BBC-Burmese leader calls for snacti

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World: Asia-Pacific

Burmese pro-democracy leader calls for sanctions 



The Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has made another appeal
for international action against the military government. 

In a video-recorded statement smuggled out of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi
describes the country as a huge prison and calls on the European Union, the
United States and the rest of the world to help the cause of democracy by
imposing economic sanctions. 

Her statement comes just days before the ninth of September, the date on
which pro-democracy campaigners outside Burma have called for an uprising
against the authorities. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
Tuesday, September 7, 1999 Published at 12:38 GMT 13:38 UK