Things are heating up in Burma again over the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi, the legitimate winner of the country’s presidential election nearly two decades ago, and Norway is at the centre of it. She has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years, and denied the right to try and rule the country.
Following the recent move by Burma’s military junta to imprison and bring to trial Aung San Suu Kyi, Norway’s government immediately demanded that the Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Laureate winner is released post haste. Aung San Suu Kyi is currently in custody in Rangoon’s Insein Prison, according to the Norway Post.
Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, commented: “The imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi is a step in the wrong direction. I will today instruct Norwegian diplomatic missions to raise the matter with the countries in the region, including China and India, as well as with the UN Secretary General.”
Store added, “Recent reports about the state of Aung San Suu Kyi’s health also give grounds for concern. I expect her to be given proper medical attention. I am therefore concerned about reports that her doctor was arrested last week.”
Every country is making similar demands but, because there are no sticks or carrots behind them, Burma always ignores the demands.
What if Burma will demand Norway to imprison all Norwegian citizens who – by Burma “standards” – violates some of these standards?
If Aung San Suu Kyi has not be able to get power for last two decades – that’s it. No matter what Norway thinks about it – it’s not their business!
I’m wondering how many Norwegians could tell where Burma is ….
aung san suu kyi should be released immediatelly
from the horrible regime of burma with the assasination of the monks
it is tremendous a nobel peace laureate to be in prison by this horrible regime
united nations should make sanctions against burma
in the case that they do not release her directly
and with out hesitations and the role of barak obama could be very oposiotive
it is ridiculous a defender of human rights and
laureated by norwegian nobel institute to be in prison
i never heard anything similar again
nelson mandela was out of the prison when hhe won it and if we want to be honest norwegian nobel institute should had give nobel to mandela in the beggining
of his priison by the horrible regime of south africa [apartheid]
http://www.arelis.gr
it contains erotonomicon that socked greek society with its violent,sexual and anticolonial spirit
and the poems new york olympia and exhibition of orthodromic retrospection
Norway should mind its own business and do not deceive the world because Norway is selling arms to countries of war and they also pollute the earth of petroleum export and in the mean time they potray their country as a land of peace loving nation. Stop your viking mentality and stay home to tend to your gardens you norweign state is killing people worlwide in your hyporite ideas of double standard
@Alexander E – “I’m wondering how many Norwegians could tell where Burma is…”
I think there are something you have missed AE – because if you have asked that question to the generals of “Burma”, they would probably have said that Burma does not exsist.
How does Burma changed to Myanmar change the matter, Øystein?
Oh! I forgot that Norway is member of NATO – No Actions Talk Only union ;-)