Burmese junta arrests dozens more activists

Burma’s military junta has arrested a dozen activists and Buddhist monks this month, despite assurances that it has halted its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, a human rights watchdog said today.

Amnesty International said the arrests had been made as recently as Monday, when activist Aung Zaw Oo was detained in Rangoon. He was believed to have been taken into custody for planning events for International Human Rights Day on December 10, it said.