Where is Suu Kyi, and what is being done to find her?

Washington Post: A week has passed since one of the world's most courageous women, Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, came under attack by goons controlled by the military regime in her Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, formerly Burma. No credible source has seen her since. She is reported to be injured and in custody at a military facility. Many of her supporters also were attacked, in many cases reportedly killed or seriously injured.
A number of members of Congress, including Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, and John McCain, of Arizona, have expressed eloquent outrage, but world leaders have been slow to follow suit. Reactions, in fact, have ranged from the inappropriately cautious to the unspeakably fatuous. We're thinking in the latter case of Japan, whose foreign minister responded to the attack on and arrest of Burma's rightful leader with an expression of satisfaction in the pace of democratization.
Take the Lead
President Bush and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan should take the lead in demanding that U.N. diplomats and Red Cross officials be given access to Suu Kyi; that she be released from custody; and that the regime at long last take steps toward its promised transition to democracy. Myanmar is an important country of 50 million people at the crossroads of India, China and Southeast Asia. Its people voted overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections in 1990 for Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, though she was even at the time under house arrest. The ruling junta nullified the results and kept her confined for the better part of the past 13 years. A year ago, the junta allowed her to resume meeting with supporters. But her evident continuing popularity with the Burmese people may have been more than the corrupt generals could stand.
Now those generals undoubtedly are watching to see whether they can get away with their latest crackdown. In addition to scooping Suu Kyi back up, they have shuttered universities and party offices and added to their store of 1,400 or more political prisoners.
Legislative approach
McConnell showed the way to such a different approach last week when he introduced legislation banning imports of goods (primarily textiles, clothing and shoes) made in Myanmar. Such economic sanctions sometimes hurt workers more than rulers, but they could be effective in Myanmar -- particularly if other nations join in -- because most businesses there are controlled by the junta and its cronies. Reflecting that potential effectiveness, and the odiousness of the regime, McConnell's bill and its companion House measure already have received strong bipartisan support.
Even the trade association of clothing and footwear importers, offended by the regime's "abuse of its citizens through force and intimidation," supports an import ban.
While the legislation moves through Congress, Bush could implement many of its provisions by executive order. He could find no better way to demonstrate his commitment to democracy and his revulsion at a brutal dictatorship.