Prayers and protests as Suu Kyi turns 61

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By Aung Hla Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 61st birthday under house arrest on Monday while pro-democracy activists around the world staged protests against the military junta.

At Yangon's Town Hall, a lone male protester shouted "Long Live Daw Aung San Suu Kyi" for several minutes in a rare public protest before police bundled him away, witnesses said.

Rallies were to be held in more than 25 countries across Asia, Europe and North America to demand the freedom of the Nobel Peace Laureate, who has spent 10 of the past 17 years in some form of detention.


But their protests are likely to fall on deaf ears in Yangon, where the military, which has ruled the former Burma since 1962, clamped tight security on the road outside Suu Kyi's home.

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1. This brave woman needs to be freed

to join and lead her people.