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Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 3rd Week of April
"Third week’s news had significantly slowed down since it is Buddhist New Year time for both in Burma and Thailand. Nonetheless, the military regime in Burma had not slowed down the arrest of activists who dared to challenge the May referendum. More than twenty activists in Sittwe, Arakan State had been detained for protesting against the referendum by walking peacefully through the city. The protesters were wearing T-shirt printed with “NO”... "
Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 2nd Week of April
"We are shocked and saddened to learn the death of 54 migrant workers out of 121 from Burma suffocated to death in a cold storage container with broken ventilation system while being smuggled to Phuket Island, Thailand to work as day laborers. Before reaching 3 hour long journey to Phuket from Ranong, 37 women and 17 men were suffocated to death in the stifling box on the way. Remaining 57 are still treated in a hospital in Phuket and some are in serious condition. Later, they will be deported back to Burma by Thai authorities. Many people from Burma try to make way to Thailand for their living to escape total collapse of Burma’s economy mismanaged by the power-clinging military regime. Our hearts and minds are with the deaths and survivors of this tragedy and the families back home... "
Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 1st Week of April
"Time to the referendum is getting close but we cannot even have a ‘count down’ since the regime has not announced the date until now. Nonetheless, what has become clearer is that the generals in Burma are not asking people to vote but they are in fact asking everyone eligible to vote YES to approve their drafted constitution. In all corners of the country, people are asked to register for the referendum and are ‘urged’ to vote for it, not against it... "
News from Burmese Media
Shan Herald Agency for News: Voters’ Worry: Will Officials be Able to Track Us Down?
Kaladan Press Network: Water Crisis and Rape
Kachin News Group: Vote 'No' Posters Appear in More Towns in Northern Burma
News from Regional/International Media
AFP: Myanmar Declares Itself Bird Flu Free
International Herald Tribune: Crocodile Kills Man Accused of Illegal Logging in Myanmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Reuters: Myanmar Arrests Keep Pressure on "No" Campaign
The Straits Times: Many Voices Silenced as Myanmar Vote Campaign Gets Underway
Herald Series: Doctor's Fight for Burmese
Opinion/Other
Guardian: In Books We Trust - and Quite Right Too - Nick Cohen
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