"This publication includes a special feature focusing on the issue of ?Transitional Justice.” Burma?s military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has been forced to create some political space by way of agreeing to ?talks” with the opposition leader. Burma is passing through a critical stage of its history. After a short period of constitutional rule (post-independence), it has been under military dictatorship for the past 40 years. Repression, coupled with the restriction of freedom and fundamental rights has not broken the spirit of the people. The 8.8.88 uprising demonstrated this invincible power..."