Myanmar’s murders
Written by Alisa Harris
November 14, 2007

Almost two months after the Myanmar government imprisoned and killed pro-democracy protesters, international outrage builds. Today Canada announced that it is imposing “the toughest sanctions in the world” against Myanmar. But Myanmar Deputy Defense Minister Aye Mint is still showing the world a brash front, announcing today that the country “will not accept the interferences that will harm our sovereignty.”

Sandra Bunn-Livingstone, executive director of Christian Solidarity Worldwide USA, told WoW that Myanmar’s murder of religious dissidents is nothing new. She said the government’s motto is “one race, one language, one religion,” and when governments sponsor one religion and suppress all others, “they also eventually turn against that one religion.”

Myanmar brutally persecutes Christians, who are usually guilty of being a different race and speaking a different language, too. Christian Solidarity Worldwide obtained a leaked government document that outlines “A Program to Destroy the Christian Religion in Burma.” The document directs Buddhists to marry Christian women, target Christian teens who wear Western clothing, report and imprison Christian evangelists, and attack Christianity’s weakest points.
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Canada imposing tough sanctions on Myanmar