Burma Update: April 2, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Monk’s Body Taken by Armed Group
Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD Youth Coordinator Arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD Calls for No Vote in National Referendum
Democratic Voice of Burma: Prisoners Offered Sentence Reductions to Vote Yes
Mizzima News: Burma Army's Number Two Man Arrives in India
Mizzima News: Junta Arrests More Opposition Members
Mizzima News: Constitution Draft Copy will be Released Soon
Mizzima News: USDA a Stooge of Burmese Junta: Opposition Researchers
Narinjara News: Anti-Referendum Flyers Spread in Southern Arakan
Narinjara News: Dhaka - Naypyidaw Border Talks End without Decision
Narinjara News: Monastery, Home Raided in Sittwe
Narinjara News: Senior Abbots Request Security During Monk Exams
Independent Mon News Agency: High Time for Distribution of Draft Constitution: Burma Lawyers' Council
Kachin News Group: Junta Compiles List of Illiterate Citizens in Myitkyina
Kaladan Press Network: Rohingyas Participate in Demonstration in Brighton, UK
Kaladan Press Network: BDR Arrests 25 Burmese Nationals en route to Cox's Bazaar
Kaladan Press Network: More MMC Members Arrested in Maungdaw
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Junta-Backed Thugs Continue Attacks on Opposition
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burmese Electorate still Waits to See Constitution Text


News from Regional/International Media

Bangkok Post: Burma Gas Deal
Nasdaq: N Korea Exporting Multiple-Launch Rockets To Myanmar (AFP)
Reuters: Myanmar's Yetagun Gas Pipeline Leaking - PTTEP
The Straits Times: New Myanmar Constitution Keeps Military Dominant
Xinhua Online: Myanmar to Benefit from Establishment of Foreign Branch Technical Institutions
The Earth Times: Stalls, Restaurants Turning to Myanmar for Cheaper Rice


Multimedia

Irrawaddy News Magazine: Three Nations' Art on Show in Chiang Mai


Statement/Press Release

Amnesty International: Amnesty Research Shows Demonstrators Jailed in Burma


Report/Briefer

Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: Burma Bulletin (March 2008)

• SPDC constitutional referendum
• Pinheiro slams SPDC
• Forced labor still a problem
• SPDC spurns Gambari
• Thai PM and SPDC cozy up
• Economic failure continues
• Other Burma news
• List of Reports
• Much more...

Australian Aid International: A Case Study of Human Security in Burma: A Checkerboard of Insecurity - Dominic Bowen