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Don’t forget Aung San Suu Kyi

15 Aug 05:40am

Filed under: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Independance, Yonpon

This is a house of arrest.
The crumbling house at Yonpon, Burma where Aung San Suu Kyi is held under house arrest

For 13 years Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader has been imprisoned here having been refused the right to say goodbye to her dead husband or to meet with her two sons.

One of 2000 political prisoners currently being held by a military dictatorship in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi recently endured a three month trial, following the arrival of an American who swam into her home uninvited, that ruled she will remain detained here for a further 18 months.

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Eric says:

01:03pm | 16/08/09

Actually, Michael, Burma has lots of oil. http://burma.suite101.com/article.cfm/burmese_oil_excites_china_india Perhaps it’s time to drop that old, discredited ‘war-for-oil’ stereotype. Read more »
Michael says:

12:09pm | 16/08/09

No oil No worries, the yanks just had a Senator over there and they are talking about dropping sanctions, even while the EU gov increases there’s, if you check out rotten.com today you’ll see a good example of what happens to people in Burma who aren’t national blue bloods, its… Read more »

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