New UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer has made her first visit to Burma, reports Luxembourg’s RTL Today. Rights groups said they had little optimism her visit would persuade the military to end its bloody crackdown and engage in dialogue with opponents of its coup.
“UN envoys have visited when the military told them to, stayed where the military told them to, met who the military arranged for them to meet and then left when the military told them to,” tweeted Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK.
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