Leaders bite the Burma bullet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,15205,1665949,00.html
Simon Tisdall
Tuesday December 13, 2005
The Guardian
After years of procrastination, south-east Asian leaders finally bit
the Burma bullet yesterday, telling the country's military junta to
release the detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other
political prisoners and "expedite" the restoration of democracy. But
the timing owed as much to external pressure as political altruism,
coming shortly after the US proposed taking Burma before the UN
security council.
Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the Association of South-East Asian Nations
(Asean) also said it would send a ministerial delegation to Burma to
assess the political and human rights situation. The junta, which
recently extended Ms Suu Kyi's house arrest for another six months and
has repeatedly refused entry to UN envoys, reportedly agreed to the
visit.
Simon Tisdall
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Burma
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/e1d8f216bc70efb5
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