Burma: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  2007

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Released by United States Government, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Since 1962 Burma, with an estimated population of 54 million, has been ruled by a succession of highly authoritarian military regimes dominated by the majority ethnic Burman group. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), led by Senior General Than Shwe, was the country’s de facto government. Military officers wielded the ultimate authority at each level of government. In 1990 prodemocracy parties won more than 80 percent of the seats in a general parliamentary election, but the regime continued to ignore the results. The military government totally controlled the country’s security forces without civilian oversight.

The government’s human rights record worsened during the year 2007.

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