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The Curious Case of Nyi Nyi Aung
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailySix months ago, a man named Nyi Nyi Aung landed at the Yangon International Airport in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). He had come to Myanmar in the hopes of visiting his mother, who is currently in jail for pro-democracy activities and sick with cancer. Before he could clear customs, Aung's baggage cart was seized by airport personnel and he was told to come into their offices to answer some "personal questions." Although Aung has a background as a human rights activist, and was a prominent leader during Burma's 1988 uprising, he had broken no laws. Perhaps more important, Aung is also an ...
Sentence of Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi Upheld in Junta-Ruled Myanmar
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyMyanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will apparently remain under house arrest for at least another year, her lawyer says, after the Supreme Court of the country also known as Burma turned down her latest appeal. Suu Kyi, who has been held by the country's military junta for 14 years, was convicted last August of violating the terms of her previous detention by giving shelter to an American man who swam uninvited to her lakeside home. Her defense lawyer, Nyan Win, said he would make one more "special appeal" to Myanmar's Supreme Court, the Washington Post reported. "Although the ...
Sen. Jim Webb Preps for Meeting With Head of Myanmar Junta
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyJust three days after the leader of Myanmar's opposition was sentenced to additional house arrest, setting off harsh criticism from the United States, the Asian nation is set to receive a surprising visitor. As part of a two-week tour of Southeast Asia, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) touched down in Myanmar on Friday and is set to become the highest-ranking American official to meet with the head of Myanmar's junta, Than Shwe. ...
China: Leave Myanmar -- and Aung San Suu Kyi Trial -- Alone
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyNews this week that Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be kept under house arrest until at least after next year's elections set off swift international criticism. While the United States called for her release and the EU threatened new sanctions against the regime, China adopted a different line, telling the international community to stay out of it. In a statement to Reuters on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu cited Suu Kyi's case, saying, "As for the related domestic case, international society should fully respect Myanmar's judicial sovereignty." ...
Aung San Suu Kyi Verdict Is Mockery, Say Hillary Clinton, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailySurprising almost no one in the international community, the ruling Burmese military junta and its puppet court on Tuesday announced a guilty verdict in the trial of Burmese freedom fighter and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Convicted of violating her terms of house arrest by allowing an American, John Yettaw, to swim to her home and seek shelter, Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years hard labor. Immediately after this announcement, the court adjourned for several minutes. Following this recess, Home Affairs Minister General Maung Oo announced an order of commutation from ruling Senior ...
Neda Soltan, Aung San Suu Kyi, Natalia Estemirova: Justice Takes a Vacay
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyLike a lot of Americans, I'll be taking some vacation time in August to kick back and relax. Maybe some sun, some sand, some swimming -- and, um, definitely some beers. Even our own president has shown his belief in beer as balm for times of stress. (Personally, I would have killed to hear Joe Biden pontificate over the brew summit -- talk about a non-sequitur jamfest!)Anyway, recent actions around the world show that I won't be the only one on the beach wondering whether that's sand or Cool Ranch powder on the Doritos I'm eating. Looks like those fuddy-duddy stalwarts, Justice and Rule of ...
Hillary in Asia: Step it Up!
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Asia this week on a high-profile trip to meet with a host of regional leaders as well as governing and trade bodies. One such body is ASEAN, the regional economic forum whose members include Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Burma. Eager to establish itself as the Asian version of the EU (I guess they're trying to get Anwar Ibrahim to play Berlusconi's Lothario role -- yowch), ASEAN has taken steps to establish its legitimacy, including the development of a human rights charter that is unfortunately but ...
Aung San Suu Kyi Trial Witnesses: 22 to 2
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyBurmese freedom fighter, democratic leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi went back on "trial" Friday, nearly a month after the ruling military regime suspended court proceedings. ...
Aung San Suu Kyi and Neda Soltan
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWomen have indeed suffered disproportionately under both Burma's brutal military regime and inside Ahmadinejad's Iran, but their struggles are different, too. As with most crises Burma-related, the initial global outcry against Aung San Suu Kyi's sham trial has been followed by near total silence and certainly without any reform or movement forward on the part of the ruling junta. UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari returned from the country Saturday completely empty-handed -- a troubling sign in advance of UN Secretary General Ban's upcoming visit, ostensibly to secure Suu Kyi's freedom. ...
Aung San Suu Kyi: Political Setback
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWhile Kuwait, India and Lithuania make strides forward, Burma continues to move backward at alarming speed. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is presently standing trial on trumped-up criminal charges, ones that are basically an excuse to keep the legendary freedom fighter locked away while the ruling military junta solidifies its grip on power via elections scheduled for next year. Suu Kyi has been held under house arrest for 14 of the last 19 years and her (illegal) term of incarceration is supposed to end on May 27. The West, especially the United ...
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