Burma Crisis Briefing

Venue: AGL Theatre, Museum of Sydney, 37 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW

Speakers include: Benjamin Zawacki (Amnesty International's Burma expert)

Dr Myint Cho (Burma Campaign Australia spokesperson)

Moderator: Eric Campbell (Reporter for the ABC's Foreign Correspondent

Twenty years ago, Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, won the national election in Burma in a landslide.

The military junta prevented it from taking power.

Now another election has been promised but restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly are severe and likely to escalate as the vote draws near.

Join us for the latest on the human rights situation on the ground as Burma heads towards its election.