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Article: Albright confronts Asian nations over human rights abuses Secretary of state criticizes Burma for restricting movement of dissident
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 28, 1998
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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright confronted several Asian
nations at a conference Monday, criticizing Burma for blocking the
movements of opposition leader Ang San Suu Kyi and China for jailing
dissidents after President Clinton's visit.
She said turmoil in Burma, also known as Myanmar, was posing "a
threat to the stability of the region."
As ministers of 20 Asian and Western countries and the European
Union met at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional
Forum, Nobel laureate Suu Kyi spent a fourth day Monday stuck in a
car on a rural Burma highway surrounded by government security
personnel. She was arrested Friday on her way to a meeting with
supporters.
In denouncing the ...