[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 100 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            AUNG SAN SUU KYI

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, today is the 50th birthday of Burma's 
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is being held under 
house arrest for the sixth year by the Burmese military regime known as 
the SLORC. She was imprisoned 6 years ago after her party won 
overwhelming victories in elections in Burma.
  While today is this remarkable woman's birthday, sadly, there is not 
much to celebrate as the Burmese military regime continues her 
imprisonment and the repression of the Burmese people. Last year I met 
with this remarkable individual and witnessed the heroic stature of her 
crusade to restore democracy to her native land.
  My efforts to visit her again last month were rebuffed. There is a 
retrogression of human rights and democracy in Burma. Just this week 
the Burmese military regime expected to allow the Red Cross to inspect 
prisons in that country. They have refused the Red Cross to inspect 
those prisons as they originally stated.
  Mr. Speaker, let us rejoice in this remarkable woman's 50th birthday 
and stand with her in her struggle.


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