LONDON 18.05.09 - Burmese activists staged a 24 hour hunger strike outside Burma's embassy in London demanding the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's pro-democracy leader has been detained in the notorious Insein jail in Rangoon awaiting trial on trumped charges from the ruling military regime.

LONDON 18.05.09 - More than 200 demonstrators congregated outside the Burmese embassy in London today demanding the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's pro-democracy leader has been detained in the notorious Insein jail in Rangoon awaiting trial on trumped charges from the ruling military regime. Police were forced to close the street and the embassy itself had come under attack earlier…

On Friday 15th May, Burmese demonstrated at the military regime's embassy in London and at the Foreign Office in Kings Charles Street, at Aung San Suu Kyi arrest and detention at the notorious Insein prison. There will be a larger protest on Monday 18th May at the regime's embassy.