Burma:
It is a footage of a trial has sparked off worldwide outrage. Released by Burmese pro-democracy activists in Oslo, it shows a frail Aung San Suu Kyi defending her decision to give temporary shelter to an American who swam across the Inya lake to visit her.
She's pleaded innocent to the charges of violating her house arrest but the court governed by the ruling junta is expected to convict her.
Her lawyers said she allowed him to stay when he said he was too ill to leave but didn't report it because of the potential repercussions for him and her security staff.
Foreign reporters and diplomats have been given rare access to the hearings given the worldwide outrage over the trial.
Suu Kyi could face up to 5 years in jail if she is convicted.
But the icon for freedom movements globally has been under house arrest since the time when she won the elections. She was locked away by the military leaders, after she won Burma's last free and fair elections.
She was due for release this week. But many feel the charges against her are a pretext to keep her under lock ahead of elections that the military government has planned for next year.
The tragic story of Aung San Suu Kyi and the cruel dictatorship in Burma has been ignored by the world. Analysts say it is primarily because Burma has no oil or else it would be the centre of everyone's foreign policy. So Aung San Suu Kyi is fighting a lonely battle. Even India is silent about Aung San and supports the military regime. Analysts say India is forced to take this position because it is worried that if we oppose Burma's military dictators, China may extend it's influence in the region.