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Letter to the editor Dear Editor, This Monday, October 15, the foreign ministers of the 27 European Union states will meet in Luxembourg and decide whether to live up to their warnings to the Burmese junta. Three weeks ago, the EU vowed to step up sanctions on the Burmese regime if it cracked down violently on the protesters. If the EU fails to take action now, the Burmese regime will take it as a sign that international pressure is mere talk, and won't hesitate to commit further atrocities. Burma isn’t a democracy, but EU countries should be. Please can we urge readers to send a flood of messages to our own foreign ministers today to urge each of them to vote for stronger sanctions and targeted incentives to push the regime into dialogue - without hurting ordinary Burmese people. Readers can use an internet link at: www.avaaz.org The isolation of Burma should not allow us to turn a blind eye to the atrocities and suppression of democracy and human rights there Cllr Steve Radford |
