[Buddha-l] Aung San Suu Kyi convicted

[jkirk]

I wonder if any of the world's journals have thought of starting
a cartoon contest about contemporary Burma, the un-Buddhist
Buddhist state. It could outdo the old Soviet cartoons about
capitalism, or the Danish cartoons about you know who.
JK
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No surprise, but now official.
Dan

Pro-Democracy Leader in Myanmar Is Convicted

By SETH MYDANS
Published: August 11, 2009

BANGKOK - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader,
was sentenced Tuesday to three years of hard labor for violating
the terms of her house arrest, but her sentence was quickly
commuted to a new term of house arrest of up to 18 months.

the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12myanmar.html?_r=1&
hp 

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