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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Foreign secretary David Lammy makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi

David Lammy has issued a historic and impassioned plea for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned by the brutal dictatorship in Myanmar.

In a major intervention, the foreign secretary has for the first time made a direct appeal to the military junta to free her and give the country’s people “the peace and democracy they deserve”.

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