September 18, 2008

Haul Generals before the ICC: rights groups ( Mizzima )

September 17, 2008

Myanmar monk in suicide bid at famous temple ( International Herald Tribune )
Burma again singled out for anti-narcotics negligence ( Mizzima )
Burma monk attempts suicide at famous temple ( USA Today )
Politicians support Amnesty call for arms ban ( Irish Times, Ireland )

September 16, 2008

11 Sakharov Prize winners call for the immediate release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ( Reporters Without Borders )
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi accepts food deliveries ( International Herald Tribune )
Burmese activist gets Human Rights award ( Mizzima )
Ailing Suu Kyi accepts food rations: Myanmar official ( AFP )
Activists and member states discuss ASEAN rights body ( DVB )
Burma seeks help to revive cyclone-affected rice region ( Radio Australia )

September 15, 2008

FBR REPORT: Famine,Forced Labor and Extortion. Arakan Update ( Free Burma Rangers )
Aung San Suu Kyi meets doctor amid health worries ( AFP )
Burma: a year after the ‘Saffron Revolution’ ( Mizzima )
Concern over arrest of Burmese monk ( Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK )
Two women run over and killed by military truck ( Mizzima )
Authorities arrest relatives of activists ( DVB )

September 13, 2008

As Myanmar Arrests Dissidents, Its Group of Friends Meet at UN (Inner City Press) ( Inner City Press )
On Myanmar, UN Visits as Possible Leverage, China and India Want Ground Cover, Some Friends Say (Inner City Press) ( Inner City Press )
Time for Regime to Release Political Prisoners: UN Envoy ( AFP )
Prominent Myanmar Activist Arrested after Year on Run (Guff News) ( Guff News )
A Monk Remembers (Radio Free Asia) ( Radio Free Asia )
Remembering Burma’s Saffron Revolution (Radio Free Asia) ( Radio Free Asia )
Exile Burmese Monks Dream of New Uprising (Telegraph) ( Telegraph )
Suu Kyi to Appeal to Myanmar Junta for Her Release: Lawyer (AFP) ( AFP )
UN Envoy Defies Call to Scrap Burma Mission (Financial Times) ( Financial Times )

September 12, 2008

Lawyer says Suu Kyi in good health ( AFP )
Time for Myanmar regime to release political prisoners: UN envoy ( AFP )
UN envoy in dark after snub by Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ( Reuters )
Secretary-General calls for tangible political progress in Myanmar ( UN News Centre )
Burmese Dissident Arrested After Year in Hiding ( New York Sun )
Lawyer U Kyi Win ‘positive’ after Daw Suu visit ( DVB )
UN chief Ban Ki-moon frustrated by Myanmar junta ( Times and Transcript, Canada )
UN shares opposition’s frustration over pace of reforms ( Mizzima )
Burma’s junta allows Suu Kyi to receive mail ( Guardian, UK )
Army officer accused of attempted rape of doctor ( DVB )
Child soldiers and the China factor ( International Herald Tribune )

September 11, 2008

88 generation activist Nilar Thein arrested ( Mizzima )
Nilar Thein arrested ( DVB )

September 10, 2008

US ‘deeply concerned’ over Burma’s Suu Kyi ( Radio Australia )
Three injured in a bus explosion in Myanmar: report ( AFP )
Suu Kyi’s supporters banned from visiting her sick housekeeper ( First Post, UK )
Educationalists concerned by Burmese literacy rate ( DVB )

September 9, 2008

Burma’s opposition urges UN to take stronger action ( Mizzima )
Appeasing the junta _ the UN’s dangerous detour ( Bangkok Post )
Locked in Burma ( Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa )
Dissidents Dismiss Junta’s Allegations ( Irrawaddy )
Gambari Should Push for Tripartite Dialogue: UNA ( Irrawaddy )

September 8, 2008

Myanmar police: ringleaders of bomb plot arrested ( IHT, France )
Senior Buddhist Monk Arrested in Rangoon ( Scoop, New Zealand )
Six NLD members arrested ( DVB )
Junta denies knowledge of Suu Kyi’s hunger strike ( Mizzima )

September 5, 2008

Generation Wave activist arrested ( DVB )
Abbot detained in monastery raid ( DVB )
Suu Kyi’s party expresses concern for her health ( Associated Press )
Burmese jail over 700 monks ( Religious Intelligence Ltd , UK )
AIPMC Appeals to Surin, Ban Ki-moon to Visit Suu Kyi ( Irrawaddy )
Directive orders monks to avoid political activity ( DVB )

September 4, 2008

UN envoy briefs General Assembly President on Myanmar visit ( UN News Centre )
Legal group calls for an end to forcible disrobing of monks ( DVB )