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.