Burma Update: April 22, 2008

Photo: The Flag of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), The Exile Government Comprised of the 1990 MP-Elects
Source: NCGUB

Highlight

Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 3rd Week of April

Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 2nd Week of April

Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: Burma in 1st Week of April


News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: Absentee Voting in India; Burmese Students Fear Repercussion
Kachin News Group: Chinese in Namtu Exploit Children with Little Pay
Kachin News Group: Residents have to Cast "Yes" Vote: USDA
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Poll Shows Rangoon Residents Cool on Referendum
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Junta’s Vote ‘Yes’ Media Blitz Appears to Backfire
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Detained Monk Leader U Gambira Honored
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Activists Petition Thai Govt in Death of 54 Burmese
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Six Thais Face Charges over Deaths of Burmese Migrants
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burma Junta Identifies Bombing Suspect
Democratic Voice of Burma: Rural Kachin Offered Incentives to Vote “Yes”
Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD Demands Right to Vote for Detained Activists
Mizzima News: Burmese Overstaying Stage Protest at Burmese Embassy in Tokyo
Mizzima News: Junta Minister Donates to get Support for Referendum
Mizzima News: Voting Begins in Burmese Embassy in Bangkok
Narinjara News: Demands to Stop Shrimp Smuggling from Burma
Narinjara News: Bangladeshi Imports 100,000 Tons of Rice from Burma
Narinjara News: Security Tightened in Sittwe Again
Independent Mon News Agency: Lack of Cassette Puts Spanner in Referendum Campaign


News from Regional/International Media

Bangkok Post: No Human Trafficking Here
Xinhua Online: Myanmar Hunts for Bombers for Two Blasts in Yangon


Opinion/Other

The Nation: The Problem of Being a Good Neighbour [Editorials]
Mizzima News: Is Thai Minister Just Echoing Burmese Regime? - Myat Thu Pan


Urgent Appeal

Thai NGOs: Urgent Appeal for Protection of Burmese Migrant Worker Survivors of the 9th April 2008 Ranong Tragedy
Asian Human Rights Commissions: BURMA: Local Officials Illegally Confiscate Land from Elderly Farmer


Journal

Mizzima News: Mizzima Monthly Journal, April 2008