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sabato, marzo 29, 2008
Birmania. La morte lenta. Myint Thein era uno stretto collaboratore di Aung San Suu Kyi, portavoce della NLD, da oggi uno dei tanti martiri di questa pazzesca battaglia per la democrazia condotta contro ogni ragionevolezza, in un paese senza speranza. E' morto ieri per un cancro allo stomaco, pochi mesi dopo il suo ultimo arresto. La sua scomparsa è anche il simbolo del progressivo dissanguamento dell'opposizione al regime militare:
One of the first members of NLD, Myint Thein won a seat in elections held in 1990. The ruling junta never recognised the outcome of the polls, and Myint Thein devoted himself to the party, becoming an aide to Aung San Suu Kyi. He was detained several times without trial, and in 1998 was held for three years at a military detention centre. His most recent arrest was on September 27, as the military staged a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests led by Buddhist monks in Yangon. Myint Thein was freed on October 30 and taken to hospital, where doctors diagnosed his cancer. They recommended he travel to Singapore for treatment. The military allowed him to go there, but then seized his family's apartment in Yangon, according to the US Campaign for Burma. Il sangue dei vinti: The authorities in Burma are risking lives and increasing the dangers of the HIV epidemic in the country by preventing foreign aid organisations from giving crucial help to patients suffering from Aids, The Times has learnt. An HIV/Aids project run by the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) on behalf of its detained leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been devastated by the arrest of its leaders and organisers. Last October, police arrested the monks of the Maggin monastery in the former capital, Rangoon, which acted as an hospice for Aids patients. The patients were transferred under guard to a government hospital where they were treated with suspicion, according to Aids activists. Foreign NGOs in Mandalay have been banned from taking part in work that takes them outside their local offices, a ruling that hinders “outreach” programmes such as those that promote safe sex and the use of clean needles among drug users. Worse, they are also unable to deliver much-needed food to thousands of Aids patients. Local authorities have offered to allow the deliveries to resume if the NGOs provide the names and addresses of patients, but aid workers refuse to comply. Lui non muore mai. |
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