Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Anderson of Swansea (Labour), on Thursday, 16 January 1997, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 87 members in total.

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HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA

That this House is appalled by the further evidence of discrimination against, and brutal repression of, its ethnic minorities and particularly against the Karenni people by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) of Burma; notes that the evidence indicates a policy of ethnic cleansing of the Karenni people by forced relocations from their homeland of some 70,000-80,000 into camps over the past three months, military attacks on villages and poisoning of water supplies; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to press the SLORC, which is currently promoting Burma, Year of the Tourist, to allow independent observers access to all areas to monitor human rights and assess the priorities for the supply of humanitarian aid and to encourage the Thai Government further to increase security at the border camps to protect refugees from SLORC attacks.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

412 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Human rights Myanmar

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk