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BURMA REJECTS AMNESTY REPORT
Wednesday 22 October, 1997 (9:11am AEST)
The Burmese military government has rejected an Amnesty
International report calling on the international
community to press for the release of political detainees.
Amnesty says in its latest report that Burma's ruling junta has
shown cynical contempt over calls to improve
human rights and still holds at least 12-hundred political
prisoners.
It accuses the junta of using systematic arrests to intimidate
opponents and pursuing the repression of ethnic
minorities.
But, a senior Burmese military official describes the Amnesty
report as unsubstantiated and nothing surprising.
The official says the report is aimed at influencing United
Nations Secretary General's report on Burma to the
U-N Committee on Human Rights.
[ABC News, 22 October 1997]
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