A UN body has ruled that the detention of Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal under Burmese domestic law. Suu Kyi has spent more than 13 years confined by house arrest under orders from the government.
The decision Monday 23 March marks the fifth time that Suu Kyi’s confinement has been declared arbitrary and illegal under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The ruling stated that Suu Kyi be released immediately and without condition from her continued house arrest. Reuters, BBC
Posted by Jillian Hudson on 24 March 2009 at 20:18 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 24 March 2009.
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Tags: Burma, Democracy, detention, government, house arrest, Myanmar, opposition, Suu Kyi, UN
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