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...Burma's future ruling class. Signs of internal dissent are quickly suppressed. Khin Nyunt, the former head of military intelligence who was once hailed as a potential reformer for suggesting dialogue with long-imprisoned democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, now languishes under house arrest himself. Despite scattered reports of soldiers refusing to shoot against Buddhist monk-led demonstrators last week, most of the wide-eyed recruits obeyed orders. "Burma's military is a breed apart, and its biggest accomplishment is the sense of loyalty that it has bred," says Josef Silverstein, a Burma expert...
...gain favorable business deals. Mindful that anger at corruption was the original motive for the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, Hu's government has promoted a nationwide antigraft campaign that has brought down a slew of senior officials, including Chen Liangyu, party secretary of Shanghai, who is under arrest and reportedly awaiting sentencing for his alleged role in a scheme that channeled enormous sums in pension funds into private investment. Hu and his close ally Premier Wen Jiabao have also sought to shift growth from the coast to the interior and tackle China's dreadful environmental problems...
...rather than turn over the accused, the Sudanese government responded to the international arrest warrant by giving Harun the authority to investigate human rights abuses in Darfur. This week, they released the accused Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb from detention, claiming they had no evidence against him. And the government’s disregard for justice will continue so long as Sudan can count upon the inaction of the major powers...
...Sudanese government is legally obligated to arrest the accused while they remain on Sudanese soil, and the Security Council can employ coercive measures in the event of Sudan’s noncompliance. But so long as Khartoum continues to ignore the ICC, the international community must pressure Sudan to execute the arrest warrants...
...murders were only the latest in a long list of egregious human rights violations perpetrated by the junta. Well over 1,000 pro-democracy activists—including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi—are now being held in prison and under house arrest. Even more disconcertingly, the Burmese military has destroyed more than 200 villages in the ethnic-minority Karen state, according to Human Rights Watch. The rights group estimates that more than 500,000 Burmese civilians have lost their homes as a result of the junta’s campaigns against ethnic minorities...