This is a government with a long and welldocumented history of brutality and indifference to its people. For example. in eastern Burma. the military has destroyed 3.000 villages over the past 10 years. It has widely used forced labor and has recruited up to 70.000 child soldiers70.000 child soldiersfar more than any other country in the world. Today. Burma has an estimated 1.5 million refugees. Global condemnation of Burmas brutal actions has been loud and swift. European Union foreign ministers have just approved new sanctions against the military junta. including an embargo on the export of wood. gems. and metals. and threatened further penalties.
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