“A child soldier wearing a Burmese army uniform.” Photo by Yuzo for The Irrawaddy.
Here are today’s stories about Burma:
Voice of America reports that “Burmese authorities have been arresting activists and opposition party members in the commercial capital Rangoon, as they staged vigils for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.”
In comments to Radio Free Asia, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, said that he “expects to increase human rights monitoring in Burma ‘in the near future,’ noting that its military government routinely tortures citizens.”
At The Huffington Post, Russ Wellen discusses Thailand’s efforts to “mediate peace talks between Burma’s ruling junta and the Karen ethnic group that it’s been trying to wipe out for 60 years,” as well as Norway’s attempts to “heal the rift between warring Karen factions.”
The Irrawaddy points us to a new U.N. report which finds that “child soldiers are still common in Burma.”
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“A child soldier wearing a Burmese army uniform.” Photo by Yuzo for The Irrawaddy.
