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Article: Black Eyed Peas Launch Freedom Campaign for Imprisoned Nobel Prize Recipient Aung San Suu Kyi; Monday's Performance to be Simulcast into Dictator-Ruled Burma; New Technology Allows Message of Freedom to Penetrate Government Censors.
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- July 31, 2006
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WASHINGTON & LOS ANGELES & BANGKOK, Thailand -- Aung San Suu Kyi, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, had her story of justice and democracy for the Burmese people brought to the international stage when The Freedom Campaign launched with the Grammy award winning Black Eyed Peas concert in Bangkok, Thailand today.
With large images of Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced: Aung Sawn Sue Chee) posted on stage, The Black Eyed Peas dedicated their hit song "Where is the Love" at today's concert to the imprisoned Burmese leader. The performance will also be simulcast into Burma where she is under house arrest and the government forbids democratic messages ...