and so she remains, silent in the dark

Aung San Suu Kyi - Now 60 - still kept under house arrest by the Military junta in Burma.

Today, the Burmese military junta extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi - who has been under various forms of house arrest since 1989 (meaning - they kept saying they have released her on various occasions to the general public but refused to let her give speeches, visit another city, etc).

I went by her house the last time I was in Yangon and everything was so dilapitaded that I was shocked. I shouldn't be shocked, after all, here is a woman, who is forced to sell all the furniture in her house so that she can survive.

I hear her youngest son is married and has a child now. I wish nothing but the best for this woman, who for the longest time have been the sole symbol of democracy when I think about Burma.

I have listened to some foreigners discuss Burmese politics and I hav listened to corrupt Burmese officials discuss politics and I know they don't support ASSK as having her would mean having a complete overhaul of some sorts. But I want to say - I know a complete overhaul is hard for everyone, especially since I'm not the one who is going to be going through the complete overhaul. BUT - to contiue to be good friends with the military government is only like continuing to dig your own graves and the graves of thousands of others that they rape and kill.