Here We Go Again

No surprises here, but Burmese pro-democracy activist (and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) Aung San Suu Kyi was under trial again this week. Her sentence to house arrest was due to expire May 27th, so the government needed a new reason to keep her under their control. The darling of the west, Suu Kyi has been under house arrest in her native Myanmar for 13 of the past 19 years. While her profile has remained fairly high, some scholars have begun to question whether her power was waning. Well, well done ruling military junta, you have once again handed her an international spotlight. Shows the power of fear and a brutal military regime that their PR can be that bad and they are still in power.