san suu kyi

The news out of Myanmar that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi would be spending another 18 months under house detention was met with widespread condemnation.

Some analysts say the U.S. policy review was focused too much on the case against Suu Kyi, and Washington needs to be speaking out about other atrocities, including the military offensive against ethnic minorities in the country.

Some analysts say the Washington needs to be speaking out about other atrocities in Myanmar.

In Myanmar, the trial of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on for five days. She's charged with violating her house arrest.

NPR's correspondent, whose name is being withheld for security reasons, has been in the country for a week.

He talks with Steve Inskeep about the trial.

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