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Subject: Amnesty calls for Australia pressure on ASEAN to protect Burmese rights.


	AMNESTY CALLS FOR AUST PRESSURE ON ASEAN TO PROTECT BURMESE RIGHTS
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          The human rights group, Amnesty International has asked
          Australia to pressure Association of South east Asian Nations
          into taking an active role in protecting human rights in
          Burma.

          Amnesty International has released a report which it says
          documents atrocities committed by the army against ethnic
          minority groups in eastern Burma.

          It says the admission of Burma into ASEAN will test the
          regional grouping's promise of using constructive engagement
          with Burma's military regime over human rights. 

          Amnesty Australia's David Begg, says ASEAN members
          must accept responsibility for the protection of human rights
          - and wants Australia to ensure that responsibility is acted on.

	(ABC News, 23 July 1997)

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