Press Releases
Burma: U.S. Targets Additional Burmese Officials Under Visa Ban
STATEMENT BY TOM CASEY, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN
#039/07 October 1, 2007
In response to the Burmese regime’s continued crackdown, the State Department has designated more than three dozen additional government and military officials and their families as ineligible to receive visas to travel to the United States and will add others who bear responsibility for the ongoing attacks on innocent civilians and other human rights abuses. The Department’s action follows President George W. Bush’s announcement of expanded U.S. measures to address the Burma crisis made before the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2007.