Exiled Burmese trade unionist allowed to return to Burma

The Burmese government will allow Mr. Maung Maung, the General Secretary of the Federation of Trade Unions Burma to return to Burma after years in exile. Mr. Maung has been in exile in Thailand and has been advocating for the rights of Burmese workers and trade unions inside Burma and in neighbouring Thailand. Mr. Maung is one of 2,000 activists whose names have been removed from a blacklist of people allowed to return to Burma. However, there are still another 4,000 people who are on the blacklist. 

The Burmese government will allow Mr. Maung Maung, the General Secretary of the Federation of Trade Unions Burma to return to Burma after years in exile. Mr. Maung has been in exile in Thailand and has been advocating for the rights of Burmese workers and trade unions inside Burma and in neighbouring Thailand. Mr. Maung is one of 2,000 activists whose names have been removed from a blacklist of people allowed to return to Burma. However, there are still another 4,000 people who are on the blacklist.