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...