Is Burma Finally on a Path Toward Democracy?
December 08, 2011 Thursday AT 3PM CT

 
 

Are Burma’s leaders serious about political reform? More than a decade after the military junta declared martial law, changed the country’s name to Myanmar, and killed thousands in pro-democracy crack-downs, is it finally loosening its strangle-hold?



Guest
  • Myra Dahgaypaw, a human rights activist from the Karen State in Eastern Burma, a member of the Karen Women’s Organization, and Campaigns Coordinator for the US Campaign for Burma
  • David C. Williams, is Professor of Law at Indiana University, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy, author of "Designing Federalism in Burma" and an advisor to the Burma democracy movement.
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