Tuesday, 31 October 2006

BURMA: Hints of a ‘Velvet Revolution’

Filed under: Myanmar files, News Watch Blog — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 23:52 UTC

BANGKOK, Oct 30 (IPS) – When a senior U.N. official returns to Burma in mid-November for a second visit this year, he will encounter a ruling junta feeling the heat from a sudden burst of non-violent activity that aims to register public discontent against decades of tyranny.

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