USA Today is circulating satellite photos gathered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science that illustrate human rights abuses in Burma, also know as Myanmar. The scientists say they will continue to buy satellite imagery of Burma’s cities “in hopes of tracking the impact of the government’s crackdown on protesters who have been demonstrating for more than a week.” MoveOn.org is circulating a petition created by their international sister organization, Avaaz.org, “demanding Burmese generals negotiate rather than crush the demonstrators.” The Telegraph UK’s Graeme Jenkins gives us an eyewitness account from the streets. China and Russia block a bid to condemn actions in Myanmar. In Truthout.org, J. Sri Raman writes of the need for sanctions. Despite an internet ban, words and pictures are still trickling out. Is the Myanmar government losing the information battle to Facebook?
Watch the Washington Post video from December 2006, “Nightmare in Eastern Burma”:
