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Since 1989, when General
Ne Win
took control of Burma, the country
has been largely cut off from the outside world. Military
control is absolute, political opponents have been imprisoned (including
Nobel laureate Aung
San Suu
Kyi) and reports of human rights abuses
are common.
The military has banned
mobile phones and the internet, and little information about what
life is like inside Burma (called Myanmar
by the military) is allowed out.
FOOTNOTES Journal-istas
Guillaume
Pernette
and
Olivier
Antibi
went to Burma
to see for themselves
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