A man who knows no the meaning of "irony"...
- From: mike weber <fairportfan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:49:55 -0400
Bush condemns Myanmar junta for crackdown
[AFP] US President George W. Bush on Thursday strongly condemned the
Myanmar military junta's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors and
called for the release of those who have been jailed.
"I strongly condemn the ongoing actions of the Burmese regime in
arresting, harassing, and assaulting pro-democracy activists for
organizing or participating in peaceful demonstrations," Bush said in
a statement.
He said the activists were merely voicing concerns about recent
dramatic increases in the price of fuel "and their concerns should be
listened to by the regime rather than silenced through force."
[snip]
Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's
National League for Democracy overwhelmingly won elections in 1990,
but were never allowed to take office, and she has now spent more than
a decade under house arrest.
[snip]
State Department spokesman Tom Casey said conditions of Myanmar's
prisons were not good, citing the department's annual human rights
reports. One report accused the military junta of holding prisoners in
"harsh and life threatening" conditions.
"But again, the main point is these people shouldn't be in jail in the
first place," Casey said. {more
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/ts_afp/usmyanmarrightsprotest_070831031354}
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