Thirty-Thousand Back Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook

Thirty- thousand people are supporting Aung San Suu Kyi on the Facebook social networking website.

A Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi/9953503420?ref=pdb enables people to become a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi and receive regular updates about the situation in Burma. The high number of supporters puts her in the top one hundred political leaders of all time, both past and present.

“Facebook is an excellent way to reach new people and let them know about Aung San Suu Kyi and the situation in Burma,” said Zoya Phan, International Coordinator of Burma Campaign UK. “The regime in Burma has detained Aung San Suu Kyi because they want the world to forget about her. This is another way of ensuring they don’t succeed. People who become a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi are then asked to take practical action, such as supporting the new political prisoner signature campaign.”

Aung San Suu Kyi reached a total of 13 years in detention on 24th October 2008. Her current period of detention began in May 2003 after a convoy she was travelling in was ambushed by a regime militia. She escaped with her life but dozens of her supporters were killed.

The facebook page for Aung San Suu Kyi is at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi/9953503420?ref=pdb

For more information contact Zoya Phan or Johnny Chatterton on 0207 324 4710

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