{"id":1563,"date":"2012-09-20T17:58:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2012-09-20T20:34:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T19:34:16","slug":"a-great-day-for-burma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2012\/09\/a-great-day-for-burma.html","title":{"rendered":"A Great Day for Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Follow Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s address to Amnesty International live with Joshua Eaton<\/a> at\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/thelady<\/a>\u00a0(or that might be\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/?q=%23thelady&src=hash<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 I\u2019m not terribly twitter literate)<\/p>\n

One notable tweet:<\/p>\n

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Joshua Eaton<\/strong>\u00a0\u200f@<\/s>joshua_eaton<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

Suu Kyi said she finds human rights relativism \u201cvery dangerous,\u201d thinks nothing in the Universal Declaration is relative.\u00a0#<\/strong><\/s>TheLady<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This week Burma granted amnesty to the last of its political prisoners<\/a>, and the US ended sanctions<\/a> against some of the country\u2019s top leaders. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in the US as an elected Burmese official, and Dissident Voice, a leading newsletter for proponents of peace and social justice, called Burma \u201cThe New NGO Heaven.<\/a>\u201d Yes, things are looking up for Burma in amazing ways. Yet, as Suu Kyi, often known simply as \u201cThe Lady\u201d has said, it could be reversed:<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the present constitution, the army can always take over all parts of government if they think this is necessary. So until the army comes out clearly and consistently in support of the democratic process, we cannot say that it\u2019s irreversible. But I don\u2019t think we need fear a reversal too much either,\u201d she said. \u2013 (VOA<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n