No end in sight to Burma’s agony

I WISH to draw the attention of your readers to what is going on in Burma these times. Many will remember the scenes beamed into their living rooms in autumn 2007 when thousands of Buddhist monks took to the streets in a brave and peaceful protest in support of their oppressed fellow countrymen and women.

Sadly, many of those monks paid dearly for their audacity, many being savagely brutalised by the military, some “disappeared” and many more fleeing the country.

In response to international political pressures the regime is to hold an election later this year. Lest any of your readers might think this would advance the cause of democracy in Burma, let me hasten to disillusion them.