In Myanmar (formerly Burma), a repressive military regime has been accused of repeated massacres of opposition groups, mass force labor of hundreds of thousands and ethic cleansing which has resulted on over 2 million refugees.
In 1990, the Party of the opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, won 80% of contested seats, after 30 years of Military rule, but the election results were annulled by Military regime which refused to step down.
The repression has continued, Suu Kyi was jailed and has spent 14 years either in jail or under house arrest.
Peacefully protesting monks have been arrested, tortured, killed.
But, the West prefers to intervene in places like Libya. Wonder why. Now Suu Kyi is pleading to the West to at least continue an effort to investigate the atrocities of the ruling junta.
Unfortunately, Myramar probably has too many people, and too little oil.
GOD HELP HER!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/suu-kyi-urges-us-effort-for-rights-probe/story-e6frf7jx-1226080303774Suu Kyi urges US effort for rights probe
BURMA'S pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, speaking to the US Congress for the first time in a video message, has urged support for a UN-led inquiry into human rights in her country.
The Nobel Peace laureate, who was released in November after spending most of the past two decades under house arrest, told a House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday that a so-called UN commission of inquiry would not be a tribunal.
"It is simply a commission of inquiry to find out what human rights violations have taken place and what we can do to ensure that such violations do not take place in the future," she told the hearing.
Suu Kyi asked US lawmakers to "do whatever you can" to support the efforts of Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, who has not been able to visit the country since February 2010.
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