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UN Secretary-General: Children and Armed Conflict [Report]
US State Department: Burmese Regime Increases Pressure on Democracy Activists
"The United States condemns the regime’s decision to press criminal charges against ten Burmese pro-democracy activists, including Generation 88 leaders Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, for the peaceful expression of their political beliefs. If the regime were serious about engaging in a peaceful transition to democracy, it would stop arresting and prosecuting Burma’s democratic leaders, and instead engage them in a genuine dialogue. The regime’s decision to charge the ten activists for crimes that carry lengthy prison sentences is further evidence that the regime is rejecting all efforts to promote dialogue and national reconciliation, thus not fulfilling the expectations of the UN Security Council as expressed in the October 11 UN Security Council Presidential Statement.
The United States calls on Than Shwe and his regime to release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, to cease the arrests and prosecution of democracy and human rights activists, and to begin a meaningful and time-bound dialogue with Burma’s democratic and ethnic minority representatives on a transition to a civilian, democratic government."
News from Burmese Media
Democratic Voice of Burma: Students Forced to Donate Money to School
Democratic Voice of Burma: UN Secretary-General Urges More Action on Child Soldiers
Democratic Voice of Burma: Thai Authorities Arrest 300 Illegal Burmese Migrants
Democratic Voice of Burma: US Condemns Charges Against Activists
Democratic Voice of Burma: U Gambira Charged Under Unlawful Associations Act
Mizzima News: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Meets NLD Party Leaders
Narinjara News: Forced Labor Used in Lake Construction in Southern Arakan
Narinjara News: Mother Meets Son in Thandwe Prison
Narinjara News: Three Video Halls Shut Down in Sittwe
Independent Mon News Agency: Burmese Regime Imparts Reserve Vancouver Fire Fighter Training
Independent Mon News Agency: Drop in Monks Sitting for Examinations
Shan Herald Agency for News: Teenager Raped by Junta Soldiers
Shan Herald Agency for News: Another Shan Patrol Clashes with Junta Infantry
Kaladan Press Network: Anti-State Poster Campaign in Four Towns in Arakan State
Kaladan Press Network: Three Burmese Nationals Arrested on Border
Kaladan Press Network: Junta Uses Forced Labor for Road Construction
Kachin News Group: Trafficking in Women Increasing Every Year in Kachin State: KWAT
Irrawaddy News Magazine: UN Report Accuses Regime, Armed Ethnic Groups of Recruiting Children
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Junta Charges More Political Prisoners, Others Seriously ill
Irrawaddy News Magazine: NLD to Sponsor Essay Competition on ‘National Reconciliation’
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burmese Regime Strikes at Bloggers
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Eight Soldiers Die in Shan State Clash
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Kachin Women to Launch Anti-Trafficking CD
News from Global Media
International Herald Tribune: Myanmar Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Unhappy with Junta Dialogue
ABS-CBN: Myanmar Punishes Officials over Child Soldiers
Reuters: "Prepare for Worst", Suu Kyi Tells Myanmar
Al Jazeera: Myanmar Monks Remain Defiant
UN News Centre: Child Recruitment Continues in over One Dozen Countries, Reports Ban Ki-moon
Multimedia
Irrawaddy News Magazine: The Railway Bazaar - Yeni
Opinion/Other
Mizzima News: EU envoy on Burma Has Nothing to Offer the Democratic Process [Commentary]- Larry Jagan
Irrawaddy News Magazine: A Fight for Dignity [Commentary] - Aung Zaw
New America Media: Peace Still out of Reach in Burma [News Analysis] - Aung Zaw
Los Angeles Times: Singing While under Suspicion in Myanmar - Paul Watson
Report/Briefer
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Myanmar/Burma News Update 76
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Cartoon: No Fear—The Tiger’s ToothlessSource: Irrawaddy News Magazine
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