Maldives Calls for Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Holding of Democratic Elections in Burma

The Maldives today cosponsored a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council calling for the immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma and elected leader of the country who has nevertheless spent most of the past twenty years in detention. Since assuming Office in November last year, President Nasheed, himself a former prisoner of conscience, has, on a number of occasions, called for the release of Ms. Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, most recently at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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