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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9635

4 April 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/burma
MEPs call for better targeted sanctions against Burmese generals

Brussels, 03/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - During a joint hearing of the European Parliament's development committee and the sub-committee on human rights, held on Wednesday 2 April in Brussels, MEPs above all called for better targeted EU sanctions against the Burmese generals' regime, a press release states.

Thijs Berman (PES, NL), who chaired the hearing, notes that, since the “saffron revolution” of autumn 2007, “no-one speaks any more about Burma, even though the situation remains...

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