This is the press release and subsequent action from Amnesty International, please read and sign the petition, thank you advance for your concern and action:Myanmar's military junta extended Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's imprisonment by 18 months today after finding her guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest.
Critics of Myanmar's military regime condemned the outcome of the 3-month sham trial,[1] calling it a pretext to keep Suu Kyi out of the running during next year's presidential elections.[2]
The junta — which currently detains more than 2,100 political prisoners — commuted Suu Kyi's sentence from three years hard labor in prison to an 18-month extension to her house arrest in the hopes that the international community will view the reduced sentence as an act of leniency.
But Suu Kyi should have never been imprisoned in the first place.
Suu Kyi's deplorable imprisonment has been denounced by everyone from heads of state worldwide to nine of Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel laureates. Join the court of world opinion in condemning Daw Ang San Suu Kyi's sham trial. Tell the leader of Myanmar's military junta that Suu Kyi shouldn't serve another minute of her sentence.
We know that the odds of success may seem stacked against us any time we appeal to authoritarian rulers. But the recent release of two U.S. journalists from North Korea is proof that even totalitarian regimes are vulnerable to relentless international pressure.
The fact that Myanmar's government reduced Suu Kyi's sentence is also a sign that the military regime is susceptible to the world community's criticisms.[3]
We've proven time after time that even military dictatorships and other repressive regimes are no match for Amnesty's millions-strong global movement. Just last year, Ma Khin Khin Leh, another prisoner of conscience in Myanmar, obtained her release after Amnesty activists sent tens of thousands of letters to Myanmar's leaders on her behalf.
Join us today in calling for Daw Ang San Suu Kyi's immediate release.
Thank you for standing with us,
— Anil, Nancy, Jim, Ulana and the rest of the Myanmar rapid response team
1, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
2, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
3, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
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