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Article: VOA NEWS: AMNESTY ACCUSES BURMA OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES SINCE CYCLONE NARGIS
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 5, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Ron Corben
Amnesty International says Burma's military government has been forcibly moving people out of the temporary shelters they moved into after Cyclone Nargis. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Amnesty also raise doubts that Burma's military is standing by agreements with the United Nations to allow more international assistance into the country.
A new Amnesty International report says that since May 20, Burma's military government has stepped up efforts to remove cyclone survivors from temporary shelters such as schools and monasteries. The report says the survivors are forcibly returned to their homes, even if those homes no ...