The following is an email that I have just been forwarded and that originates from "Christian Solidarity Worldwide". I glady forward it on to you all. Please feel free to also forward it to your people.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
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Dear Friends,
On June 19th, Burma’s detained democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, will mark her 62nd birthday. She remains the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Laureate, and has since received over 50 international awards for her efforts to secure democracy in Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi is currently in her 12th year under house arrest. The regime extended her detention indefinitely last May despite UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s appeal to the head of Burma's military junta to release her.
She led her party, the National League for Democracy, to an overwhelming victory in the 1990 elections, but the ruling military regime refused to accept the results and instead imprisoned the victors and intensified its grip on power.
Aung San Suu Kyi once told a foreign missionary that her favourite verse in the Bible is John 8:32 – "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." She has repeatedly asked Christians around the world to continue praying for Burma.
On June 19th, please remember Aung San Suu Kyi in your prayers. As a mark of solidarity with her and the oppressed people of Burma, we appeal to you to send a birthday card to her. It is not known whether or not she will be able to receive the cards, but the authorities will certainly see them. The more cards that are sent, the better, because it will show the regime that the world will not forget Aung San Suu Kyi. Please send birthday cards, with messages of encouragement, to:
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate
54 University Avenue
Rangoon (Yangon)
Burma (Myanmar)
In Christ,
Ben Rogers
Advocacy Officer, South Asia
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
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