals with SLORC,
and requires access to her colleagues before the
discussions with SLORC can go further. (Text of
Statement 22/1/95; AFP 24/1/95; "The Nation" 25/1/95;
"The Economist" 28/1/95)
8 March: Senator Patty Murray (Democrat, Washington
State) gives her International Women's Day speech on
Aung San Suu Kyi (Full Text 8/3/95)
29 March: A SLORC spokesman hints that Suu Kyi might be
released by 11 July (Reuters 29/3/95)
15 April Kim Dae Jung renews his call for Suu Kyi's
release ("The Nation" 15/4/95)
April: Michael Aris, Suu Kyi's husband, is refused a
visa to visit his wife. UN Secretary-General asks SLORC
to reconsider ("Burmanet" 25/4/95; "Bangkok Post"
28/4/95)
May: India, despite her trade and security links with
SLORC, gives Suu Kyi her highest award. A previous
winners was Nelson Mandela (AP, Reuter 11/5/95)
2 June "Asiaweek" profiles Aung San Suu Kyi in its
"Shapers of the New Asia" series (2/6/95)
11 July: Expiry date of the detention order on Aung San
Suu Kyi. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Myanmar told
the Commission on Human Rights that: " ACCORDING TO THE
GOVERNMENT'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF ITS ALTERED LAW,
applied to her with retroactive effect, SHE CANNOT
CONTINUE TO BE HELD BEYOND 11 JULY 1995, by which time
she will have been detained without trial for six
years." (emphasis added)
20 July: 6th anniversary of Aung San Suu Kyi's
detention.
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END ALSO OF THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE
AUNG SAN SUU KYI MONTH CAMPAIGN TOOL-KIT
Other installments of the tool-kit contain recent speeches
and statements written by Aung San Suu Kyi, documents on the
legal dimensions of her detention, a Burma contact list,
suggestions for forms of action etc.
Envisaged users are Burma and human rights activists, women's
groups, peace groups and others whose actions for Suu Kyi and
Burma may be enhanced by this materiel.
FREE SUU KYI, FREE BURMA, 15 JUNE 1995