Photo: Demonstrations in London for Freedom of Burma

Oct 30th, 2008

- reported by Thandar Htike & Maung Kaung

The number of political prisoners in Burma has almost doubled in the past year, despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for their release.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has reached a total of 13 years in detention on October 24th 2007.

And despite Burmese military junta’s blatant human rights abuses, China is blocking international attempts in the United Nations to pressure Burmese Generals for sincere democratic reforms.

International human-rights activists in UK last week made protests and demonstrations in front of Burmese embassy and Chinese embassy in London to call for freedom of Burma and Burma’s political prisoners.

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