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Article: U.S. Policy Regarding Burma.
- Article from:
- Foreign Policy in Focus
- Article date:
- September 13, 2000
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Key Points
* A world-class human rights abuser, Burma's military junta is condemned both by the UN Human Rights Commission--every year since 1989--and by the International Labor Organization for its systematic use of forced labor.
* The SPDC continues to refuse to recognize the results of the 1990 elections, won overwhelmingly by the National League for Democracy (NLD), and has imprisoned over 55 NLD parliamentarians.
* Economic sanctions by the U.S. and other nations continue to pressure the SPDC regime, despite a recent ruling by the Supreme Court overturning the Massachusetts Burma law.
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