In Burma, the military junta is refusing to meet the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi unless she drops all of her key demands. A government presenter announced the decision on state television Thursday.

Government presenter: “State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe mentioned to Mr. Gambari that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been exerting efforts for confrontation, utter devastation, and imposing all kinds of sanctions including economic sanctions against Myanmar. If she declares to give them up, the senior general will personally meet her.”

Suu Kyi has been in detention for 12 of the 17 years since her 1990 election. The current uprising in Burma marks the strongest challenge to the ruling junta in nearly 20 years. On Thursday, the junta admitted to arresting more than 2,000 people in the government crackdown on the protests. But dissident groups and foreign diplomats say some 6,000 people are behind bars, with hundreds believed dead.