A new Web site was launched on Wednesday to coordinate support among international figures, NGOs and trade unions for Burmese opposition leader Aung San Kyi.
The organizers of the site, the Global Campaign to Free Aung San Suu Kyi, said it is intended to become the global hub of the international campaign to release Suu Kyi, who has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest and is now on trial in Rangoon.
The launch of the Web site was timed to coincide with the sixth anniversary of her current term of house arrest. The site is named 64forSuu.org to mark Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday on June 19.
Celebrated supporters of the campaign to free Suu Kyi were invited to contribute 64-word messages. Among those who responded was British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who said: “We must do all we can to make this birthday the last you spend without your freedom."
Brown said: "I add my voice to the growing chorus of those demanding your release. For too long the world has failed to act in the face of this intolerable injustice. That is now changing. The clamor for your release is growing across Europe, Asia, and the entire world.”
Among other leading personalities who contributed to the site at its launch were former Czech President Vaclav Havel, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actors George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Stephen Fry, Kevin Spacey and Sarah Brown, comedian Eddie Izzard and footballer David Beckham.
Organizations contributing to the site include the Burma Campaign-UK, the US Campaign for Burma, Amnesty International, Britain’s Trades Union Congress, Not on Our Watch, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the Open Society Institute, Avaaz and English Pen.
The site also invites anyone to upload video, text, images or twitter messages of support for Suu Kyi.
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