Myanmar survivors arrested after making complaints
Irish Sun
Thursday 12th June, 2008
After being arrested for complaining in the aftermath of Myanmar's deadly cyclone, a group of survivors has been released.
Members of the group were women and children who had spoken to UN officers about their suffering and the slow pace of the relief effort.
They were arrested one day after making the complaints.
News of the release has come after reports a team of aid experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have gained full access to parts of cyclone-devastated Myanmar.
250 members of the post cyclone assessment group have been allowed into the Irrawaddy Delta- Rangoon areas to do an assessment of the damage to people and property.
They will compile a first-hand progress report for an ASEAN Roundtable meeting in Rangoon on June 24th.
Cyclone Nargis pounded the southwest Irrawaddy Delta and the main city of Rangoon on May 2nd-3rd, leaving more than 133,000 people dead or missing.
Relief workers have been slowly moving into the region since May, after the junta started to ease restrictions on access, and asked fellow ASEAN nations to coordinate the international relief effort
The deployment of the ASEAN team came after the United States gave up trying to convince the junta to allow aid-laden warships stationed off the delta to deliver their vital supplies.
Members of the group were women and children who had spoken to UN officers about their suffering and the slow pace of the relief effort.
They were arrested one day after making the complaints.
News of the release has come after reports a team of aid experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have gained full access to parts of cyclone-devastated Myanmar.
250 members of the post cyclone assessment group have been allowed into the Irrawaddy Delta- Rangoon areas to do an assessment of the damage to people and property.
They will compile a first-hand progress report for an ASEAN Roundtable meeting in Rangoon on June 24th.
Cyclone Nargis pounded the southwest Irrawaddy Delta and the main city of Rangoon on May 2nd-3rd, leaving more than 133,000 people dead or missing.
Relief workers have been slowly moving into the region since May, after the junta started to ease restrictions on access, and asked fellow ASEAN nations to coordinate the international relief effort
The deployment of the ASEAN team came after the United States gave up trying to convince the junta to allow aid-laden warships stationed off the delta to deliver their vital supplies.
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