David Scott Mathieson is the Senior Researcher on Burma for the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. He has been based in the Thailand-Burma borderlands since 2002 and in Burma since 2012 working on human rights issues related to governance, political prisoners, conflict related abuses, refugee issues, and the drug trade.

Last Updated: June 11, 2015

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06.11.15

How Will Beijing Treat Myanmar’s Symbol of Democracy?

Jurgen Haacke & David Mathieson
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar, is visiting the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing for five days this week, through Sunday. Also courted by...