The Burmese dictatorship today incarcerates 1.400 political prisoners and continues to harass and repress one of the bravest leaders of our time. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. who. by the way. turned 60 this past weekend. I. like many other Members in this body. have tiled to get into Burma to press for human rights: and my visa. like others. has been turned down. denying Member of Congress the opportunity to even meet with the military junta that continues to repress its citizens. Madam Speaker. up to 70.000 child soldiers are exploited in Burma. more than any other country in the world. Up to 2 million people have been forced to flee the country as refugees and migrants. Burning of villages continues in eastern Burma. especially in Karen and Karenni states. And Aung San Suu Kyi continues to be persecuted and harassed by this brutal dictatorship.
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