| Former World Leaders Urge UN to Press Burma on Prisoner Releases |
| Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
 The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights and Freedom Now released a letter from 112 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from more than 50 nations to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging him to personally travel to Burma before the end of the year to secure the release of the military junta’s 2.100 political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi made Honorary Member of Club of Madrid |
| Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
| The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights and Freedom Now released a letter from 112 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from more than 50 nations to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging him to personally travel to Burma before the end of the year to secure the release of the military junta’s 2.100 political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.In a time when the Burmese junta is once more cracking down on peaceful opposition by sentencing several dissidents to decade-long prison terms, Aung San Suu Kyi is made honorary member of Club of Madrid – an organisation of 70 former Presidents and Prime Ministers who are committed to advancing democracy, headed by Ricardo Lagos and Mary Robinson. |
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In the course of a long political life, I have become increasingly convinced that the most important challenge facing us today is to fight for the poor and the oppressed. That is why I established The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights.