Myanmar arrested three more activists Wednesday in an attempt to surge ahead in their crackdown. The three newest people that were nabbed were in an attempt to hand out anti-regime pamphlets. "I saw at least three young men in white shirts being arrested by market security officials," said one of the witnesses, a market worker. At an UN meeting on Tuesday the US deplored two dissidents saying they raised doubt about moving forward toward democracy and cooperating with The UN. A prominent female activist who has been on the run for more than two months, was arrested Tuesday morning in Yangon as she tried to place a leaflet near a hotel where Pinheiro was staying, exiled Myanmar dissidents in Thailand said. Monks inspired and led the movement until it was crushed Sept. 26-27. The authorities began their crackdown by raiding several monasteries in Yangon in the middle of the night and hauling monks away. The government acknowledged detaining almost 3,000 people but says it has released most of them. Most of the prominent political activists, however, remain in custody.
This is a situation that should not have occurred. These people should not have been arrested just because they country has fear of having other people rule their country. Myanmar should be more willing to allow their people to rule themselves. The people should have the right to have a say in the way they are ruled. After all it is them who have to live by the rules that are established. This can be an easy fix and it starts with Myanmar letting the people have some say in the rules.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Nov14/0,4670,Myanmar,00.html
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