Cities Honor the Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi

San Francisco and Berkeley

Event Date:

June 19, 2005

The following events have been planned�for Aung San Suu Kyi's 60th birthday:

City and County of San Francisco
CA declared June 19 as Aung San Suu Kyi Day.

City of Berkeley
CA is expected to declare June 19 as Aung San Suu Kyi Day soon.

"We call on individuals and governments, to support publicly Aung San Suu Kyi on her birthday, June 19th. I support activities that call for her immediate and unconditional release; I applaud all human rights campaigners who are working on her behalf, and that of her countrymen and women. As long as she remains under arrest, none of us is truly free."

—South Africa's Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient