Burmese human rights advocates are alarmed by reports that the White House may have advocated for the Burma-based business interests of a former State Department official during President Barack Obama’s meeting with Burmese President Thein Sein earlier this week.
The Burmese government has continued to engage in ethnic violence just two months after President Barack Obama made a historic trip to the country to endorse the new ruling regime.
Burmese dissidents and human rights observers say President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Burma will confer undue legitimacy on a non-democratic government that continues to restrict freedoms and engage in ethnic cleansing.
A coalition of human rights groups have expressed concern over the Obama administration’s decision Wednesday to lift an investment ban on Burma, a fledgling democracy routinely cited for human rights violations.
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