Campaigners ask Government to get tough on Burma
10/12/2006 - 10:42:11Human rights campaigners have urged the Government to lobby other EU countries to stop trading with Burma.
It follows reports that a further two thousand villagers in a remote part of the country have been driven from their homes in the latest wave of militia-led violence.
At least three million people have been internally displaced within Burma, while a similar number of refugees have fled to Thailand.
Burma Action Ireland said European countries who continue to do business there are simply lining the pockets of Burmese generals.
