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Britain protests to Myanmar over Suu Kyi

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Office on Thursday summoned
Myanmar's ambassador to lodge a protest at the treatment of opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi. 

``I want to make clear that the Burmese regime's interference in Aung San Suu
Kyi's freedom of movement and association is unacceptable,'' Foreign Secretary
Robin Cook said in a statement. 

``This fundamental infringement of her basic human rights can only do harm to
Burma. It is high time the regime recognised the need to open an immediate
dialogue with the NLD,'' Cook said, referring to Suu Kyi's National League for
Democracy party. 

Suu Kyi was forcibly removed earlier on Thursday from a car where she had held
a six-day sit-in protest after she was barred from travelling to meet party
supporters. 

The Nobel Prize winner was released from six years of house arrest in 1995,
but Myanmar's military government has continued to restrict her movement. 

Her protest this week has brought worldwide condemnation, and embarrassment to
Myanmar's government. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accused the
junta of violating Suu Kyi's human rights. 

10:07 07-30-98