The United States has added its voice to a chorus of international concern over the continued detention of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.It expressed “deep concern” over a reported move by the Southeast Asian country’s military rulers to extend her house arrest for another year.A White House statement Thursday says that if the reports are true, “this represents a return to a pattern of unacceptable backtracking on commitments the regime itself has made to move toward democracy, and national reconciliation.”Once again, the United States calls on the regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, and to begin taking other meaningful steps toward national reconciliation, democracy, and improved human rights.”Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was taken into custody in May last year after her motorcade was attacked by a pro-government mob.She had been free for just one year, following her release from a 19-month period of house detention in May 2002.Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release when he met his Myanmar counterpart Soe Win on the sidelines of this week’s ASEAN summit in the Laotian capital, Vientiane.Full Story
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