Tomorrow September 26th marks the one year anniversary of the crackdown on the Saffron Revolution in Burma. "Saffron Revolution" — named after the color of the robes worn by the militant young monks spearheading the protests.

Well just a quick recap of what happened last year - one year ago over 100,000 monks and citizens of Burma peacefully took to the streets in protest over the military regime of their country. They were met only with violence when on the 26th the military opened fire on the crowds of people. The "official" number or people killed, given by the regime, was said to be 31. There is no doubt that number was much higher. Seeing as so many monks and political activists went missing and oh, lets not forget that it's a military regime that released that number.

So what has been happening since this cry for help? Not much in the way of any political change. Aun San Suu Kyi (the leader of the National League for Democracy) has been in poor health. It is said that she has been on a hunger strike through August but that was news released by the junta. A spokesman for her party has said that she has been rationing her food, giving more food to her ill housekeeper. It is true that she was not excepting her rations from the junta but we can not be exactly sure why. One article I read said she was possibly protesting the already inhumane rations she, her housekeeper and housekeeper's daughter were receiving (the two women are voluntarily staying with Aun San Suu Kyi). I don't believe there is any way of really knowing the truth coming out of Burma. Maybe she believed they were trying to poison her. I wouldn't doubt it.
It is also said that Suu Kyi is only allowing visits from her lawyer and doctor. She has refused offers of visits from Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations special envoy. He has visited with Suu Kyi many times but if you follow his visits even a little you can soon realize that he is a useless person. I think Suu Kyi has known it for a while. He just went to Burma to smile in a few photos with Suu Kyi and then with some members of the military and make people believe that he is doing some kind of good.
He has been useless for years:
http://www.khrg.org/khrg2006/khrg06c2.html

Quote from a Burmese man:

"I have lost hope in the future of the country. A regime that can kill monks will not give up its power easily. There could only be more bloodshed if people go out on the streets again," Maung Maung, a 52-year-old electrician, said in Yangon this week.

Burma is no longer on the map, well the media map anyway. Even if it was, I myself don't believe it would do them any good. People in the free world just change the channel and the story ends just like a movie ends. I don't know if I can judge that but I can at least hope people are grateful for what they have and at least I can still judge the media.