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Help Me Help Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma by Kyle Secor

This year, I am joining hundreds of people across the United States and around the world in "Arrest Yourself" 2009 - a global action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma. I have committed to staying at home for 24 hours under self-imposed house arrest one day between now and Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday on June 19th. I am doing this in solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi and all 55 million people of Burma, who, in the words of Suu Kyi, live in "a prison without bars".

Suu Kyi has called on people around the world to "Please use your liberty to promote ours," and that is exactly what I am doing. Please support my "arrest" by making a tax-deductible donation below. Your contributions will be used by the U.S. Campaign for Burma to fund critical advocacy for freedom, democracy and human rights in Burma.

Thank you for your generosity.
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