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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8804

12 October 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/burma
EU applies further sanctions to Burma

Luxembourg, 11/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Monday, the Council of the EU adopted a common position confirming and tightening up sanctions on Burma, starting today. By failing to release Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, and continuing to apply pressure on the League for Democracy, refusing to allow genuinely open debate at the National Convention, the military junta has failed to meet the EU's conditions (see Europe of 7 September), so the Council decided to add...

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