The final panel of the summit opened dramatically with a series of photographs of Burmese political prisoners. All had received astoundingly onerous prison sentences for transgressions as innocuous as privately writing a pro-democracy poem.
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Burmese Spring or Phony Thaw?
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As the repressive country stands at a critical crossroads, Melanne Verveer, former political prisoner Zin Mar Aung, author Peter Popham, and Tina Brown assess its prospects.
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