Burma Update: December 6, 2007

Highlight

*Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions: Burma Country Report
On 5 December 2007, COHRE named the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of Burma as one of three global Housing Rights Violators, for the mass displacement of more than one million civilians. Click HERE for more information about the award. Download Report »
*Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions: 2007 COHRE Housing Rights Awards-Media Kit Read »
*Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions: Factsheet-Burma Read »


News from Burmese Media

Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Junta Wins "Worst Housing" Award
Irrawaddy Magazine: Chinese Military Weapons Seen En Route to Burmese Army Units
Irrawaddy Magazine: Sunflowers—Than Shwe’s Latest Yadaya?
Irrawaddy Magazine: Regime Asks Asean Journalists to Help Counter "Negative" Reporting
Irrawaddy Magazine: UNFPA’s Dan Baker to Temporarily Replace Petrie
Irrawaddy Magazine: Opposition Barred from Drafting of Burmese Constitution: UN Silent, US Critical
Democratic Voice of Burma: Food Aid to Refugees Faces Cuts
Democratic Voice of Burma: UWSA Clashes with Government Troops
Democratic Voice of Burma: Migrant Workers Donate Blood for King’s Birthday
Democratic Voice of Burma: Htin Kyaw on Hunger Strike
Democratic Voice of Burma: Government Propaganda Campaign Targets US
Mizzima News: Burmese Media Group in Exile Receives Award
Narinjara News: Burma to Free 49 Bangladeshi Prisoners
Narinjara News: Arakanese and SPDC Troops Clash on Western Border
Narinjara News: Refugee Wife Appeals to International Community for Her Husband
Kaladan Press Network: Villagers Forced to Donate for Religious Festival
Kaladan Press Network: Training for Riot Police in Maungdaw
Kachin News Group: Myitkyina Municipality Collects Funds from Residents to Repair Road
Khonumthung News: Burmese Army Orders Destruction of Indo–Burma Road
Khonumthung News: Indo-Burma Border Trade Mired in Controversys


News from Global Media

Reuters: Ignoring Myanmar Grievances a Recipe for More Unrest
Inter Press Service News Agency: POLITICS: Junta Snubs UN Yet Again
Ekklesia: Catholics to honour Burmese monks for nonviolent protests
The Vancouver Sun: Expelled diplomat warns of more trouble in Myanmar
China Business Weekly: Myanmar destroys poppy plantations, arrests 8
Radio Australia: Rights group calls for arms embargo on Burma
FT.com: Burma's junta warned of growing anger


Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy Magazine: Burma's 'Fire' and 'Water' Foreign Policy Stymies Diplomacy [Commentary] - Kyaw Zwa Moe
Mizzima News: India Should not Prove Gandhi Wrong & Irrelevant in Myanmar - B.Raman
Thanh Nien Daily: A trip to enigmatic Myanmar - Do Hung


Statement/Press Release

*Human Rights Watch: UN: Impose Burma Arms Embargo to End Child Soldier Use
*Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions: State Peace and Development Council of Burma named a Housing Rights Violator for the mass displacement of more than one million civilians
*Network for Environment and Economic Development: NEED welcomes COHRE’s Housing Rights Violator Award to the SPDC
*US State Department: A UN for the Twenty-First Century