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Celebration of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday

Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday will be celebrated on 19 June. (17 June 2002)

Published: June 17, 2002

Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday will be celebrated on 19 June. (17 June 2002)

Amnesty International will celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday on 19 June by arranging a stand on “Torgalmenningen.” In the evening 20 Burmese refugees will visit The Rafto House and tell us about their past in a regime which has been suppressing human rights for decades.

Amnesty and the Rafto Foundation will give talks, and light meals from the exciting Burmese kitchen will be served, so this will surely turn out to be an exciting evening!

Regards,
Andreas Glass, HSFA.

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