Highlight
- Assistance Association for Political Prisoners: At least 215 Burmese political activists sentenced in November
News from Burmese Media
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Rights activists given life sentences
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Red Ribbon Award honours Burmese migrant organisation
- Democratic Voice of Burma: Riot control training held in Rangoon
- Narinjara News: Woman Murdered on Western Border
- Shan Herald Agency for News: Poppy cultivation soars in Kayah State
- Shan Herald Agency for News: Junta Army build-up on the Wa-Mongla border
- Kaladan Press Network: Burma's envoy visits Bandarban
- Kaladan Press Network: Three police officers sacked at Maungdaw
- The Irrawaddy: Gambira, Five Others Sent to Remote Prisons
- The Irrawaddy: Burmese Migrants Mark World Aids Day
- The Irrawaddy: Junta Orders Major Air Force Base Relocated
- The Irrawaddy: Burmese Refugees in Australia Face More Hurdles
- Mizzima News: Burma's hardwood resources facing dangerous shortages
- Mizzima News: Indo-Burma border closed for Indian elections
- Mizzima News: Film on Burmese video journalist wins international award
News from Regional/International Media
- New York Times: Thousands Die Needlessly Because Junta Spends Too Little on AIDS, Group Says
- Variety: 'Burma VJ' wins Amsterdam prize
- AFP: Two-thirds of Myanmar HIV cases involve youths: UNICEF
- Relief Web: Oxfam reaches 840,000 people with vital relief in Myanmar (Oxfam)
- China Daily: Myanmar chief of staff visits China
- Xinhua Online: Myanmar fights AIDS with national awareness
- Straits Times: Journalists jailed by junta
- Xinhua Online: UNICEF: some 240,000 people infected with HIV in Myanmar
- Straits Times: Youths in Myanmar at risk
- Xinhua Online: China, Myanmar cities establish friendship relationship
Opinion/Other
- The Irrawaddy: Silencing Burma's Monks [News Analysis] - Min Lwin
- UPI Asia: Burma's junta blocking treatment for AIDS [Commentary] - Zin Linn
- Christian Science Monitor: The unquenchable fire in Burmese hearts - Karen Zusman
- Asian Tribune: Burma: Unpreventable Death Under Military Boots - Zin Linn
- Mizzima News: In dilemma and a quagmire [Commentary] - Maung Maung Hla Kyaing
Statement/Press Release
Report/Briefer
- Assistance Association for Political Prisoners: Chronology of Political Prisoner in Burma for November 2008
- UNIC Yangon: OCHA Situation Report No. 53
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It's disheartening to learn about these ongoing challenges and injustices faced by the Burmese people.
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