Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday celebrated in New Delhi.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , June 19 (ANI): Activists in New Delhi gathered outside the Myanmar embassy to celebrate the 64th birthday of Myanmar's jailed opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (oung sän s  chē), 1945–, Burmese political leader. on Friday.
The activists, who had brought a birthday cake with a '64' candles on top, sang 'Happy Birthday' to the tune of a guitar. Denouncing the Nobel laureate's ongoing trial, the activists chanted slogans of 'Long Live Aung San Aung San (born 1914?, Natmauk, Burma—died July 19, 1947, Rangoon) Nationalist leader of Burma (Myanmar). He led a student strike in 1936 and became secretary-general of a nationalist group in 1939. Suu Kyi' and demanded her release. "The reason we have organised the birthday in front of the embassy is that, she has been in detention for more than 13 years and 235 days and she spent most of her birthdays under house arrest. So we have come here to inform them, that the embassy also should conduct something in India, in Delhi," said Kim, an activist. Myanmar's junta jun·ta n. 1. A group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power. 2. A council or small legislative body in a government, especially in Central or South America. 3. A junto. had started a trial against Suu Kyi for allegedly violating the terms of her long-standing house arrest. Suu Kyi faces three to five years in prison if found guilty of breaking the terms of her house arrest by letting an American intruder stay for two days after he swam to her home in May. Suu Kyi has been detained for more than 13 of the last 19 years. Myanmar's military government had refused to recognise a 1990 landslide election victory by the NLD NLD abbr. nonverbal learning disorder . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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