Burma Trial

Suu Kyi Verdict Expected Friday

Irrawaddy | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Aung San Suu Kyi insisted after Tuesday's final session of her trial before Friday's scheduled verdict that the proceedings would show "whether or not...

Burma's Amnesty Claim Sure To Be Yet Another Bluff

Human Rights Watch | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Human Rights Watch

It's time now for Burma's allies and trade partners, including Security Council members China and Russia, to act and call Ambassador Than Shwe's political prisoner amnesty bluff.

The Future of Burma Cannot Be Tied to Aung San Suu Kyi

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home


Virginia M. Moncrieff

By maintaining that the regime must be isolated and that Burma must be the target of stringent sanctions only helps the junta reverse further into mad "behind-the-wall" strategies.

Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday: A Look Back At Her 21 Years In The Political Spotlight

irrawaddy.org | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent her birthday on Friday as she has done for 14 previous years in detention. Since her arrival on Burm...

Suu Kyi Trial: Burmese Protest With Small Signs Of Defiance

AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


YANGON, Myanmar — The spray-painted demands appear overnight: "Free Aung San Suu Kyi" read the scrawls on walls across this city _ only to be wh...

Suu Kyi Urgently Needs Medical Attention: Opposition Party

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


YANGON, Myanmar — Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urgently needs medical attention in the Myanmar prison where she is being held,...

Aung San Suu Kyi Pleads Not Guilty In Court

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | World


YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi entered a not guilty plea Friday to charges that she violated the terms of her h...

Suu Kyi Trial Opened To Diplomats, Reporters

AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


YANGON, Myanmar — The Myanmar government says it will again bar reporters, diplomats from Aung San Suu Kyi's trial, a day after briefly allowing...