17 / 08 / 2009 / Ceske Noviny
Czech Havel condemns verdict against Burmese dissident
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned the 18-month house arrest a Burmese court imposed on the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi today. Havel said he considers the verdict "scandalous" and typical of "the political cynicism of one of the toughest totalitarian regimes in the world." (...) The Czech People in Need organisation said the verdict was unjust and the trial manipulated. People in Need called on the U.N. Security Council to immediately adopt stricter restrictive measures towards the Burmese junta, including a global arms embargo on Burma and the establishment of a commission to investigate the junta´s crimes against humanity. Link to article.