junta is one of the worst violators of human rights

Burma junta is one of the worst violators of human rights – UK

11 November 2004 (DVB News) - Among the countries committing the worst human rights abuses, Burma, ruled by the military junta, State peace and Development Council (SPDC) is nearly at the top of the list, according to the government of United Kingdom.

The 310-page UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual human rights report for 2004 which was released on 10 November says Burma is followed by Zimbabwe and North Korea.

The report concentrates on the brutal attack by the junta-sponsored thugs on National League for Democracy (NLD) supporters and leaders including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at Dipeyin (Tabayin) on 30 May, 2003, and the subsequent crackdowns on NLD members.

The report says that the SPDC authorities are still making no effort to investigate into the attack and those who were arrested during the incident are all not released.

The report also points out that there are more than 1400 political prisoners including 15 elected representatives (MPs) still languishing in prisons throughout Burma.

The Nyaung-Hnapin ‘National Convention’ and the seven-point roadmap sponsored by the junta are criticised as lacking democratic principles and not in accordance with the international standard and not accepted by opposition groups within the country, and the report urges the junta to make amendments so that all the parties concerned could take part in the process.

The UK government also pledges “to do everything in its power to encourage national reconciliation and help restore democracy and the respect for human rights in Burma”.

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