In AFP news on 6 November, Burma's reform process is "stalling", opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said, warning the United States against over-optimism before a visit by President Barack Obama to the former pariah state.
The embassies of the United States and Britain in Rangoon have called on the Government of Burma to open a transparent investigation into the current killing of a local journalist by the Government Army. The US Embassy said in a statement that it is "deeply concerned and saddened" by the reports of the death of journalist Aung Kaw Naing alias Par Gyi, while in custody of the Burma Army in early October.
Reporters Without Borders expresses its condolences to Aung Kyaw Naing's family and friends.
"This murder is a tragic demonstration of the government's step backwards over the past year," said Benjamin Ismaà �l, head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific desk. "With the International Day to End Impunity for crimes against journalists approaching, the government must take all measures to shed light on this case."
According to some analysts, there is more belligerence, more restrictions on media and civil society, more control on public complaints, more arrests, more political prisoners, and more military attacks in the ethnic minority areas. So, dissident politicians caution each other to be very vigilant and have asked the international community to put pressure on the government until the pledged reform benchmarks are achieved.
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