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EU turns up heat on Burmese junta

Unhappy with the little improvement on human rights in Myanmar (Burma), EU foreign ministers, meeting yesterday (Monday), have decided to crank up the pressure on the ruling military junta, by threatening to extend and expand existing EU sanctions.

Yangon’s (Rangoon) reluctance to engage in a process of democratisation with opposition leaders has been met with the threat of a 12-month extension of sanctions.

The current measures include visa restrictions and freezing the assets o...

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