Please write to your MP asking them to sign a Motion for Aung San Suu Kyi

MPs respond better to individually composed letters. It does not have to be long, one or two paragraphs is enough.

Key points to make include:

• Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 65th birthday in detention, and has now been detained for almost 15 years.

• It is important that the British Parliament show that the world has not forgotten Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.

• A fake election due on 7 November 2010 will not bring democratic change or democracy to Burma.

• The British government and international community must support the United Nations in persuading the dictatorship to enter into negotiations with Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic representatives.

You can send your letter to your MP at:
House of Commons
London, SW1A 0AA

Or you can email it using the box below.
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Click here to see if your MP has signed EDM 112

Early Day Motion 112: Human Rights In Burma

That this House sends its best wishes to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who will spend her 65th birthday in detention on 19 June 2010; calls for the immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners in Burma; rejects the elections planned by Burma’s generals later this year which, due to election laws and ongoing repression in Burma, cannot be free and fair; condemns Burma’s new constitution which is designed to maintain dictatorship in civilian guise and does not grant rights or protection to Burma’s ethnic minorities; notes that all diplomatic efforts to reform the dictatorship’s sham roadmap to democracy have failed; recalls that the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, Secretary General and Human Rights Council have all stated that the solution to the problems in Burma lies in dialogue between the dictatorship, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, and ethnic representatives; and calls on the Government to support a United Nations-led effort to pressure the dictatorship to enter into such dialogue.

What is an EDM?
Early day motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few EDMs are actually debated. Instead, they are used to draw attention to specific issues and demonstrate the extent of parliamentary support for a particular cause or point of view.

An MP can add their signature to an EDM to show their support.