Burma Update: September 22, 2008

Highlight



Burma Partnership Secretariat: Saffron Anniversary

Urgent Action Alert



Women's League of Burma: Call for the immediate release of Burmese democracy activist Nilar Thein

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: Daw Suu's appeal finalised
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Chinese tainted milk scare escalates
  
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Local guards punished for questioning official
• Narinjara News: Burma to Build Trade Center in Maungdaw
• Independent Mon News Agency: Security tightened in Mon State
• Kaladan Press Network: World Peace Day observed in Burmese refugee camp
• Kachin News Group: Junta imposes night curfew in Myitkyina
  
• Kachin News Group: MIT marks 6th anniversary of MIT Sunday
• Mizzima News: Religious freedom hanging in the balance in Burma
• The Irrawaddy: Web Sites Back Online, but Fears of Further Attacks Remain
• The Irrawaddy: Rohingya Group Jailed for Seeking Work in Rangoon
• The Irrawaddy: Burma's Monks Jailed, Disrobed for Challenging Junta
• The Irrawaddy: Burma Tops US Agenda at Upcoming UN General Assembly
• Khonumthung News: Six villagers die of starvation in southern Chin state
  

News from Regional/International Media

• Human Rights Watch: Jolie-Pitt Foundation Gives $1m to Human Rights Watch
• Daily Times: One year after protests, monks silenced in Myanmar
• ABC: Health agencies fear poison milk may enter Burma
  

Multimedia




Al Jazeera: Inside Myanmar - The Crackdown

Opinion/Other

• Mizzima News: Searching for Track II [Commentary] - Joseph Ball
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma's collective action problem [Commentary] - Gemma Dursley
  
• China Daily: The history nobody knew on the Stilwell Road - Ye Jun
• The Christian Science Monitor: Burma's secret schools of dissent - Anand Gopal
  

Report/Briefer

• Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: Saffron Revolution a year later: It's not over
  
• US Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [Burma]
  

Interview


The Irrawaddy: Taking A Deep Breath

The Irrawaddy recently spoke with UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari about his meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi, his disappointments and his hopes for the future of Burma.