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"Yesterday, we saw the arrest of 95 members of the NLD and the situation in Burma has become untenable. One of the key things we need to look at is the role of some European multinational oil companies, in particular the French-Belgium company, Total Fina. We also need to criticise the French government for the fact that they are backing this. Even the British government is more progressive when it comes to their policy on this. The British government has actually called on Premier Oil to withdraw from Burma.
The French government should follow the example of the British government. It is unacceptable that European multinational companies are investing in and backing up a system where large-scale gross violations of human rights are taking place. When it comes to sanctions, we really need to answer the call that we should implement economic sanctions against the SPDC and that we should be ending all links between Europe and Burma based on trade, investment and, in particular, tourism. It is unacceptable that we should be investing in tourism in a situation where gross human rights violations are taking place, where people’s lives and liberty have basically been denied."@en1
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