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The White House, Washington D.C |
Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2008
The President has said that the United States would continue to review our policies and consider additional measures if Than Shwe's junta did not end its brutal oppression of the Burmese people. Therefore, today the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated for sanctions four family members of regime leaders and four companies and three individuals connected to Tay Za, a Than Shwe regime crony and known arms dealer. These designations add to the 30 individuals and seven entities previously designated for sanctions. (Full text)
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U.S. Department Of Treasury's Office |
Washington, D.C.
February 5, 2008
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced financial sanctions against family members of regime leaders and key additional individuals and businesses that are part of the financial network of Tay Za, a Burmese business tycoon and arms dealer with close ties to Burma's military junta. (Full text)
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| UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Paolo Sergio Pinheiro |
Geneva
February 5, 2008
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, today expressed his dismay that four months on from the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, political and human rights activists continue to be arrested, detained and sentenced to prison terms under the security laws of Myanmar. He further raised concern for their physical and psychological integrity while in detention. Reports have been received expressing serious concerns regarding the health conditions of some of the prisoners who require immediate care and specific medication. (Full text)
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Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa increased from US $100 to US $131. This increase allows the U.S. Department of State to recover the costs of security and other enhancements to the non-immigrant visa application process. (Full text) (Burmese text)
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Prior to the imposition of the investment ban, many prominent U.S. investors had already withdrawn from Burma due to a hostile investment climate and disappointing returns. An active anti-Burma consumer movement in the United States and Europe also put investors’ corporate images at risk. Current U.S. federal sanctions prohibit new investment, but allow companies invested in Burma prior to May 20, 1997 to maintain their investments. Very few companies have elected to do so. (Full text)
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announces publication of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. |
The government's human rights record worsened during the year. The regime continued to abridge the right of citizens to change their government. Government security forces killed at least 30 demonstrators during their suppression of prodemocracy protests in September, and they continued to allow custodial deaths to occur and commited other extrajudicial killings, disappearances, rape, and torture. In addition, regime‑sponsored, mass-member organizations such as the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and regime-backed "private" militias increasingly engaged in harassment, abuse, and detention of human rights and prodemocracy activists. (Full text)
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| President George W. Bush shakes hands with Singapore's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong |
The Oval Office, White House
April 09, 2008
We did spend time talking about the countries in the neighborhood. We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do. I'm disappointed with the progress made to date there, and would urge the military leadership there to open up and respond to the will of the people. (Full text)
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| Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo with Charm Tong |
Washington, D.C.
April 07, 2008
For nearly 20 years, Burma's military regime has crushed peaceful dissent and jailed thousands of political prisoners. Aung San Suu Kyi, the head of the democratically-elected National League for Democracy, has spent more than 12 years under house arrest since 1989. When a 500 percent spike in regime-controlled gas prices led to protests last September, the junta responded with a force that shocked the world. Unarmed monks who led the demonstrations were beaten, arrested, and killed. Bullets were sprayed into crowds of peaceful protestors, and thousands were imprisoned under shameful conditions. Arrests and beatings of peaceful activists continue today, and demonstrators remain incarcerated. (Full text)
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| Mr. Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman |
Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
Wahsington DC
February 28, 2008
Burma’s military regime continues exacerbating the climate of fear and intimidation leading up to the May constitutional referendum. The Constitution Approval Law announced February 27 establishes a three-year penalty for disrupting the referendum. Another law, Decree 5/96, punishes criticism of the regime’s “roadmap to democracy” with up to twenty years in prison. The referendum law also denies monks, nuns, and political prisoners the right to vote. The regime continues arresting and prosecuting Burmese citizens for peacefully expressing their political beliefs. (Full text)
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