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A global signature campaign for Burma’s political prisoners has been launched today, on Burma’s Human Rights Day. A huge coalition of Burma pro-democracy groups in exile and solidarity groups around the world are participating in the campaign, which aims to collect 888,888 signatures before 24 May 2009, the legal date that Nobel Peace Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should be released from house arrest. There are currently over 2,100 political prisoners in Burma.
The petition calls on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to make it his personal priority to secure the release of all political prisoners in Burma, as the essential first step towards democracy in the country. The target symbolises 8.8.88, the day the junta massacred some 3,000 people who courageously protested in Burma’s largest democracy uprising.
Tate Naing, a former political prisoner and secretary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), said, “Political prisoners are not criminals. They have simply stood up for freedom and democracy. Without the release of all political prisoners, there can be no peace and stability in our country. But we need the UN Secretary General to step in and show strong leadership on this issue. With this signature campaign, we want to show Ban Ki-moon just how many people around the world care about this issue.”
Launch events are being held around the world.
The global signature campaign will run from 13 March to 24 May. To sign the petition, visit www.fbppn.net
