My colleague Maryan Street has just moved the following motion in Parliament, and it has been supported by all parties.

That the New Zealand Parliament note the anniversary on 27 May 2009 of the detention under house arrest of Nobel Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, deplore her continued detention on political grounds and seek her immediate and unconditional release, together with the release of approximately 2100 additional political prisoners being detained in Burma by the military junta.

Barack Obama has made the same call. Her continued detention is a blight on democracy. We are taking a stand here in NZ. I spoke at a Wellington rally last week organised by the CTU against her detention, along with representatives of both the National and Green parties. We also have a Parliamentary support group on Burma that is looking at ways we can provide support to the campaign to have her released. You can find more information about the global campaign here.