Here’s the latest on Burma:
The BBC reports that the UN’s working group on arbitrary detentions has said that the detention of Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi “violates both international legislation and the laws of Burma.” The group further called for her immediate and unconditional release.
The Associated Press reports that the National League for Democracy has asked the US to open talks with the junta, while the Agence France-Presse has reported that they have “issued a fresh appeal for permission to see Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders.”
The New York Times Stephen Blake, the director of the Office for Mainland Southeast Asia at the U.S. State Department, visited with both government and opposition leaders in Burma this week.
Reuters has the news that the European Union is considering whether or not to extend sactions against Burma.
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