"Strong plea" by EU's Ashton for Myanmar opposition leader release
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Mar 1, 2010, 17:32 GMT
Brussels - The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton,
issued a 'strong plea' on Monday for the release of Myanmar opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for more than a
decade.
Ashton's call came after Myanmar's Supreme Court on Friday turned down an
appeal by Suu Kyi against her latest 18-month house detention sentence,
which is set to prevent her from taking part in an election planned this
year.
'The authorities still have a chance to change course through the legal
possibility of a final appeal,' Ashton's spokesman Lutz Gullner said in a
statement.
He added that Ashton was making 'a strong plea (to Myanmar authorities) to
grasp that opportunity in the interest of the future of their country and
its people.'
According to Gullner, Suu Kyi's sentence is 'unjust' and 'damages prospects
for an inclusive political dialogue between the government and opposition
parties that is urgently needed to achieve progress in national
reconciliation and secure long-term stability.'
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