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Burma president visit 'sends wrong message'

An activist group says the forthcoming visit to Australia by the Burmese President sends the wrong message.

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Next week Burmese President Thein Sein will become the first Burmese head-of-state to visit Australia in almost 30 years.

 

But one group - Burma Campaign Australia - says the visit sends the wrong message.

 

Campaign coordinator for the activist group, Zetty Brake, says human rights abuses and lack of democracy continue in Burma.

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She spoke to Ildi Amon


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