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NEWS - France Demands Release of My



France Demands Release of Myanmar Activists

            Reuters
            10-SEP-98

            PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters)- France on Thursday demanded the
            immediate release of members of Myanmar's main opposition
party
            detained at the weekend, calling for genuine dialogue
between
            government and opposition in the Asian state. 

            "France, which is extremely worried by the situation in
Burma
            (Myanmar), vigorously condemns the massive and arbitary wave
of
            arrests," the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"We demand
            the immediate release of those arrested." 

            Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) has said 200
of its
            activists were detained over the weekend, including 63
elected
            members of parliament. 

            The military government has confirmed it has detained an
unspecified
            number of NLD members to prevent the party carrying out a
vow to call
            a "People's Parliament" this month. 

            The party made the pledge after the government ignored its
demand
            to call parliament in recognition of the result of the 1990
election, which
            the NLD won by a landslide.