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UN General Assembly: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Recommendations:
- First core human rights element: review of national legislation in accordance with the new Constitution and international obligations
- Second core human rights element: progressive release of prisoners of conscience
- Third core human rights element: armed forces
- Fourth core human rights element: the judiciary
News from Burmese Media
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Junta leases 50,000 acres of farmland to Bangladesh
- The Irrawaddy: Top General to Campaign for 2010 Election
- Shan Herald Agency for News: Ceasefire groups divided
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Forest clearance for dam project drives out wildlife
- Kachin News Group: Rise in prostitution in Kachin State
- Independent Mon News Agency: Chin people fleeing famine after plague of rats destroys crops
- The Irrawaddy: Motorcycle Smuggling Big Business on Burma Border
- Narinjara News: Missing Youth Found in Army Battalion
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Generation Wave distributes leaflets in Rangoon
- The Irrawaddy: Tay Za Joined Maung Aye on Visit to Bangladesh
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Cyclone victims forced into reconstruction work
- Democratic Voice of Burma: UN envoy calls for respect for basic rights
- Democratic Voice of Burma: MP-elect interrogated over bombing links
- Mizzima News: News Zealand urged to halt free trade with ASEAN
- Mizzima News: Hack attempts suspend Mizzima websites
- Independent Mon News Agency: Police prevent stabbing victim from receiving treatment until bribe is paid; victim loses eye
- Khonumthung News: Burmese soldiers snatch livestock in northern Chin state
News from Regional/International Media
- International Herald Tribune: Melamine found in Myanmar milk imports
- Channel News Asia: Myanmar bans nine Chinese milk and dairy products
- Baptist Press: USCIRF urges action on Kazakhstan, Burma
Opinion/Other
- The Christian Science Monitor: When nations kill their own - Gareth Evans
Statement/Press Release
- Alliance Party of New Zealand: Free trade deals bringing Burma horrors closer to home, says Alliance
- Government of Myanmar: Prohibition against import, processing, distribution and using as ingredient of milk powder contaminated with melamine [Announcement]
- Reporters Without Borders: Military government paralyses Internet
Report/Briefer
- Burma Campaign UK: Last Month in Burma
Petition
- US Campaign for Burma: Send a Message to UN Secretary General
- Burma Democratic Concern: Implement 1990 Elections Result in Burma
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