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The venue, a heavily guarded army barracks about 50 kilometers north of Rangoon, seems grimly appropriate for this exercise in pseudo democracy. Residents of the capital jokingly refer to it as the "concentration camp," despite the government's assurance that attendees?who are not allowed to leave the barracks during...
The main topic of discussion at the convention is the drafting of a new constitution, which the government has said will later be followed by general elections. Among the delegates, there are ethnic leaders who are legitimately eager to discuss such lofty matters, but it's hard to be optimistic...
Meanwhile, outside the convention, the climate of fear across Burma has intensified. Last week, several NLD members were taken into custody for handing out pamphlets marking the one-year anniversary of Suu Kyi's current house arrest. This follows the detentions of a number of activists, including a Burmese reporter...
Overseas, the convention has been widely dubbed a farce. The U.S. said the assembly "lacks legitimacy," called for the release of "all political prisoners," and extended its economic sanctions against Burma for another year. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, a United Nations human-rights envoy to Burma, dismissed the convention as "a...
$154 million Original estimate of how much the Democratic National Convention would add to the economy of its host city, Boston