There's been a flicker of coverage on the Myanmar military junta's crackdown on the demonstrators. It's been mostly the shaking of heads and making clicking noises at the situation.
Why should Indians care?
By far the biggest culprit in this (apart from the junta of course) is China. Followed by India. Both China and India have invested heavily in keeping the junta armed and dangerous. As pointed out by Amnesty International, China is a leading arms supplier to govts. with human rights violations, including Myanmar and Sudan. India has also invested heavily in arms to the junta. Amnesty International has also accused India of selling Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) to the junta, which would constitute violations of the EU sanctions on Myanmar, though India denies it. When you give arms to a repressive govt., it's not "non-interference" by any means.
It's widely recognized round the world that arms sales correspond to increasing repression and human rights violations. These arms are used to murder, torture, destroy and pillage. It's not pretty.
Indians have to decide whether to treat the Burmese people as dispensable in India's quest for gas resources in the region.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
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