Burma Update: September 8, 2008

Highlight

United Nationalities Alliance: Submission of suggestions upon H.E. Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari’s visits as a Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of United Nations to Burma (Myanmar) [Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon]

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Riot control directive issued to local authorities
Democratic Voice of Burma: Arakan housemaid escapes mistreatment
Democratic Voice of Burma: Abbot denies reports of raid and arrest
Democratic Voice of Burma: Conflicting reports over Daw Suu hunger strike rumours
Democratic Voice of Burma: Generation Wave member feared arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma: Border markets closed due to flooding
Democratic Voice of Burma: Six NLD members arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma: Unofficial curfew on businesses in Pyinmana
Democratic Voice of Burma: Taunggok NLD member jailed after family dispute
Narinjara News: Senior General Maung Aye to Visit Bangladesh Next Month
Narinjara News: CSW Donates to Support Nasaka Deserters
Narinjara News: Democracy in Burma Doesn't Need Protests: SPDC Ministers
Independent Mon News Agency: New DKBA gate taxes boat on Zemi River
Independent Mon News Agency: Moulmein professor orders attaching stickers on motorcycles
Independent Mon News Agency: Pirated CD's can be sold if authorities are bribed
Shan Herald Agency for News: Ceasefire groups beef up security
Kaladan Press Network: Security tightened in Arakan State
Kaladan Press Network: Refugees block clinic and staff
Kachin News Group: Traffic police seize unlicensed three wheelers in Myitkyina
Mizzima News: Opposition denies junta's accusation of terrorism
Mizzima News: Aung San Suu Kyi's aide shifted to another hospital
Mizzima News: Burma's opposition urges UN to take stronger action
Mizzima News: Junta denies knowledge of Suu Kyi's hunger strike
Mizzima News: U.S. needs to focus more on ethnic groups
The Irrawaddy: Gambari Should Push for Tripartite Dialogue: UNA
The Irrawaddy: Dissidents Dismiss Junta's Allegations

News from Regional/International Media

People's Daily Online: Myanmar expects to get medal in Beijing Paralympic Games
Relief Web: TCG Chairman, ASEAN Secretary-General tour storm-stricken villages (Government of Myanmar)
Xinhua Online: UN to build provisional schools in Myanmar cyclone-hit region

Opinion/Other

Kaowao News Group: Election Victory Doesn’t Equal People Power - Azan
The Irrawaddy: Temple Whispers [Letter from Burma] - Withaya Huanok
UPI Online: Burma: Building upon success [Commentary] - Dawn Calabia and Megan Fowler
The Nation: Next US president should engage ASEAN more than Bush did [Regional Perspective] - Kavi Chongkittavorn
Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma's diplomatic stalemate [Commentary] - Aung Htoo

Report/Briefer



Mizzima News: Come Rain or Shine [The first book on Burma's Saffron Revolution and Cyclone Nargis – including over 50 color pictures]

Event

The Burma Project of Open Society Institute, Pen American Center and The New York Review of Books Present

Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and Freedom of Expression in Burma/Myanmar

• When: Tuesday, September 23
• Where: Cooper Union's Great Hall: 7 East 7th Street, NYC
• What time: 7 pm.