YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is spending her 64th birthday locked in prison today as global campaigns demanding her freedom erupted across Twitter, Facebook and other websites and at rallies worldwide.
Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, celebrities Madonna and David Beckham, Nobel laureates and world leaders joined the voices calling for the military government to release Suu Kyi, who has now spent 14 birthdays in detention.
Many posted online messages through a new website called .
Suu Kyi planned to mark the day by sharing food with her prison guards, said lawyer Nyan Win, who planned to bring her the food and birthday cards today. He said lawyers have informed her of the worldwide campaign.
