Upprop mot arresteringarna i Burma

Ledamöter av Sveriges Riksdag har skrivit ett under ett upprop där de kräver villkorslös frigivning av alla de som arresterats i samband med den senaste tidens demonstrationer i Burma. Initiativet togs av Riksdagens Burmanätverk och Svenska Burmakommittén.

"Swedish MP:s call for immediate release of all activists arrested in Burma Over the last few days, Burma, and Rangoon in particular, has witnessed a number of peaceful manifestations. A few hundred, sometimes thousands of people have been protesting against the ruling juntas catastrophic economic policy. Extreme rises in fuel prices and commodities have left the population in despair. People have taken to the streets, to express their views. Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are fundamental human rights. No government has the right to take these rights away from their people. We, members of the Swedish parliament, call for: • the unconditional release of all activists who have been arrested under the last few days in Burma. • the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Burma, including NLD leader and Nobel prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. • a common EU statement clarifying, that the EU will not tolerate a violent response from the military against the people, who are simply exercising their fundamental right to speak their mind. • clear and decisive action from the UN should the regime in Burma decide to try to curb the demonstrations by violent means."

Members of parliament:

1. Bodil Ceballos 2. Magdalena Streijffert 3. Mikaela Valtersson 4. Mats Pertoft 5. Carina Hägg 6. Olle Thorell 7. Lena Hallengren 8. Andreas Norlén 9. Agneta Berliner 10. Rosita Runegrund 11. Jan Ericson 12. Lars Hjälmered 13. Maw Andersson 14. Kerstin Engle 15. Patrik Forslund 16. Göran Lindblad 17. Leif Pettersson 18. Ulrika Karlsson 19. Gunvor G Ericson 20. Eva Olofsson 21. Margareta B Kjellin 22. Helena Leander 23. Britta Rådström 24. Ulf Holm 25. Finn Bengtsson 26. Cecilia Wigström 27. Hans Rothenberg 28. Cecilia Magnusson 29. Hans Linde 30. Gunnar Axén 31. Margareta Israelsson 32. Eva-Lena Jansson 33. Ulla Andersson 34. Fredrik Malm 35. Anna Bergkvist 36. Eva Selin Lindgren 37. Jan Lindholm 38. Peter Rådberg