Myanmar's Attacks on Protesters Draw Fire From China, Russia

By Bill Varner

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- China and Russia were among the 47 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council to unanimously adopt a resolution that ``strongly deplores'' the Myanmar government's crackdown on the biggest pro-democracy protests in almost 20 years.

The resolution, adopted today in Geneva at a special session of the Human Rights Council, criticized the ``continued violent repression of peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar, including through beatings, killings and arbitrary detentions.''

The measure, one of the toughest issued by the year-old body, also urged Myanmar's military leaders to stop attacks on peaceful protesters, release political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and take steps toward democratic government.