New York - The repression of human rights in Burma is worsening, the UN said in a report yesterday alleging that the military regime condoned murder, rape and forced labour amounting to slavery.
The report will be submitted to the human rights committee of the UN General Assembly next week, the assembly's spokeswoman said.
It alleged that children as young as eight were used as unpaid labourers to help build a temple in Kunhing, about 260 km east of the city of Mandalay.