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Burma’s Failed Promise

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Oct 20, 2014
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Burma’s path to democracy, born in considerable hope when the generals’ junta agreed to political reforms in 2011 and released democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, is in depressing danger of failure.

While hundreds of political prisoners have been released over the intervening three years, the civilian government has returned to jailing rep…

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