August 10, 2010

UN Human Rights Rapporteur Meets Burma Activists in Thailand (VOA)

August 9, 2010

DFA chief: Without the opposition, Myanmar polls a farce (GMA)
Quiet ceremonies mark Myanmar’s bloody anniversary (AP)
Comedians back new Amnesty Edinburg Festival Campaign for Jailed Burmese Comic (Amnesty.co.uk)
Two years on, Burma struggles to recover from Cyclone Nargis (The Age)
The legacy of Burma’s Generation 88 (The Guardian)
Burmese immigrants gather to commemorate uprising (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

August 6, 2010

Drug economics in Burma’s new political order (Mizzima)
Junta Troops Take DKBA Border Gate (The Irrawaddy)
Assassination attempt on military chief (DVB)

August 5, 2010

Fears for refugees as Myanmar election looms (AFP)
Opposition party chief quits (Straits Times)
Nobel laureate denounces India’s Burma links face to face with PM (Mizzima)

August 4, 2010

NLD Leaders Visit Families of Ethnic Political Prisoners (The Irrawaddy)
Did Than Shwe Order the Thai Border Closed? (The Irrawaddy)
Ivanhoe Monywa mine evades sanctions via Singaporean bank (Mizzima)
India’s Flawed Myanmar Policy (World Politics Review)
UK – MFA – Birthday wishes and messages of support reach pro-democracy supporters in Rangoon (ISRIA)

August 3, 2010

UN ‘working behind the scenes’ on Burma (DVB)
Election to be in December? (The Irrawaddy)
Zarganar’s sister-in-law demands junta revoke bar on jail visits (Mizzima)
INTERVIEW-Drought in Myanmar’s central areas could worsen hunger – WFP (Reuters AlertNet)
Opportunity slipping away on Burma (The Australian)

August 2, 2010

Don’t Expect Much from Burma’s Election (The Irrawaddy)
Parties ‘afraid’ of declaring policies (DVB)
U.S. electoral watchdog lambasts Burma’s planned elections (Mizzima)
Burma’s Moustache Brothers killing audiences, avoiding arrest (Christian Science Monitor)

July 30, 2010

Superstitious Than Shwe’s Quest for Atonement at India’s Shrines (The Irrawaddy)
Suu Kyi, NLD leaders confident of her release in November (Mizzima)
Burma Campaign urges Cameron to press India on Burmese issues (Mizzima)

July 29, 2010

Leaked Document Reveals USDP Tactics (The Irrawaddy)
700 Karen refugees from junta attacks need emergency aid (Mizzima)
Shwedagon Pagoda monasteries sealed after monks, students evicted (Mizzima)
N.Korean FM in Myanmar amid nuclear worries (AFP)

July 28, 2010

DKBA Battalions Defect to KNLA (The Irrawaddy)
Obama Renews Sanctions on Burma (The Irrawaddy)
Censorship rule puts electoral laws, constitution off-limits, editors say (Mizzima)

July 27, 2010

Burmese activists in Delhi label Than Shwe a war criminal (Mizzima)
Burma army torches Karen village (DVB)
New Burma Army Attacks Target Civilians – Europe Must Support Commission of Inquiry (Shan Herald Agency for News)

July 26, 2010

Chin Refugees in Malaysia (Part 1) (Foreign Policy Journal)
Clinton denounces Myanmar’s oppression at Asia meet (AFP)
Obama’s failure in Burma (Washington Post)
Burma is working on nuclear programme, experts claim (Telegraph)
Burma leader’s India visit draw rights criticism (BBC)

July 22, 2010

NLD urges Canada to probe Ivanhoe over sanctions, driver (Mizzima)
Myanmar Nuclear Weapon Program Claims Supported by Photos, Jane’s Reports (Bloomberg)
Silence as Burma’s military tightens its stranglehold (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Burma junta accused of extortion, rape (ABC News)
United States concerned about Myanmar-North Korea military ties (CNN)

July 21, 2010

Stifling Democracy in Burma, the Junta way (The Irrawaddy)
Burmese Women Targeted by Human Traffickers (The Irrawaddy)
USDP accused of violating electoral law in party recruitment (Mizzima)
Private banks banned from ‘self-loaning’ (DVB)
India blasted by rights group over Myanmar visit (AFP)

July 20, 2010

Benedict Rogers: Delhi risks finding itself on the wrong side of history (The Independent)
Please avoid legitimizing Myanmar’s military regime (The Jakarta Post)
Boy Arrested With Banned Books (The Irrawaddy)
New oil potential in southern Burma (DVB)
British Foreign Office Minister Skeptical of Burmese Elections (NTDT)