Allowing a dictator to visit

[Hafizzz]

Burma leader's India visit draws rights criticism
BBC News - Burma leader's India visit draws rights criticism

Burmese military ruler General Than Shwe has arrived in India for a controversial five-day visit, which has been condemned by rights groups.

The junta leader is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a trip that marks India's desire to strengthen trade links with its neighbour.

Rights groups have written to Mr Singh saying it was "unbecoming" of a democracy to welcome Gen Than Shwe.

Burma's junta is accused of widespread human rights abuses.

Until the mid-1990s, Delhi was a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's imprisoned pro-democracy leader.

But analysts say India's desire to do business with Burma, reputed to have large reserves of natural gas and precious stones, has since outweighed concerns over human rights.

The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says some Indians welcome what they see as a pragmatic approach to foreign policy, but many others support Burma's pro-democracy movement and accuse their country of not doing enough to support it.

Gen Than Shwe began his trip in Bodh Gaya, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, and he is due to visit information technology and pharmaceutical businesses in Hyderabad before meeting Mr Singh.

But officials told the BBC that they are unlikely to discuss Burma's forthcoming election - the first parliamentary vote in two decades, which the military is almost certain to dominate.

"It is crucial for India to cement its relationship with Myanmar [Burma] to deal with the insurgency that plagues the north east and to counterbalance China's influence," an unnamed Indian official told the AFP news agency.

The US, one of the countries to have imposed sanctions on Burma's military, urged India to "send a clear message to Burma that it needs to change its course".

The International Federation for Human Rights, which represents 164 organisations across the world, wrote to Mr Singh saying the junta's "well-documented human rights abuses includes acts that may amount to war crimes".

And some in the energy industry also doubt that deepening ties with the junta is good for business.

"India expected Burma to supply natural gas from the huge deposits in its Arakan province," said Ashok Das, a retired official of the state-sponsored Oil India company.

"That is why we invested there. But all the Arakan gas is now going to China."

Indian officials say Burma is also doing little to check the flow of narcotics and weapons into India, according to our correspondent.

India calls herself a "Democracy" but she doesn't care about human rights ?????

Why is India allowing a dictator from Burma to visit India ?

 

[killeragent]

India calls herself a "Democracy" but she doesn't care about human rights ?????

Why is India allowing a dictator from Burma to visit India ?

add to it one more incident, India should have never allowed Musharaf (the Dictator ) during his rule to visit india.

 

[InDIaN BeAst]

^^
simple,to boost indo-burmese ties.. anything burning there?

 

[Hafizzz]

^^
simple,to boost indo-burmese ties.. anything burning there?

So you are saying that India supports Human Rights abuse and Dictatorship ?

 

[Markus]

India calls herself a "Democracy" but she doesn't care about human rights ?????

Why is India allowing a dictator from Burma to visit India ?

The below 2 points from ur article itself answers ur question:-

1) India expected Burma to supply natural gas from the huge deposits in its Arakan province. That is why we invested there. But all the Arakan gas is now going to China.

2). Indian officials say Burma is also doing little to check the flow of narcotics and weapons into India.

 

[Hafizzz]

The below 2 points from ur article itself answers ur question:-

1) India expected Burma to supply natural gas from the huge deposits in its Arakan province. That is why we invested there. But all the Arakan gas is now going to China.

The gas will soon go to India because of India's invitation of the Dictator to India.

2). Indian officials say Burma is also doing little to check the flow of narcotics and weapons into India.

Burma wants to reclaim land took by the British and placed under the Indian Map. (Northeast India).

 

[Neither Right Nor Wrong]

India calls herself a "Democracy" but she doesn't care about human rights ?????

Why is India allowing a dictator from Burma to visit India ?

Look who is talking!!!

This is hypocrisy, you are objecting to a dictator visiting India, where as
your country has been ruled by dictators..for more than half its period of existance .

Even today, there are scores of ppl ..who will be glad to see a dictator at helm of your country.

Your army has more say in your national policy, than your elected govt.

and last but not the least ...human right abuse...pakistani dictators have some of the worse human rights record...what have you done abt them???

So its better you do not point and laugh.

 

[InDIaN BeAst]

^^
you took words out of my mouth

 

[Markus]

The gas will soon go to India because of India's invitation of the Dictator to India.



Burma wants to reclaim land took by the British and placed under the Indian Map. (Northeast India).

Since when did Burma start claiming North east Indian territory?

 

[Hafizzz]

Since when did Burma start claiming North east Indian territory?

The Indigenous people of the so called Northeast India has been fighting India for a very long time and it is just a matter of time they will reunite with their motherland - Burma. Of course , Burma does not want to officially announce it that they want the land stolen by the British back because Burma have so many internal problems to solve before anything else.

 

[Markus]

The Indigenous people of the so called Northeast India has been fighting India for a very long time and it is just a matter of time they will reunite with their motherland - Burma. Of course , Burma does not want to officially announce it that they want the land stolen by the British back because Burma have so many internal problems to solve before anything else.

I have heard of sleep walking. Do you also do sleep surfing?

Wake up dude, midnight is still 4/5 hours away.

Btw if u have nothing else to do and if u have access to Sony TV in Pakistan, then tune in at 8 pm India time, 7:30pm Pakistan time, they are showing the blockbuster movie 3 Idiots.

 

[Hafizzz]

add to it one more incident, India should have never allowed Musharaf (the Dicatator ) during his rule to visit india.

Pervez Musharraf is not a dictator and he is no longer in charge of Pakistan.

 

[Bhim]

Pervez Musharraf is not a dictator and he is no longer in charge of Pakistan.

We know he is no more a dictator, but when he was in rule what did you call him then..a King??

You have a history of brief interludes with democracy, that means when ever you were not democratic but ruled by (what ever you may call them) guys,the world should have had no relations with you???

 

[Iggy]

The Indigenous people of the so called Northeast India has been fighting India for a very long time and it is just a matter of time they will reunite with their motherland - Burma. Of course , Burma does not want to officially announce it that they want the land stolen by the British back because Burma have so many internal problems to solve before anything else.

 

[Hafizzz]

Go ahead and continue laughing because at the end it will not be India that is laughing.