In February 2011, the Cinema for Peace Foundation organized a petition together with Burmese human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to demand the release of the Burmese comedian Zarganar and the removal of a work ban imposed on actor U Kyaw Thu.http://www.moviesthatmatterfestival.nl/english_index/programma_en/film_en/458 Zarganar was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for speaking to the foreign media and openly criticizing the Burmese government's failure to aid victims of cyclone Norgis. U Kyaw Thu has been banned from acting for openly opposing state censorship in Burma.
