February 24, 2010

DKBA Reportedly Opposes Border Force Plan (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Thailand urges Burma to search for migrant murderers (DVB) ( )
Verification deadline poses risk to migrants, says HRW (Bangkok Post) ( )
Arakanese Rohingya refugees continue to be arrested in Bangladesh (Kaladan Press) ( )
Monks threatened with continued arrests (Independent Mon News Agency) ( )
Thailand to deport 1.3m (Straits Times) ( )
Social Change and the Oscars (NY Times) ( )
Burma’s youth rapping for change (BBC) ( )

February 23, 2010

Thailand: Migrant Workers Face Killings, Extortion, Labor Rights Abuses (HRW) ( )
Burma’s Kachin army prepare to fight civil war (BBC) ( )
Police adopts new method to harass youth in Maungdaw (Kaladan Press) ( )
New forced labour tactics adopted in Arakan (Narinjara News) ( )
Six on hunger strike in Insein prison (DVB) ( )
Thai govt puts Burmese migrants ‘particularly at risk’ (DVB) ( )
NLD leader Tin Oo awarded (Mizzima) ( )
Will the Regime Launch Another Monk ‘Purification’ Campaign? (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 22, 2010

An American in Burma’s Gulag (Wall Street Journal) ( )
A First Step Toward Democracy? (NY Times) ( )
Over 260 households being forcibly relocated (Mizzima) ( )
Junta Bans Reporting Quintana’s Comments (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Bangladesh Pressures Rohingya after EU Visit (The Irrawaddy) ( )
‘Machete victims’ among fleeing Rohingya (DVB) ( )
Mass Burmese hunger strike in Malaysian camp (DVB) ( )

February 19, 2010

Myanmar Moves to Privatize Key State Enterprises (WSJ) ( )
Burmese Army in north told to be ready for combat (Kachin News Group) ( )
UN expert warns of mass deportations of Burmese (DVB) ( )
No Refuge for Myanmar’s Forgotten People (NY Times) ( )
Than Shwe’s ‘Discipline Flourishing Democracy’ Fools No One (The Irrawaddy) ( )
UN Envoy “Regrets” Not Meeting Suu Kyi (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 18, 2010

UN Envoy Visits Insein as Prisoners Demand Better Conditions (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Authorities seize NLD members property (DVB) ( )
Abbot sentenced to seven years in prison (Mizzima) ( )
Millions of Burmese Migrants Could Fall Victim to Deportation and Exploitation if Thai Migration Deadline is Not Extended (Shan Herald Agency for News) ( )
Political uncertainty pushes out ethnic minorities (IRIN) ( )
Bangladesh accused of ‘crackdown’ on Rohingya refugees (BBC) ( )
Rohingya Can Only Starve in Bangladesh: MSF (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 17, 2010

Tin Oo’s speaks after captivity (DVB) ( )
Nine hundred Karen refugees “return” to Burma (Mizzima) ( )
The Key to Decide (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Rights Group Takes Nyi Nyi Aung Case to UN (The Irrawadady) ( )
Burma: MEPs demand Aung San Suu Kyi release (European Parliament) ( )
Burma Sentences 4 Activists to Hard Labor as UN Human Rights Envoy Visits (VOA) ( )
Abbot’s Opposition Stalls BGF Plan in Karen State (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 16, 2010

Burma’s Prison Release: Reading Between the Lines (Time) ( )
Burmese battalion based under area control by ethnic groups (Independent Mon News Agency) ( )
Tin Oo Back at Work (The Irrawaddy) ( )
AI Urges Pre-election Halt to Repression of Ethnic Minorities (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Half a Million Still Homeless in Delta: IOM (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 12, 2010

Broken Promises and a Broken Nation (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Burma’s ethnic minorities the key to peace (The Sydney Morning Herald) ( )
Junta supremo’s Union Day speech scorns Panglong and Aung San (Shan Herald Agency for News) ( )
U.N. Rights Envoy Asks Myanmar to Allow Suu Kyi Visit (NY Times) ( )
Burma badly needs trade unions for workers (Mizzima) ( )
Releasing Tin Oo Part of Junta Show (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Local Medics Respond to Flu Outbreak in Karen State (The Irrawaddy) ( )

February 11, 2010

Berman Urges Burmese Junta to Release Imprisoned American, Calls on U.S. Administration to Appoint Envoy and Consider More Sanctions (Committee on Foreign Affairs) ( )
Human rights: Venezuela, Madagascar, Burma (European Parliament) ( )
Army detains 15 youths for recruitment (Konumthung News) ( )
Villager killed on challenging Burmese militia (Kawao News) ( )
Nasaka’s arbitrary arrest and extortion in Maungdaw (Kaladan Press) ( )