1988
Burma
Student demonstrations against the military government in Burma are brutally suppressed by troops. 10,000 people are killed,
including many students and Buddhist monks. Thousands are arrested and tortured. Many female students are gang raped by riot police. Protesters are
drowned at Inya Lake in Rangoon. 41 students die of suffocation after being
crammed into a police van. Troops fire at the hospital killing doctors, nurses and the injured. Journalists are shot while filming.
Many bodies are thrown into the crematorium; some still alive. Many more bodies are buried in mass graves; some still alive.
Europe and the UK have special trade agreements with the regime.
The USA oil company, Unocal and the French oil company Total are both
involved with the military government, especially in areas inhabited by the Karen, many of which are being
dispossessed and killed.
The USA company Pepsi continues to trade in the country.
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