Burma: ASEAN Rewards Burma For Human Rights Abuses

Burma: ASEAN Rewards Burma For Human Rights Abuses   ASEAN has missed an opportunity to push for improvements for human rights in Burma, according to Burma activists in Australia.   ASEAN leaders attending a meeting in Indonesia agreed to allow Burma to chair the regional bloc in 2014.   Burma Campaign Australia campaign coordinator Zetty Brake said not enough has changed in Burma to warrant the country chairing ASEAN.   “Since the election in Burma a year ago there have been a significant...

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