Commentary by Dr Thaung Htun appeared in the "Opinion" section of The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, on 26 May 2009

CASE 47/2009 sounds mundane enough. But, as this case unfolds, the future of a nation is in the balance. The number is the file reference of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial in Insein Prison in Rangoon, which started on May 18. The entire world knows the charges are trumped up and that the military regime is simply seeking to find a neat means of locking up the democracy leader again. Yet, inexplicably, we watch as the trial goes on. Here is a moment when the international community must pause and consider the history that is unfurling around it. Now is the time for world governments and organizations to act and to end the 47-year-long military dictatorship in Burma.

 International Action Plan Outlined

18 May 2009

The Burmese government in exile has alerted global governments and organizations about increasing anger among the population as the trumped-up case against democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi begins its second day in Rangoon this morning, Burma time.

By: BO HLA TINT