Burma Update: December 16, 2007

Highlight

*International Trade Union Confederation: Resolution on Burma









Agenda item 15:
Any other business
(d) Resolution on Burma

The General Council, meeting in its 3rd session in Washington, DC, on 12-14 December 2007)

RECALLING The brutal repression by the Burmese military regime of peaceful demonstrations in September and October 2007, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of people, injuries to several hundred and the detention of thousands of innocent persons;

CONDEMNING The Burmese junta’s continued and vicious repression of the people of Burma, including through murder, torture, physical assault including rape, massive use of forced labour, imprisonment, and other egregious forms of violence and intimidation, as well as its total denial of freedom of association;

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News from Burmese Media

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News from Global Media

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Xinhua Online: Myanmar Stresses Effective Prevention of Human Bird Flu Infection


Multimedia

CNN Video: UN Report on Crackdown - Inigo Gilmore
A UN report says a crackdown on protests in Myanmar may have been worse than thought.


Opinion/Other

Guardian Unlimited: Spies, Suspicion and Empty Monasteries - Burma Today - Chris McGreal
Asia Sentinel: Enough Talk on Burma - Daniel Ten Kate
Ha'aretz: A Burmese Hanukkah - Uzi Silber


Report/Briefer

ACIG Journal: Indochina Database: Burma/Myanmar, 1948-1999 - Tom Cooper