Word: rgios
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Dates: during 2007-2007
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...Nobel laureate opposition leader, was allowed to meet with members of her party for the first time in three years, and released a statement saying she looked forward to "a meaningful and time-bound dialogue" with Burma's military rulers. Meanwhile, U.N. human-rights envoy Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro was allowed into the country for the first time since 2003, to check on the treatment of prisoners and meet with top junta officials...
...even though they're well aware of the dire consequences." Still, the regime is doing its best to prevent further unrest and capture any stray dissidents. Trucks full of hired thugs patrol major street corners in Rangoon. The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, says he has received reports that some of the arrested activists are being tortured. Buses to Thailand, where many dissidents fled back in '88, are being searched for activists...
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