Rights Group Says Arrests in Burma Continue

Amnesty International has condemned the continuing arrests of political activists inside Burma despite what it says was the government's pledge to stop.

The London-based rights group on Tuesday published details of the arrest of several activists since early November.

Amnesty says Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein made a commitment to Ibrahim Gambari to halt the arrests when the U.N. special envoy met with him earlier this month.

Burmese officials say 15 people were killed and nearly three-thousand detained in the September crackdown. Diplomats and human rights groups say the figures are much higher.

Also Tuesday, a British academic organization gave Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a lifetime achievement award.

She has spent 12 of the last 18 years under some form of detention and remains under house arrest in Rangoon.

This Information has been provided by the burmese service advisory, political studies association, amnesty international.