Burma’s opposition marks its 21st anniversary

Burma’s leading opposition party marked its 21st anniversary on Sunday by calling on the country’s military regime to free its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Around 250 party members, diplomats and former political prisoners attended a gathering at the National League for Democracy’s headquarters to celebrate the party’s formation in 1988.

The gathering also called for the release of other detained political prisoners and the reopening of its regional offices around the country.

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