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Fears Growing Over Arrested Briton
- Subject: Fears Growing Over Arrested Briton
- From: freedom@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:43:00
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<font size=5>Fears Growing Over Arrested Briton<br>
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</font><font size=3><b>Thursday September 9, 1:04 PM</b> <br>
Concern is growing for the welfare of a British woman who has not been
seen since she was arrested by military police in Burma on Tuesday.
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British consular officials have been trying without success to gain
access to 28-year-old Rachel Goldwyn, held for singing a revolutionary
song at a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital, Rangoon. <br>
Burmese officials have denied access to British consular staff for more
than 48 hours on the grounds that she is still being investigated,
Stephen Jakobi of the Fair Trials Abroad Trust said. <br>
The director of the legal rights group said it was unlikely officials
would be allowed to see her until Friday. <br>
"This is a cause for great concern. It is against international law.
The Burmese authorities said she is under investigation which does not
reassure anyone." <br>
Ms Goldwyn, from Barnes, south west London, sang the song We Will Never
Forget and demanded civil rights for the country in front of a crowd of
300 students. <br>
Dr Charmian Goldwyn, a GP, said she and her TV producer husband Ed, who
live in Barnes, were desperately worried for Rachel. <br>
She said the family had no idea she was in Burma. <br>
"It was a big shock and I was desperate when I first heard,"
she added. <br>
Ms Goldwyn, who attended Godolphin School in Hammersmith, west London,
graduated from the London School of Economics and became interested in
the Burmese pro-democracy movement while working in a refugee camp in
Thailand two years ago. <br>
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