UN chief urges Burma junta to allow free elections

Key nations want Burma’s government to give all people the opportunity to participate freely in upcoming elections – including political prisoners and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the UN chief said.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to reporters after a meeting of the Group of Friends of Myanmar (Burma) to discuss the country’s new electoral laws, which have been widely criticised as designed to keep Ms Suu Kyi out of the race.