In the U.S. State Department’s recent report that I mentioned in my Tibet news post today, the junta is taken to task for its “brutal” human rights record. The Agence France-Presse has more.
Reuters reports that a senior diplomat has told them that “the United States wants Southeast Asian states to press for reform, openness and political progress in Myanmar, while seeking views on a new approach toward the military-ruled country.”
Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) posts a video to his YouTube profile of his speech to the House of Representatives about the post-cyclone humanitarian crisis in Burma, in which he emphasizes emphasizing that “the inaction of the Burmese junta is unacceptable.”
