A UN envoy said Friday he “deeply regretted” that Myanmar’s ruling junta had refused to let him meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and called for her immediate release ahead of elections this year.Tomas Ojea Quintana criticised the military regime as he ended his latest mission to Myanmar, a five-day trip focused on inspecting the human rights situation ahead of the country’s first polls in two decades. “I deeply regretted that my special request to meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was not granted,” Quintana told reporters at Yangon international airport...
Feb 20, 2010
Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur quoted burma issue
“Despite anticipation of landmark elections this year, I have not received any indication that the military government is willing to release all prisoners of conscience…Without full participation of the people including the 2200 prisoners of conscience and the environment that allows the parties to engage in the range of electoral activities, the elections to be held will not be credibl...
Suu Kyi supporters jailed
Yangon - Myanmar has jailed four women activists for two years with hard labour, a lawyer said on Tuesday, as a UN special envoy was touring the country to inspect progress on human rights ahead of elections.
The four women were accused of causing public unrest and sentenced at a closed prison court on Monday in the former capital Yangon, said opposition party lawyer Kyaw Hoe.
"Naw Ohn Hla and another three women were sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour," Kyaw Hoe told AFP.
"They were sentenced... for upsetting public peace...
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