Burma Update: September 17, 2008

Highlight

• Burma Partnership Secretariat: Weekly Briefer (September 8 - 14, 2008)

News from Burmese Media

• Mizzima News: Thanaka withstands the tests of time
  
• Mizzima News: Websites of three Burmese news agencies in exile under attack
  
• Mizzima News: Sakharov award winners call for release of Aung San Suu Kyi
  
• Mizzima News: Salt prices remain trebled following Nargis
  
• Mizzima News: Burma again singled out for anti-narcotics negligence
• Shan Herald Agency for News: Villagers living and dying for the army
  
• Kaladan Press Network: Army vehicle kills son; mother hospitalized
• Kachin News Group: Residents beat up policeman in Myitkyina
• Kachin News Group: Telephone subscribers to pay for change in phone numbers
• Independent Mon News Agency: Thieves break into government hospital
• Chinland Guardian: Chin Refugees Sell Traditional Food ‘Sabuti’ In Malaysia
• Democratic Voice of Burma: KNU denies responsibility for bombing in Kyaukkyi
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Food shortages drive Chin residents to Mizoram
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Bo Kyi to receive human rights award
  

News from Regional/International Media

• VOA: US Faults Anti-Drug Efforts of Bolivia, Venezuela and Burma
• Irish Times: Politicians support Amnesty call for arms ban
• USA Today: Burma monk attempts suicide at famous temple
• Nasdaq: Singapore Defends Its Visa Move Against Myanmar Protesters
• The Straits Times: Myanmar activists 'undesirable'
  
• IRIN: Myanmar: Health of cyclone-affected children improves
• Monsters and Critics: Two suspect Chinese firms sent milk powder to Bangladesh, Myanmar (Extra)
  
• Terra Daily: Myanmar seeks seeds, fertiliser after Cyclone Nargis: IRRI
• The Brown Daily Herald: Visiting writer Thida fights injustice at home
  

Multimedia



Karen Human Rights Group: Photo Gallery 2008
KHRG's gallery of photos documents the human rights situation in Karen State so far this year

Opinion/Other

• Independent Mon News Agency: Ceasefire groups on cross roads [Editorial]
• Democratic Voice of Burma: What's changed in Burma in the past 20 years? -Htet Aung Kyaw
  

Statement/Press Release

• Amnesty International: Myanmar Activist at Risk of Torture
  

Report/Briefer

• Relief Web: Myanmar: Health cluster situation report no. 43, 16 Sep 2008 (WHO)
  
• Burma Issues: BI Weekly No. 355 (September 9th - September 15th, 2008)