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Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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Burma Partnership Secretariat

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Burma Update: May 21, 2008

Highlight

Burma Partnership: Burma Briefer (May 10 - 17)

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus
: ASEAN aid to Myanmar must match the devastation

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Phyu Phyu Thin and team help remote villagers
Democratic Voice of Burma: Pakokku monks collect aid for cyclone victims
Democratic Voice of Burma: Cyclone victims suspect officials of switching aid
Democratic Voice of Burma: Lawyer U Aye Myint given human rights award
Democratic Voice of Burma: Authorities give out food in exchange for ‘Yes’ votes
Democratic Voice of Burma: Locals claim Rangoon authorities still misappropriating aid
Democratic Voice of Burma: Period of mourning for Burma’s cyclone victims
Democratic Voice of Burma: Fundraiser for Burma’s cyclone victims held in Chiang Mai
Democratic Voice of Burma: Buddhist ceremony disrupted in Taunggok
Democratic Voice of Burma: Kaw Hmoo cyclone victims forced out of camps
Democratic Voice of Burma: Joint relief efforts in Irrawaddy Delta
Mizzima News: Cyclone victims cannot wait for succour
Mizzima News: Weekly journals ordered not to cover "destruction", but cover "reconstruction"
Narinjara News: Forced Labor on Rubber Plantation
Narinjara News: Bangladesh Flag at Half-Mast to Mourn Burma and China Tragedies
Independent Mon News Agency: Students forced to bribe university staffs
Shan Herald Agency for News: Burma’s junta criticized in Friends of Burma Festival
Kaladan Press Network: “Law and Order workshop” in Burmese refugee camp
Kachin News Group: Fear of future disasters should stop China's dam projects in Northern Burma: KDNG
Kaowao News Group: More Requisitions for Transportation of Military Regime
Kaowao News Group: Overseas Mon Urge International Community to Intervene Under 'Responsibility to Protect' Principle
Khonumthung News: Junta threatens villagers who rejected constitution
The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Survivors Don’t Want UN Chief to Visit Delta
The Irrawaddy: 8 Burmese Journalists Arrested in Laputta
The Irrawaddy: Western Burma Struggling with Shortages
The Irrawaddy: Children of the Cyclone
The Irrawaddy: Burma Continues to Recruit Child Soldiers
The Irrawaddy: Thailand Raises Money for Cyclone Victims
The Irrawaddy: Junta Warned it will be Held Responsible for Further Deaths
The Irrawaddy: UN Sec-Gen to meet Snr-Gen Than Shwe


Multimedia



The Irrawaddy
: A Survivor’s Story - Aung Thet Wine





The Irrawaddy: Monks Coordinate Aid, as Private Donations Trickle In - Moe Aung Tin




Opinion/Other

Democratic Voice of Burma: Did Cyclone Nargis hit the generals’ mindset? [Commentary] - Htet Aung Kyaw
The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Nagris Has Never Been ‘Natural’ [Contributor] - Sai Soe Win Latt
The Asian Age: Engage with Burma, don’t isolate it - Vikram Sood
The Age: Take the economic shackles off Burma - Michael Backman
BBC News: Burmese dodge junta to supply aid - Samanthi Dissanayake

Statement/Press Release

Solidarity for Asian Peoples Advocacies: ASEAN Mechanism must Help Junta Overcome Fear of Being Invaded by food and Medicine


Interview

The Irrawaddy: Altsean Suggests Compromise over International Aid [Interview with Debbie Stothard, coordinator of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma]

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