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Subject: Burmese opposition leader   calls for human rights 

Friday, April 9, 1999 Published at 11:32 GMT 12:32 UK 


             World: Asia-Pacific

             Burmese opposition leader
             calls for human rights 



             The Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has
             urged the United Nations to take action after what she
             called the worst year of repression in Burma for almost a
             decade. 

             In a recorded message to the United Nations
             Commission on Human Rights, meeting in Geneva, the
             Nobel peace prize winner appealed to the international
             community to exert greater pressure on Burma's military
             government to restore democratic rule. 

             Miss Suu Kyi said more than one hundred and fifty
             elected members of parliament, along with many
             ordinary members of her National League for
             Democracy, were still in detention. 

             Aung San Suu Kyi said the world had not fully grasped
             the extent of the oppression by the military regime. The
             BBC south-east Asia correspondent says Miss Suu
             Kyi's call comes amid continued political deadlock in
             Burma, and is sure to further enrage the government. 

             From the newsroom of the BBC World Service