Burma's Generals Target Minorities in Ongoing Oppression

(30 Jan 08 - RV) Detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the leaders of her political party today with the permission of the ruling military government.

That meeting came as a result of international pressure after the bloody crackdown of monk-led demonstrations by the military. Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest since 2003, last met members of her pro-democracy party in November.

Mark Farmaner of the Burma Campaign UK doesn’t see this meeting as progress towards democracy. He told Kelsea Brennan-Wessels that in reality it is a publicity stunt.