September 24, 2008

Myanmar releases seven dissidents ( CNN International )
Myanmar opposition vows to continue fight for Aung San Suu Kyi ( AFP )
Forced recruitment by DKBA forces in Pa’an District ( KHRG )

September 23, 2008

Corruption threatening health of millions ( Radio Netherlands )
Burmese women’s group in exile concerned about Nilar Thein ( Mizzima )
Event: Salman Rushdie and Acclaimed Authors Join Burmese Monks One Year After Brutal Crackdown ( Market Watch, Wall Street Journal )
Myanmar: Opposition Wants Review Of Constitution ( Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia )
Corruption creating humanitarian disaster - study ( Irish Times, Ireland )
Ashin Gambira unwell in court ( Mizzima )
Myanmar’s Win Tin vows to continue democracy fight ( Reuters )
An Evil Game: Token Release of Political Prisoners ( Irrawaddy )
Burma Still at Bottom of List of World’s Dirtiest Countries ( Irrawaddy )
Longest-held political prisoner freed in Myanmar ( Associated Press )
Joy at U Win Tin’s release after 19 years in prison ( Reporters Without Borders )

September 22, 2008

Eight million displaced this year in Asia ( Radio Australia )
Monks jailed, disrobed for challenging junta ( Human Rights Tribune Switzerland )
Religious freedom hanging in the balance in Burma ( Mizzima )
Burma Tops US Agenda at Upcoming UN General Assembly ( Irrawaddy )
Daw Suu’s appeal finalised ( DVB )

September 19, 2008

UN agency voices concern over sentencing of labour activist in Myanmar ( UN News Center )
The Generals Goe Cyber? (Wall Street Journal) ( The Wall Street Journal )
Cyber Attacks Cripple Opposition Myanmar Media (AP) ( AP )
Myanmar Sentences Activist to Hard Labor (AP) ( AP )
Concerns for Burma as milk formula scandal widens ( Radio Australia )
Myanmar gives labour activist hard labour ( Reuters, India )
Monks gather in Sittwe to mark anniversary of boycott ( DVB )
Burmese dissident websites shut down ( Canberra Times, Australia )

September 18, 2008

Bo Kyi to receive human rights award ( DVB )
Food shortages drive Chin residents to Mizoram ( DVB )
Burmese detainees face abuses in Bangaldeshi jails ( DVB )
NLD chairman sentenced to two years’ hard labour ( DVB )
Interview: Pinheiro calls for new strategy on Burma ( DVB )
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 )