Agenda Item 11(e): Religious Intolerance. "...in Burma, anyone can be arrested without a warrant for being involved in the promotion of human rights and democracy. Since 1988, hundreds of students, monks, members of ethnic nationality groups, political opposition groups and others, have been arrested, tortured and imprisoned for non-violent activities and beliefs. In Burma, all police stations are used as interrogation centers. Moreover there are over 30 military intelligence units which are used as interrogation centers. The military intelligence service (MIS) of the State Peace and Development Council, the current unelected government of Burma, uses interrogation centers to obtain information from persons whom they suspect as being involved in any political movement. The MIS uses methods like severe beatings, kicking with heavy boots, suffocation, threats with snakes, and interrogation without allowing any rest, proper food or drinking water to name but a few methods..."