Paulo Pinheiro was the U.N.human rights envoy to Burma from 2000 to 2008 and on several occasions met Aung San Suu Kyi as well as Burmese officials.
VOA: standard.2009.06.19
After her arrival at Lukyanivska prison, she suffered back problems leading Ukraine's humanrightsenvoy to describe her condition as "extremely serious".
The move comes days after state-run newspapers in Burma stopped their long-held practice of publishing daily criticisms of the BBC and other international broadcasters and ahead of a visit by a United Nations humanrightsenvoy.