Burma Update: December 12, 2007

Photo: London 24/7 protesting camp closing day and human right day movement
Source: http://ko-htike.blogspot.com


Highlight

*APPPB Update (Briefer): Activists inside Celebrated HR Day & US Passed New Targeted Sanction Bill

*The White House: President's Statement on UN Special Rapporteur's Findings on Burma

*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 Orders Clampdown on Desertions
Mizzima News: Junta Yet to Come Clean over Crackdown
Mizzima News: India, Burma to Sign MoU for IT Enhancement Centre
Mizzima News: U.S. Closes Loopholes in Sanctions
Narinjara News: 32 Burmese Arrested for Illegally Entering Bangladesh
Narinjara News: Burmese Exiles in Dhaka Stage Demonstration for 34 Comrades
Kaladan Press Network: Eleven More Burmese National Arrested in Teknaf
Kaladan Press Network: Nasaka Fires on Smuggler's Boat in Bay of Bengal
Kachin News Group: Money Siphoned Off from KBZ Bank Accounts
Irrawaddy Magazine: Miss Universe 2005 Not to Attend Burma Beauty Pageant
Irrawaddy Magazine: US House Approves Tough Sanctions against Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: Influential Magazine Says Next Year More of Same for Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: The Good, Bad and Ugly of China’s Shwe Gas Deal
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Activists Accuse India of Opportunism
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Athletes Disappoint at SEA Games
Irrawaddy Magazine: Cambodian Leader Says UN Should Leave Burma Alone


News from Global Media

BBC News: US Renews Pressure on Burma Junta
Al Jazeera: US Threatens More Myanmar Sanctions
International Herald Tribune: U.S. House Backs Crackdown on Myanmar Gem Trade
IOL: Myanmar Spurns Dossier on Human Rights
UN News Centre: Myanmar Refugees Leaving Thailand for Third Countries Passes 20,000 Mark – UN
VOA News: UN Official Condemns Burma's Crackdown on Opposition
VOA News: Burma Legislation Moves Through Congress


Opinion/Other

Shan Herald Agency for News: The Life of Women and Girls under SPDC - Lieng Lern
Shan Herald Agency for News: A Life in Shan State: Stories of the Victims of the Burmese Junta Video Project Hosted by Antonio Graceffo - Dante Scott
shan Herald Agency for News: In Shanland: Behind Enemy Lines in Burma - Antonio Graceffo
National Post: This Beauty and Burma shouldn't Mix - Steven Edwards
ReliefWeb: Myanmar: Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Asia Times: Double Vision over Myanmar Crackdown - Brian McCartan
St. Petersburg Times: Myanmar Needs our Help - Bob Graham
Blog.aktualne.nz: Do the (Human) Right Thing Like Pinochet: Die - Pavel Vondra