The Times of India

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003

EU imposes tougher sanctions on Myanmar

AP

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Monday broadened its arms embargo against
the military regime in Myanmar, accusing the junta of serious human rights
violations.

The 15 EU governments imposed the tougher sanctions in line with an
agreement reached at their summit last month in Greece. They add the
provision of any arms-related technical training and assistance to a general
arms embargo.

In a statement, the EU said it acted "in view of the further deterioration
in the political situation there and the continuing serious violations of
human rights."

The Red Cross last week said the military regime in Myanmar has at least 30
prisoners from a May 30 clash that triggered a crackdown on dissidents and
to the jailing of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who received the Nobel
prize in 1991 for her nonviolent promotion of democracy in the country also
known as Burma.

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