Burma Update: October 3, 2008

Highlight

Burma Partnership Secretariat: Weekly Briefer (September 22 - 28): The First Anniversary of the Saffron Revolution

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: Activist jailed for nine years under printing law
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Detained Shan leader hospitalised
  
• Independent Mon News Agency: UN human rights chief calls on Burma to release political prisoner immediately
• Mizzima News: Thai company to pay compensation to next of kin of 54 workers
• The Irrawaddy: Safe Drinking Water Ever Scarcer in Irrawaddy Delta
• Mizzima News: Aung San Suu Kyi visited by eye-specialist
• Kachin News Group: Monks finding it difficult to travel in Burma
• The Irrawaddy: Than Shwe’s Health Again in Question
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Ailing political detainee forced to stand trial
• Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD youth member given four-year jail term
• Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD youth member feared dead is found alive
• Narinjara News: Security Forces in Taungup Collect Tolls from Businessmen
• Narinjara News: Western Border Road Blocked by Landslide
• Independent Mon News Agency: Prime Minister General Thein Sein visits Mon State
• Kaladan Press Network: New Arakan State Peace and Development officer appointed
• The Irrawaddy: Lawyer for U Gambira Resigns

News from Regional/International Media

• AFP: Myanmar junta suspends two journals for violating rules: media
• UN News Centre: UN human rights chief spotlights plight of millions of detainees worldwide
• Relief Web: In Myanmar, IRC restores health and water services in cyclone-battered villages (IRC)
  

Opinion/Other

• Bangkok Post: Justice for migrant labour [Editorial]
  
• Shan Herald Agency for News: New Year Custom of Thai or Tai (Thai Yai) - Mahamung (Moeng zae)
• Mizzima News: When Burmese citizenship is no longer attractive [Commentary] - John Moe
• The Irrawaddy: Where Would Burma Be without Suu Kyi? [Commentary] - Kyaw Zwa Moe
• BBC: Dissidents reflect on Burma uprising
• Asia Times: Nuclear bond for North Korea and Myanmar - Norman Robespierre
  

Report/Briefer

• The Irrawaddy: Weekly Business Roundup (October 3, 2008) - William Boot
• Karen Human Rights Group: DKBA bans alcohol consumption to justify human rights abuses in Pa'an District
• Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: Altsean Burma Bulletin September 2008
  
• Back Pack Heal Workers Team: The role of community-based, border-managed humanitarian assistance in Eastern Burma
  

Interview

OpEd News: An interview with an escapee-monk from Burma

Petition

• US Campaign for Burma: Send a Message to UN Secretary General
• Burma Democratic Concern: Implement 1990 Elections Result in Burma