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24/11/2000
 More Pressure on Burmese Government

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for sanctions to be imposed against Burma/Myanmar for the release of all political prisoners in the country including the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The resolution also strongly condemned the forced relocation of 300,000 villagers by the Burmese government and expressed concern about the spread of HIV - AIDS. The Burmese military government has one of the worst records on human rights in the entire world.

 

 

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