<p><img src="../files/308/feature/Burma_wideweb_470x3250.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Burmese freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been under government-sponsored house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years. As Suu Kyi awaits an upcoming trial on May 18th on charges meant to extend her imprisonment, Not On Our Watch has organized an international statement calling for her release.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Luminaries from across the cultural, political, and social spheres, including Not On Our Watch founders George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, as well as Bono, Madonna, Steven Spielberg, Nobel Laureates Professor Elie Wiesel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Senator John McCain, among others, have united to demand that the Burmese military regime free Aung San Suu Kyi now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Follow the link to read the statement and see a full list of signatories.</p> <p><img src="/files/308/content/Burma_wideweb_470x3250.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Burmese freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been under government-sponsored house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years. As Suu Kyi awaits an upcoming trial on May 18th on charges meant to extend her imprisonment, Not On Our Watch has organized an international statement calling for her release. Luminaries from across the cultural, political, and social spheres, including Not On Our Watch founders George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, as well as Bono, Madonna, Steven Spielberg, Nobel Laureates Professor Elie Wiesel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Senator John McCain, among others, have united to demand that the Burmese military regime free Aung San Suu Kyi now.</p> <p>The statement and full list of signatories follow below.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">FREE AUNG SAN SUU KYI</span></strong></p> <p>Nineteen years ago, the Burmese people chose Aung San Suu Kyi to be their next leader. And for most of those 19 years she has been kept under house arrest by the military junta that now runs the country. She is the world&rsquo;s only incarcerated Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.</p> <p>Yesterday Suu Kyi was taken to Burma&rsquo;s Insein prison to face criminal charges as part of a concerted plan to deny her freedom.</p> <p>We must not stand by as she is silenced once again. Now is the time for the United Nations and the entire international community to speak clearly, and with one voice: <strong>Free Aung San Suu Kyi.</strong></p> <p><strong>In support,</strong></p> <p><strong>George Clooney<br />Sec. Madeleine Albright<br />Wes Anderson<br />Drew Barrymore<br />David Beckham<br />Bono<br />Matthew Broderick<br />Sandra Bullock<br />James Carville<br />Michael Chabon<br />Daniel Craig<br />John Cusack<br />Matt Damon<br />Robert De Niro<br />Dave Eggers<br />Peter Gabriel<br />Jake Gyllenhaal<br />V&aacute;clav Havel<br />Helen Hunt<br />Anjelica Huston<br />Scarlett Johansson<br />Nicole Kidman<br />Ashton Kutcher<br />Norman Lear<br />Madonna<br />Mary Matalin<br />Sen. John &amp; Cindy McCain<br />Rose McGowan<br />Orhan Pamuk<br />Sarah Jessica Parke<br />Paulo S&eacute;rgio Pinheiro<br />Brad Pitt<br />Julia Roberts<br />Robert Rodriguez<br />Salman Rushdie<br />Meg Ryan<br />Liev Schreiber<br />George Soros<br />Steven Spielberg<br />Meryl Streep<br />Archbishop Desmond Tutu<br />Naomi Watts<br />Prof. Elie Wiesel<br />Owen Wilson</strong></p> 2009-05-17T21:42:00+00:00 21 2009-05-24T18:36:39+00:00