Burma Update: December 13, 2007

Highlight

*Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, December 2007


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Police Chief Defends Maggin Monastery Closure
Democratic Voice of Burma: Students Wear Black to Protest Crackdown Deaths
Irrawaddy Magazine: Sein Win Meets The Irrawaddy
Irrawaddy Magazine: Activists Leaders Say Maung Maung Not 'Mastermind' of Uprising
Irrawaddy Magazine: Three More Insein Prisoners Stage a Hunger Strike over Conditions
Irrawaddy Magazine: Karen Villagers Forced to Prepare Roads for Tatmadaw Offensive
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Monks in Japan Start National Tour to Express Solidarity
Narinjara News: Bangladesh Ambassador Visits Western Burma
Narinjara News: Burma Hands Eleven Monks to Bangladesh


News from Global Media

CNN: Envoy Pleads for Myanmar Dialogue
Inspire Magazine: Burma: Atrocities Continue in Ethnic Areas, Claims Report
Monday Morning: burma: Monks Prepared for Another Bloodbath
International Herald Tribune: Leading Thai Politician Proposes Multiparty Talks on Myanmar
The Straits Times: Myanmar Charges Activist with 'Public Mischief'
Radio Australia: Burma Moves to Quell Rumours about Ageing Leader
NewIndPress.com: Link between Myanmar’s Past and Malaysia’s Present
Mathaba.Net: Mekong Countries Coordinate to Tackle Scourge of Human Trafficking
Monsters and Critics: EU Envoy to Myanmar to Visit China and Tour Asian Nations


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

Mizzima News: Needs to Save Burmese People and Its Army - Sd Myo Chit
Mizzima News: Burma: Diversity, History and the Road Ahead - Nehginpao Kipgen
Mizzima News: Change of Guard or Political Reform? Only Time will Tell - Dr. Sein Myint
ReliefWeb: Refugee voices: Burmese in Tham Hin camp - Tat Maxwell