activists want the Prime Minister to release the former military chief on violence against Muslims in Burma
David Cameron is under pressure to raise human rights in negotiations Monday with Burmese President Thein Sein, the country's first leader to visit Britain for over a quarter century.
Thein Sein should talk trade, aid and democracy with Cameron and his ministers during a two-day visit at a time when Burma opens its telecommunications, oil and gas and for investors foreigners.
Thein Sein, a former military commander, the West wants to help the economy of Burma to recover from decades of military dictatorship, the Soviet-type planning and international sanctions.
Western leaders have praised him to end the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, the release of some political prisoners, and allow the opposition to participate in a election.
But they want to release the grip of the army before the presidential elections of 2015, the British-educated Suu Kyi is expected to contest. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, visited Britain last year.
At least 237 people have died in Burma of religious violence in the past year and about 150,000 have been displaced. Most of the victims were Muslim Rohingya, according to the UN.
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