Here’s the latest Burma-related news:
Laura Bush exhorts readers of the Washington Post: “Do not forget Burma.”
The Post also reports that “out of fear that history might repeat itself, the authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of Iranian crowds braving government militias on the streets of Tehran to demand democratic reforms.”
The BBC reports that “UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has left Burma after a two-day visit aimed at paving the way for a possible visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.”
Secretary-General Ban’s spokesperson confirms today that he will visit Burma soon, according to the BBC, the Agence France-Presse, and Reuters.
Finally, the BBC also reports that “Burma’s highest court has rejected an appeal by lawyers for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow two prominent dissidents to testify in her defence.” Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate and the democratically-elected Prime Minister of Burma, is currently standing trial before the country’s ruling military junta.
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