A Peace Vigil for the Freedom of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi - TOMORROW

Conducted by: MARUAHDate: Sunday, 31 May 2009
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: Speakers' Corner

The members of MARUAH (Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism), would like to invite you to be a part of the civil movement to call for the freedom of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. This is a peaceful rally to ask you to give two hours of your time to show support to a courageous women, who has been placed under house arrest for almost two decades and now held in a formidable prison.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the democratically-held elcetions in 1990, has been under house arrest for almost two decades. On 18th May 2009, she was charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest and stood trial. She has borne her trials with dignity. Yet they continue unabated. The world has honoured her with a Nobel Peace Prize and lobbied tirelessly for her freedom but there is growing helplessness towards the situation as the Myanmar junta continues to keep her in detention without trial.

We need to show ASEAN solidarity at the civil society level and act together to ask for her freedom. Let us come together throughout ASEAN on the same day at the same time and request for her freedom. Let us show solidarity by wearing some yellow in our clothing, hold a candlight vigil and let off as many yellow-coloured balloons with her portrait, into the skies.
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Advisory

This is a peaceful rally to ask as many people in Singapore to give two hours of their time to show support to a courageous women – Daw Aung Sung Suu Kyi - who has been placed under house arrest for almost two decades and now is held in a formidable prison.

We, as organizers, will be upset for you if we, had in any way, not advised supporters to mind themselves so that we all stay within the law while asking that Daw Aung Sung Suu Kyi be released.

So please do not be alarmed by this advisory or be put off by it. Stay true to your heart’s desire of wanting to show support, please come and, if you are a foreigner especially, be just mindful of supporting without breaking any local laws.

Cheers,
Braema Mathi
Chaiperson, MARUAH
Singapore Working Group for ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
19 May 2009
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In Unity for the Liberty of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at Speakers’ Corner
Date: 31st may 2009
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Theme: yellow colour; vigil with speeches; candlelight; releasing some yellow balloons with her portrait as a symbol of asking for her to be set free

ADVISORY

1. Only Singaporeans and Permanent Residents can participate in the demonstration in the Speakers Corner.

2. Observers – those who are unsure of their immigration status or are not citizens or PRs - please do know that by law you ought not to carry placards, banners, posters or photographs of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or any Burmese opposition leaders.

3. Singaporeans and Permanent Residents who are taking part in the demonstration, please comply with the following conditions:

a. Please do not recite anything that is religious or may cause feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different racial or religious groups. Please remember this is a peaceful demonstration. We are showing our solidarity with the people in ASEAN in asking for the release of Daw Aung Sung Suu kyi and also our sadness at the state of democracy in Myanmar(Burma)

b. We do not encourage placards or banners except for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s photograph, which we strongly encourage. If there are placards or banners they must not contain violent, lewd or obscene material.

A reminder: The organizers can request members of the public to leave the area demarcated for the demonstration should their actions be considered as flouting the terms and conditions of licence granted by the National Parks of Singapore for this demonstration or any other laws regulating public demonstrations in Singapore.