Brown Calls for More EU Sanctions on Myanmar

October 6, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0641657420071006

Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Saturday for international pressure to be increased on Myanmar's ruling generals and tougher sanctions from the European Union.

Brown was meeting a delegation of Myanmar democracy campaigners as part of a global day of protests.

"I want the EU to impose further sanctions on the regime to make it absolutely clear we will not tolerate the abuses that have taken place," he told the delegation.

"I want all the other leaders of the world to work with us to achieve the progress that all of you here want ... an end to abuse of human rights, we want the violence to stop against the people of Burma and we want to move forward with the process of democracy and reconciliation as soon as possible."