Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991

But it will not be shown in Asia after MTV Asia said it would not immediately use the campaign - but would review it next year.

The MTV clip urges viewers to ask the United Nations to help free the Nobel Peace Prize winner from house arrest.

She was detained in May after violent clashes between her supporters and a government-backed mob.

Her National League for Democracy party won the 1990 elections by a landslide but the military junta refused to hand over power.

'Freedom of expression'

MTV Europe president Brent Hansen said: "MTV is all about providing a platform for the voice of young people, and we vehemently support everyone's right to freedom of expression, no matter who they are or where they live."

The campaign shows a teenage girl surrounded by posters, clothes in her bright bedroom - but the lights go out, the posters disappear and the carpet turns into a stone floor.

A photograph of Suu Kyi then appears alongside the words: "How would you feel if your home was a prison?"

It then gives the address of a website to send a pre-written message to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

The Burmese military government released five other leading opposition politicians from house arrest in November.

Burma's Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, recently announced a new seven stage "road map" to democracy, involving the drafting of a new constitution.