Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Dalai Lama Welcomes Release of Suu Kyi

Dharamshala: Hailing the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today extended solidarity to the movement for democracy in Myanmar and hoped that China will free fellow Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and other "prisoners of conscience".

Suu Kyi, the 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and pro-democracy leader, was freed from detention yesterday by Myanmar's military government.

"I welcome the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and extend my appreciation to the military regime in Burma. I extend my full support and solidarity to the movement for democracy there and take this opportunity to appeal to freedom-loving people all over the world to support such non-violent movements," Dalai Lama said in a message from Japan communicateed by the office of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.

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