Burma Update: September 23, 2008

Highlight



Burma Partnership Secretariat: Saffron Anniversary
Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: Saffron Revolution a year later: It's not over

Multimedia

Nobel Women's Initiatives: Laureates Honor One-Year Anniversary of Saffron Revolution

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: U Win Tin released from Insein prison
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Jailed rebels in India likely to be released
  
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Army commander's brother accused of smuggling goods
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Bago activists launch banknote campaign
• Narinjara News: China to Help Fund Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road
• Independent Mon News Agency: Ka Nya Na demands 100,000 Kyats extra for motorcycle license
• Shan Herald Agency for News: Ceasefire leader’s kin murdered
• Khonumthung News: CNA clashes with Burmese troops
• Khonumthung News: Burmese Army officer tries to rape two women in Chin state
• Burma News International: Japan: Man arrested for extortion attempt over journalist killed in Burma
• New Light of Myanmar: 9,002 prisoners granted amnesty
• Mizzima News: Ashin Gambira unwell in court
  
• Mizzima News: American public favors dialogue with junta
  
• Mizzima News: Election should be welcomed: Writer Maung Suu San
• The Irrawaddy: Leaked Document Reveals Burma’s US Policy
• The Irrawaddy: Burma Still at Bottom of List of World’s Dirtiest Countries
  

News from Regional/International Media

• The New York Times: Myanmar Frees Political Prisoner
  
• Nasdaq: Bush To Meet With Dissidents Tuesday
• Scoop: China Key To A Better Burma - Rights Campaigner
  
• Inquirer: WHO warns countries on smuggled tainted milk
  
• Monsters and Critics: Brad Pitt's Burma donation
• International Herald Tribune: Myanmar opposition wants review of constitution
  

Opinion/Other

• The Irrawaddy: An Evil Game: Token Release of Political Prisoners [Commentary] - Kyaw Zwa Moe
• UPI Asia Online: Saffron revolution remembered [Analysis] - Khin Ohmar
  

Statement/Press Release

• Assistance Association for Political Prisoners: Some Political Prisoners Freed
• Reporters Without Borders: Joy at U Win Tin’s release after 19 years in prison
  

Report/Briefer


Transparency International: 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index
Burma wins the second lowest rank together with Iraq.

• Burma Issues: BI Weekly No. 356
  
• US Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [Burma]
  

Interview

Democratic Voice of Burma: Engaging with the military regime

Twenty years after the military coup which ended the 8888 uprising, DVB spoke to three former Burmese army officers about the outlook for the pro-democracy struggle against the military regime.