Tuesday, 06 September 2011 12:11 Zwe Khant
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Political dissidents including families of political prisoners held a prayer ceremony on Sunday at Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, praying for freedom for all political prisoners in Burma.
The political activists including 88-generation students and young members of the National League for Democracy offered flowers and water to Buddha and lit oil lamps and prayed for the well being of others.
They released a statement urging the government to unconditionally release all political prisoners, to treat the prisoners in accord with prison rules and to stop unlawful arrests of pro-democracy activists.
A service group for families of political prisoners organized the prayer ceremony. People attending wore and distributed 50 blue T-shirts, similar to prisoners’ T-shirts.
Su Su Kyi, the mother of a female political prisoner, Thet Thet Aung, told Mizzima: “We can’t trust them [the government]. It’s hard to hope, because there is no sign of a prisoner release. I’m tired of hoping. In my family, there are five political prisoners so I have to work for the freedom of my five family members and ‘prisoners of conscience.’ I’ll do what’s necessary.”
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Political dissidents including families of political prisoners held a prayer ceremony on Sunday at Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, praying for freedom for all political prisoners in Burma.
The political activists including 88-generation students and young members of the National League for Democracy offered flowers and water to Buddha and lit oil lamps and prayed for the well being of others.
They released a statement urging the government to unconditionally release all political prisoners, to treat the prisoners in accord with prison rules and to stop unlawful arrests of pro-democracy activists.
A service group for families of political prisoners organized the prayer ceremony. People attending wore and distributed 50 blue T-shirts, similar to prisoners’ T-shirts.
Su Su Kyi, the mother of a female political prisoner, Thet Thet Aung, told Mizzima: “We can’t trust them [the government]. It’s hard to hope, because there is no sign of a prisoner release. I’m tired of hoping. In my family, there are five political prisoners so I have to work for the freedom of my five family members and ‘prisoners of conscience.’ I’ll do what’s necessary.”
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