Obama calls for early release of Suu Kyi

US President Barack Obama asked for “immediate” and “unconditional” release of the Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner held under house arrest since 2003.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked for “immediate” and “unconditional” release of the Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner held under house arrest since 2003.

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“I call on the Burmese government to release National League for Democracy Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from detention immediately and unconditionally,” Obama said in a statement.

The statement comes on the eve of Suu Kyi’s completion of six years of current term of her house arrest.