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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 09:40 AM
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Amnesty says Myanmar junta acts with impunity
Rights abuses in military-ruled Myanmar have risen sharply since the junta detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on May 30, campaign group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Amnesty, denouncing what it called a culture of impunity, said the ruling generals had taken no action against a pro-junta group that attacked Suu Kyi's supporters with clubs on May 30 when she was touring a town in central Myanmar.

"The violent attacks on that day, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of an unknown number of people... and the arrests of scores of political activists, have strengthened the culture of impunity in Myanmar," Amnesty said in a report.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=126&art_id=qw1059568921373B262&set_id=1

If you changed just a few names here it sounds like Bush in D.C.

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