Burma Update: November 15, 2007

Highlight

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


News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: Burma's First Human Case of Avian Flu Confirmed
Shan Herald Agency for News: 13 Junta Soldiers Killed in a Clash with SSA
Kachin News Group: Kachins Celebrate Manau Dance Festival in Thailand


News from Global Media

UN News Centre: Wrapping up Session, UN Human Rights Council to Send Expert to Myanmar
UNIC Yangon: Avian Influenza – Situation in Myanmar
AFP: EU to Help Myanmar Refugees in Bangladesh
New Consumer: Alfie Allen Supports THTC’s Tees for Burma Campaign UK
Canada.com: Charge Abusers, Burma Urged
Gulf Industry Magazine Online: UN Body Backs New Myanmar Probe
Khaleej Times: Canada Enforces Sanctions on Myanmar


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

Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 279 (8 – 14 December 2007)
ACIG Journal: Indochina Database: Burma/Myanmar, 1948-1999 - Tom Cooper