Staff / TruthdigDec 22, 2009
After a Kafkaesque series of house arrests, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will have her day in court. The Supreme Court in Myanmar has finally agreed to hear an appeal against her most recent detention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 14, 2009
Sen. Jim Webb is the first senior U.S. official in more than 10 years to visit Burma, triggering speculation that the White House may be trying to nudge the authoritarian regime there into a "new era of engagement." The trip follows the recent ludicrous sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 more months of house arrest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 11, 2009
Burma's military junta has kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for the majority of the last 20 years and it looks as if she isn't going anywhere. The sentence of the opposition leader was extended for the crime of being home -- under house arrest -- when an uninvited American came calling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2009
Myanmar ended the six-year house arrest of Nobel Peace laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday. She remains in detention, however, as her trial continues over whether she breached detention conditions by letting an American intruder into her house last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 6, 2008
As more details of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis in Burma emerge, it's becoming clear that the storm is one of the worst disasters in years The Burmese government is being criticized for responding inadequately and too slowly to the crisis, and President Bush, himself no stranger to this kind of criticism, is calling on Burma's "military junta [to] allow our disaster assessment teams into the country" in order to help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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