Rewarding their persecution and massacres of Muslims

"Mark Farmer, the director of the Burma UK Campaign, accused the EU of ignoring a set of benchmarks laid out for permanent removal of sanctions. These called for an end to all internal conflicts, freedom for all political prisoners, unfettered humanitarian access to the country and an end to persecution of a Muslim minority. "None of these has been met," he said. "They are ignoring their own conditions and proceeding with lifting the sanctions without any clause that would allow reimposition." " (thasnks Amir);