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Subject: Amnesty International urges ASEAN to act on human rights in Burma


	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES ASEAN TO ACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
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	     Monday 21 July, 1997 (9:41pm AEST)


          Amnesty International has urged the South East Asian grouping, 
          ASEAN, to take
          responsibility for protecting human rights in Burma.

          The human rights group made the appeal on the eve of Burma's 
          entry into the
          regional group.

          It's released a report detailing atrocities allegedly committed 
          against ethnic
          minorities in the east of Burma, amid mass relocations by the 
          military authorities.

          ASEAN will welcome Burma and Laos into the grouping on Wednesday.

	(21 July 1997, ABC News)

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