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Here’s the latest on what’s happening in Burma, especially with regards to the junta’s sham-military trial of Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:
The Associated Press reports that the junta has adjourned Suu Kyi’s trial until June 26th so that defense lawyers can call an additional witness to testify.
The AP also reports that “lawyers for jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Thursday to Myanmar’s High Court to reinstate two key defense witnesses.”
Reuters reports that Suu Kyi, speaking through one of her lawyers, said she believes the trial is “politically motivated.”
The Telegraph reports on outrage over the fact that Suu Kyi’s lakeside home is “still under guard despite her house arrest officially ending in May.”
The Washington Post reports on how the trial is “hindering” cyclone relief efforts.
Bernard Kouchner, minister of foreign and European affairs for France, contributes an op-ed to the New York Times entitled “Free Aung San Suu Kyi.”
The BBC reports that now “more than 4,000 ethnic Karen in eastern Burma have fled to Thailand after renewed fighting between Burmese government forces and Karen rebels.”
The Irrawaddy reports that the European Union has called for a ceasefire.
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