Rev. Danny Fisher

Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings
May 28, 2009

Burma News (5.28.09)

“Myanmar nationals hold portraits of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Phnom Penh May 27, 2009. Some 60 activists demonstrated outside the embassy to urge the Myanmar government to release the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.” Photo by Chor Sokunthea for Reuters.
Here’s the latest on Burma and the military trial of Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:

  • The Associated Press reports that “the sole witness allowed for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi defended her innocence Thursday, the last chance to speak before closing arguments Monday in a trial that could send the Nobel Peace laureate to prison for five years.”
  • The Washington Post reports on Suu Kyi’s lawyers and their preparations for closing arguments.
  • Reuters report that the junta has fired back at critics, calling them “meddlers” and denying that Suu Kyi’s trial is either a political or human rights issue.
  • Metacritic has begun conglomerating reviews of the new film Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country.

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    May 28, 2009

    Unmistaken Child

    Via Aaron Lackowski at the Tricycle Editors’ Blog:

    May 28, 2009

    Add Your 64

    Please take a few moments to visit and participate in 64 for Suu, a global hub supporting Aung San Suu Kyi on her 64th birthday.

      64 for Suu is a site where anyone from around the world can leave a message of support for Burma’s imprisoned democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. We want to gather hundred’s of messages by her 64th Birthday, June 19th 2009.

    Add your 64! I did.

    May 28, 2009

    Amnesty International’s 2009 Report

    Amnesty International’s 2009 Report has just been made available for purchase and free download here. You can watch a video summary of the report, as well as an Amnesty press conference, below:

    May 28, 2009

    Riz Khan: "What Now for Sri Lanka’s Tamils?"