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Organization: Forum for Democracy and Human Rights

26 February 1996

BURMESE EXILES IN US PRESS FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST JUNTA

By Sarah Jackson-Han

Washington, Feb. 25: Burma=92s critics in the United States are claiming m=
odest 
success in pressing for sanctions against the military government, accused=
 of 
widespread human rights abuses.
   Tough sanction legislation is again pending in congress, and the New Yo=
rk City 
Council held hearings on Friday on similar legislation that supporters say=
 stands 
a good chance of becoming law.
   A dozen other state and local government across the country have alread=
y 
approved or are considering bills banning contracts with firms operating i=
n 
Burma such as Texaco, Unocal, and PepsiCo--while several other large 
companies have suspended operations in the country.
   New York=92s unique status as an =93international financial centre and =
home to the 
United Nations=92 would lend special significance to anti-Burma sanctions =
there, 
said Thaung Htun, who represents the self-declared Burmese government-in-e=
xile 
in its dealings with the united Nations.
   =93Its would also support sanctions at the federal level=92, he said in=
 a telephone 
interview from New York.
   Aided by Internet and electronic mail links with Burmese dissidents and=
 their 
supporters in North America, Asia, and Europe, Us activists say their camp=
aign 
has gained substantial momentum in the last six months.
   They have galvanised notably since the ruling State Law and Order 
Restoration Council released opposition leader and 1991 Nobel peace laurea=
te 
Aung San Suu Kyi in July, after keeping her under house arrest for six yea=
rs.  
(AFP)

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