Burma Update: September 15, 2008

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: Zeegone residents vigilant after robberies
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Authorities arrest relatives of activists
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Two killed by speeding army truck
• Democratic Voice of Burma: DVB speaker praises role of Burm's citizen journalists
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Funeral held for student murdered in Myingyan
• Narinjara News: Burmese Ferry Robbed at Border
• Narinjara News: Five Political Prisoners Sent to Buthidaung Wearing Black Hoods
• Kachin News Group: Junta withdraws deadline to relocate Baptist Church in Muse
• Kachin News Group: Insects bred in castor oil plants kill people in northern Burma
• Mizzima News: Travel restriction on Pegu Opposition
• The Irrawaddy: Food Delivery Yet to Reach Suu Kyi: NLD
  
• The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Refugees Forced to Leave Camps
• The Irrawaddy: Election in 18 Months: USDA Source
  
• The Irrawaddy: Through a Baby's Eyes
• Independent Mon News Agency: Junta looks at extending agricultural land
  

News from Regional/International Media

• Monstars and Critics: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi malnourished after hunger strike
• Bangkok Post: Surin seeks more UN relief aid for Burma
  
• Daily Times: Torture fears for detained Myanmar activist

Multimedia


Al Jazeera: Myanmar's orphans of Hurricane Nargis

Opinion/Other

• Mizzima News: Burma seat should be questioned [Editorial]
• Burma News International: What is the UN's next game-plan? [Analysis] - Myat Soe
  

Report/Briefer




Free Burma Rangers: Famine, Forced Labor and Extortion [Arakan Update]