The slide show link below is an interesting overview of the current state of Burma from the perspective of a Western journalist:
Narrated slideshow: Good and evil in Myanmar
Also have a read of the companion article Myanmar: Where the generals play and the people pay which discusses the author’s view that economic sanctions against Burma are ineffective and punishing the poor rather than the ruling military junta.
It is a great relief to know that as Christians we have a mechanism for change that really does affect the poor positively, not negatively:
“The rich are losing millions of dollars – the poor are losing a dollar a day. But for these poor people, it’s their lives,” says Myo Yan Nang Thein, an NLD member, former political prisoner and leader of the 1996 protests.
“From a justice point of view, sanctions must remain. We must punish this government,” he says.
“But we must punish them in the way that hurts the poor 0 per cent. Because 1 per cent is too huge for them to bear.”
We can pray. We must pray.
