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Carla Bruni demands liberation of Aung San Suu Kyi
May 19, 2009, 8:32 GMT
Paris - France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has written to Myanmar's rulers to demand the liberation of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
In the open letter, which was made public Tuesday, the former top model wrote, 'It is a question of simple humanity to allow an ill woman to be free to be treated in complete confidentiality, because her life is clearly in danger.'
Declaring that she found it 'intolerable' that Suu Kyi could be sentenced to a new prison term, Bruni-Sarkozy wrote that imprisoning her again would 'stifle hope for democracy in Myanmar.'
The letter was sent Monday, the day the court case was opened against Suu Kyi, her two house helpers, and American John William Yettaw at Yangon's Insein Prison.
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