WASHINGTON, March 28
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Death of Dr. Michael Aris
The First Lady and I were saddened to learn of the death of
Dr. Michael Aris, a scholar of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
at Oxford University. We offer our sincere condolences to his
wife, Aung San Suu Kyi, his sons Alexander and Kim, and other
family members.
Dr. Aris's perseverance and dedication to his wife and family, and
to the cause of human rights and democracy in Burma, earned him the
respect and admiration of citizens around the world. At this
difficult time, I want to reaffirm to Michael's family and to all the
people of Burma that the United States will keep working for the day
when all who have been separated and sent into exile by the denial of
human rights in Burma are reunited with their families, and when
Burma is reunited with the family of freedom.
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