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July 31, 2009

Al Jazeera English Reports on the Latest Twist in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Military Trial

From Kuala Lumpur, Joe Havely writes for Al Jazeera English about the ruling military junta’s “conundrum” over Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Prime Minister-elect and Nobel Peace laureate. The news service also offers this report on the latest development in her ongoing military trial:

July 31, 2009

BREAKING NEWS: Burma’s Ruling Military Junta Delays Verdict in Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Until August 11th

The Associated Press reports that, though a verdict was expected today, a decision will not be rendered in the sham military trial of Burma’s Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11th.

It was not immediately clear why the hearing was postponed. [A] government official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, who were not allowed in the courtroom.

The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is charged with violating the terms of her long house arrest when an American intruder swam across a lake and spent two nights at her home in early May.

She faces up to five years in prison.

Suu Kyi has been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years.

July 31, 2009

Burma News (7.30.09)

“World outrage appears not to have blunted the army’s determination to jail Aung San Suu Kyi.” Photo by Reuters.
Here’s the latest on what’s happening in Burma:

The Associated Press, Al Jazeera English, and the BBC report on the wait for the verdict in the sham military trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi–Burma’s Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect.

The Agence France-Presse puts together a video portrait of “The Lady.”

The Telegraph reports that Suu Kyi has a prison reading list should she be found guilty.

Reuters reports that U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo “showed solidarity” over Burma at the White House today.

July 31, 2009

Buddhism, the Recession, and Tibetans in Nepal

Daniel Burke talks about it all at the Religion News Blog.

July 31, 2009

Tibet News (7.30.09)

Two Tibet-related stories today:

Rebecca Novick writes for The Huffington Post about “one man’s harrowing escape from Tibet.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese authorities have Xu Zhiyong, co-founder of a legal advocacy group called the Open Constitution Initiative, “escalating a clampdown on dissent ahead of the politically sensitive 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party rule.” Back in May, his organization released “a provocative report on Tibet that challenged Beijing’s official position on the causes of deadly riots last year in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and other Tibetan parts of China.”

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