Burma Update: November 28, 2007

Highlight

*APPPB Update: Crackdown on Rangoon Monastery Housing HIV Patients Read »

*APPPB: Women Activists in Burma Call for Solidarity Read »

*APPPB: Solidarity Call from Women in Burma Read »

*APPPB: Women Campaign Kit Download »


Latest News from Burmese Media

Irrawaddy Magazine: Junta Fires Back in “Missile Attack” Debate
Irrawaddy Magazine: Junta Interrupts KIO Tax Levies on Major Highway
Irrawaddy Magazine: Violence against Women Serious Problem in Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: HIV Doesn't Recognize Burmese Traditions
Irrawaddy Magazine: Popular Musician and Friends Arrested in Rangoon
Irrawaddy Magazine: Pinheiro Questions Burma’s Official Tally of Political Prisoners
Irrawaddy Magazine: Dalai Lama Condemns Burma Crackdown on Buddhist Monks
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Premier and Gambari Visit Cambodia This Week
Democratic Voice of Burma: Combat training held in monastery compound
Narinjara News: Burmese Army to Buy 329,000 Tinns of Paddy for Army Rations
Narinjara News: Two Young Soldiers Desert Burmese Army
Narinjara News: Rice Imports from Burma Resume in Bangladesh
Shan Herald Agency for News: Men join workshop on women’s rights
Kachin News Group: Captive KIO/A servicemen flee from detention
Independent Mon News Agency: Scared of marching troops villagers sell paddy at low prices


Latest News from Global Media

UN News Centre: UN-backed tree-planting drive hits 1 billion goal ahead of climate change talks
Xinhua Online: Myanmar's largest orchid garden to open in December
International Herald Tribune: Amnesty International: Myanmar's junta still arresting activists 2 months after crackdown
Channel NewsAsia: Vietnam president opposes using economic sanctions on Myanmar
Japan Today: Over 5,000 sign Myanmar petition
Scoop: Burma: UK Foreign Office Amends Travel Advice
Washington Post: Dalai Lama Condemns Burma Crackdown
International Herald Tribune: UN investigator says number of political prisoners in Myanmar larger than government says
The Nation: No discussion on Burma when UN Sec-Gen visits Thailand next month: PM


Multimedia


Video: Burmese staged peaceful demonstration in Singapore


Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy Magazine: Armed Intervention Debate Goes [Commentary] - Aung Zaw
Mizzima News: Singapore, the ASEAN summit, Burma and Thailand [Commentary] - Zaw Htoo Aung