CAN high-resolution satellite images increase international pressure on Burma’s ruling junta?
After almost two weeks of protests, led by monks, against the dictatorship and at least 13 deaths, it remains difficult to determine what is going on. People used the internet and cellphones to transmit reports and photos, but the junta responded by cutting off internet access.
Now the American Association for the Advancement of Science Geospatial Technologies project in Washington DC has requested images from satellite companies. Human rights groups will use them to amass evidence of violence used to quash protests. They hope to deter the junta…
