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==Human rights violations== Than Shwe's leadership has been criticized for violence and human rights abuses. Amnesty International described human rights violations in Myanmar as "widespread and systematic." As many as a million Burmese have allegedly been shipped off to [[concentration camp]]s in the jungle and forced to perform manual labor in the last ten years. There is no free speech, and dissent is not tolerated by the government. In 2007, mass demonstrations were led by crowds of Buddhist monks, but they were put down by security forces who killed, beat and detained hundreds. There were persistent rumors that thousands of monks and others were rounded up and summarily executed and their bodies dumped in the jungle. In 1998 Than Shwe ordered the execution of 59 civilians living on Christie Island. When the local commander on Christie Island initially hesitated to kill the civilians, fearing the commander who had given the order was drunk, he was told the instruction came from "Aba Gyi" or "Great Father"βthe term used to refer to General Than Shwe. [[Category:Military]] [[Category:Murderer]] [[Category:Living Villains]] [[Category:Leader]] [[Category:Honorable Villains]] [[Category:Warlords]] [[Category:Corrupt Officials]] [[Category:Tyrants]] [[Category:Elderly]] [[Category:Karma Houdini]] [[Category:On & Off Villains]] [[Category:Oppressors]] [[Category:Totalitarians]] [[Category:Emotionless Villains]] [[Category:Master Manipulator]] [[Category:Power Hungry]] [[Category:Anti-Religious]] [[Category:Control Freaks]] [[Category:Lawful Evil]] [[Category:Mass Murderers]] [[Category:Cold war villains]] [[Category:War Criminal]] [[Category:Slaver]] [[Category:Fallen Heroes]] [[Category:Successful]] [[Category:Terrorists]] [[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] [[Category:Political]] [[Category:Usurper]] [[Category:Psychopath]] [[Category:Xenophobes]] [[Category:Psychological Abusers]] [[Category:Homicidal]] [[Category:Kidnapper]] [[Category:Mongers]] [[Category:Wrathful]] [[Category:Jingoists]] [[Category:Brutes]] [[Category:Thugs]] [[Category:Asian Villains]] [[Category:Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Faux Affably Evil]] [[Category:Government support]] [[Category:Extravagant]] [[Category:Anti-LGBT]] [[Category:Starvers]] [[Category:Myanmar]] [[Category:Misogynists]]
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