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White House's press statement on re
- Subject: White House's press statement on re
- From: FreeBurma@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 17:10:00
Subject: White House's press statement on release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Attn: Burma Newsreaders
Re: White House's statement on release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Nashville, Tennessee)
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For Immediate Release July 10, 1995
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
President Clinton welcomes the announcement
earlier today by the Burmese authorities that Aung San
Suu Kyi has been unconditionally released after almost
six years of house arrest. The President, who has
repeatedly called for the Nobel Prize winner's freedom
since the beginning of his Administration, expressed
gratification that the efforts of the international
community had finally secured her release. If her
release enables her to participate freely in a genuine
process of political reconciliation leading to the
installation of a democratically-elected government,
today's development would mark a major milestone
towards the restoration of peace and stability in
Burma.
Even while welcoming her release, President
Clinton expressed concern about a number of serious and
unresolved human rights problems in Burma, including
the continued detention of other political opponents,
the failure to permit the International Red Cross to
visit prisoners and the ongoing military campaigns
against a number of ethnic groups.
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