Pressure mounts for release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi | Breaking Tweets

Pressure mounts for release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted by Harum Helmy on 5/26/09 • Categorized as Asia, Politics

Per Reuters, famed Myanmar activist and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty in her latest trial. Suu Kyi faces up to five years in jail if convicted of letting an intruder into her home early May despite being on house arrest.

Suu Kyi’s lawyers said that the pro-democracy activist had let the man, John Yettaw, in her home because he had complained of leg cramps after swimming across a lake, according to Reuters. She has been on house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years in the East Asia nation.

The trial has been the subject of many critics’ concern, with claims that the Burmese military regime is simply looking for ways to imprison Suu Kyi, the leader of National League for Democracy party, per the Daily Mail.

Twitterers around the world are calling for Myanmar to free Suu Kyi.

  1. Randy LaVigne
    chewelahboy (Cedar River, near Renton, Wash.) Reading about trial of Aung San Suu Kyi http://bit.ly/13GRYU – Free Aung San Suu Kyi 26 May 2009 from TweetDeck
  2. Faz Abdul Gaffa
    fazabdulgaffa (Singapore) Enough drama, Myanmar, set Suu Kyi free! http://bit.ly/19120K 26 May 2009 from TwitterFox
  3. Lisa Holz
    underwaterone (Undisclosed) is joining the in in condeming the military junta of Burma…Free Aung San Suu Kyi NOW…. 26 May 2009 from web
  4. Kelly Huysmans
    KelieNZ (Belgium) Free Aung San Suu Kyi!!!
    http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/mtvaction.html     26 May 2009 from web
  5. slightlyfamous
    slightlyfamous (Singapore) Free Aung San Suu Kyi, elected prime minister of Burma. Free Burma. 26 May 2009 from web
  6. Sergio Flores
    SergioFlores_ (Stockholm, Sweden) The junta regime in Burma heave today Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest,but she stays in prison while trial goes on. FREE AUNG SAN SUU KYI NOW 26 May 2009 from mobile web
  7. Yeen, Tee
    yeenDuex (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) mourn for the poor Derek Bentley and pray that there will be a fair trial for Aung San Suu Kyi. 26 May 2009 from web
  8. Ravendon
    Ravendon (Middleton, Wisc.) FREE AUNG SAN SUU KYI!!!! 26 May 2009 from bit.ly
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  • If every anti-govt. or democrat in america be put in jail for wanting change..the whole country would be more locked down than N. Korea.. Let Suu Kyi go!
  • GEORGE
    FUCK HER...LET HER ROT
  • faz
    Clearly your comment just proves to show your ignorance towards the subject. If you've got nothing useful to comment about, don't bother.
  • ckanal
    Please try to be more respectful, George. Breaking Tweets has created a forum that seeks to give everyone a voice. Also, it would be nice for you to support such strong opinions with facts or sound reasoning to facilitate a better discussion.
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