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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

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

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Burma Update: August 5, 2008


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Activists stress need for free access for rights envoy
Democratic Voice of Burma: Monks pressured for accepting NLD offering
Democratic Voice of Burma: Generation Wave plans red paint campaign
Mizzima News: Burmese activists urge UN Rights Rapporteur to meet detainees
Mizzima News: Ceasefire group surrenders
Kachin News Group: Increase in Kachin women trafficking to China: KWAT
Kaladan News Network: Heightened security in southern Arakan
Kaowao News Group: Logging Ban Flouted: Criminal Activity Strips Forests
Khonumthung News: CFERC faces shortage of funds for relief work
Narinjara News: Commodity Prices Increase With Shipping Costs
Narinjara News: Security Tightened in Sittwe After Anti-Government Posters Spread
Narinjara News: Authority Exploits Day Laborers on Sittwe-Rangoon Highway
Shan Herald Agency for News: More trafficking of women reported
The Irrawaddy: Rangoon students launch 8.8.88 pamphlet campaign
The Irrawaddy: Bush set to meet Burmese activists
The Irrawaddy: Burma food shortages "Significant"
The Irrawaddy: UN Envoy visits cyclone-hit region
Independent Mon News Agency: Flyers from Muslim leaders
Independent Mon News Agency: Army order villagers to take responsibility for gas pipeline
Independent Mon News Agency: Bomb blast could be an inside job: police


Opinion/Other

Democratic Voice of Burma: 20 years on: How much closer to the goals of 8888? - Htet Aung Kyaw
Democratic Voice of Burma: Can the 2010 election change Burma? [Commentary] - Naing Ko Ko
Mizzima News: An Olympian question of legitimacy for Burma's generals
The Nation: Burma squeezes human rights as another envoy seeks change - Bo Kyi


Interview

The Irrawaddy: Freedom in a Cage

Statement/Release

Free Burma Coalition-Philippines: Activists urge China to review foreign policy in Burma

Cartoon



The Irrawaddy: Wasted Words







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