Manila  - Dozens of Filipino activists protested Friday outside the Myanmar embassy in the Philippine capital and demanded the immediate release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The mostly women activists held the protest as they awaited a court verdict on Suu Kyi on the charge of breaking the terms of her house arrest. The verdict in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, was later postponed for a week and a half.

The protestors wore photos of Suu Kyi and carried a large banner that read, "A sentence to Aung San Suu Kyi is a sentence to democracy in Burma."

"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is an icon of the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma," the Free Burma Coalition said a statement. "She is the only hope for change. She must be released because she is not guilty of anything except fighting for the rights and freedoms of the people of Burma."

At the end of the protest rally, some activists posed inside a mock prison cell holding photos of a smiling Suu Kyi.

A Myanmar court on Friday postponed until August 11 its verdict on Suu Kyi and three others accused of breaking the terms of her house arrest by allowing a US national to swim to her home-cum-prison on May 3 and stay uninvited until the night of May 5.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has spent 14 of the past 20 years under house detention.

If found guilty of breaking the terms of her detention, which officially ended on May 27, Suu Kyi faces a minimum jail sentence of three years. (dpa)