LUXEMBOURG - The EU has called for the immediate release of more than 500 people detained by Burmese military rulers in a crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
EU foreign ministers in a statement called on Burma's ruling State Law and Order Restoration Committee to lift a blockade on the home of opposition leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's military government said yesterday it had released 88 of the 559 supporters of the National League for Democracy party held since Thursday but roadblocks around Ms Suu Kyi's house remained.
