Burma Update: September 27, 2008

Highlight

• The White House: To Implement Amendments to the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: 150 monks march in Sittwe
  
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Nine arrested at NLD anniversary celebration
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Mandalay official to be charged with fraud
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Jailed protestors transferred to more remote prisons
• Shan Herald Agency for News: Yawdserk warns Shans against meddling in Thai politics
• Khonumthung News: Army extorts money and live stock from hungry villagers
• Mizzima News: UN rejects appeal to unseat junta
  
• Mizzima News: Junta's hydropower projects to endanger biodiversity of Salween River
  
• Mizzima News: Junta's secret plan: Closer relationship with China
  

News from Regional/International Media

• AFP: High level UN talks set to grapple with Myanmar issue
• Al Jazeera: Suu Kyi's party marks anniversary
• Daily Times: Switzerland extends sanctions
  

Multimedia

• Al Jazeera: Myanmar one year after the crackdown

One year on from Myanmar's brutal crackdown on street protests, Al Jazeera has returned to Myanmar to find people still too frightened to properly mourn the victims.

Opinion/Other

• BBC: Burma: The revolution that didn't happen - Kate McGeown
• VOA: One Down, 2,100 To Go [Editorials]
  

Statement/Press Release

• Amnesty International: Released Prisoner Rearrested in Myanmar

Report/Briefer

• Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 320 (20 – 26 September 2008)
  

Event

• Seminar and Protest (Thailand, September 26-27) ... Details »»»
• Actions for Saffron Anniversary (Japan, September 26-28) ... Details »»»
• One Year Anniversary of Burma's Saffron Revolution: Roundtable Discussion and Memorial Service (USA, September 27) ... Details »»»
• First Anniversary of the Saffron Revolution 2008: Burma (Australia, September 27) ... Details »»»
• Saffron Revolution, A Year Later (Thailand, September 27) ... Details »»»