Monday, 11 August 2008

Burma's detained pro democracy leader granted meeting with lawyer

Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed a rare meeting with her lawyer to discuss her ongoing house arrest.A spokesman for her party says, this is the first time such meeting since 2004.The surprise meeting at her home comes a day after the new UN human rights envoy for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana left the country after his first visit.Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for most of the last 19 years.

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