Myanmar activists get 253,524 signatures to free political prisoners(aims to collect 888,888 signatures before May 24, 2009, the date that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be released from house arrest)

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Bangkok – A global petition campaign to free Myanmar’s political prisoners has secured 253,524 signatures to date, pro-democracy groups announced Tuesday. The signature campaign, launched on March 13 marking Myanmar’s Human Rights Day, aims to collect 888,888 signatures before May 24, 2009, the date that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be released from house arrest, according to the country’s laws.
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is the most prominent of Myanmar’s estimated 2,500 political prisoners. She has been under house arrest since May 2003, on charges of threatening national security.
According to Myanmar’s criminal laws, the charge carries a maximum of five years imprisonment, leading some to hope authorities will be forced to free her before the sixth anniversary of her detention is reached on May 24.
Suu Kyi, who heads the National League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party, has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest. continue
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