Washington Post: Capitalizing on Burma’s Autumn of Dissent
Opposition in Exile Urging More Protests, Even Armed Conflict -  Blaine Harden
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Hope for a solution to Burma’s political crisis through a political dialogue dimmed this week, following the junta’s hard-line stand at a press conference on Monday and Snr-Gen Than Shwe’s endorsement on Tuesday of the seven-step roadmap to democracy.
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About 200 veteran politicians, opposition leaders and dissident activists gathered on Tuesday at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy in Rangoon to celebrate the 87th anniversary of Burma’s National Day.
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The opposition party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked the anniversary Tuesday of a student strike protesting British colonial rule by criticizing Myanmar’s military government for lowering the nation’s prestige.
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Myanmar’s junta granted 8,585 prisoners, including 33 Thais, amnesty to mark the completion of the national convention process last September, state media said Tuesday.
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In a well conceived plan which has to do with governmental and social boycott, a campaign of ‘non-cooperation’ will be begun by an unidentified Burmese activist group. It has urged all government employees to stop working and stay at home from the January 1, 2008 for a break down of the junta’s governance.
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In a show of military muscle, a number of military tanks have been spotted doing the rounds of Myit Kyina town, capital of Kachin State in northern Burma, an officer of the Kachin Independence Army, an armed ceasefire group, said. (more…)

In a blatant act of vindictiveness, a wedding advertisement for prominent movie actor Kyaw Thu’s daughter has been banned by the Burmese military junta’s censorship board, allegedly for the actor’s involvement in the monk-led protests in September.
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Detained 88 generation student leader Ko Htay Kywe was denied permission to attend his mother’s funeral yesterday, according to a friend of the activist.
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Twelve regiments of the ruling State Peace and Development Council army are heading for Karen National Union territory to launch an offensive, according to a KNU official.
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(Tokyo) Ryuhei Kawada, a member of the Japan’s House of Councilors (upper house), has released a video message on YouTube calling for people to join him in supporting freedom for Burma.
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Myanmar’s Buddhist monks are prepared to face another bloody confrontation with the ruling military junta if the international community fails to force the generals to accept democratic reforms, an exiled monk with links inside Myanmar said Monday.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on the world to demand that the Burmese military government end its crackdown on dissidents, including Buddhist monks, in the wake of nationwide democracy demonstrations more than two months ago. VOA’s Dan Robinson reports, the commission held an unusual public hearing on Capitol Hill to re-focus attention on the situation in Burma.
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Though tactics may differ, the United States shares the same vision for Burma as does Singapore and the ASEAN community, according to an American official.
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The head of the United Nations’ Development Programme in Burma and the UN’s resident coordinator Charles Petrie left Rangoon on Tuesday after the military regime had refused to renew his visa.
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The recent decision of a Norwegian non-governmental organization to cut off funds to a Burmese students’ armed group has renewed the debate over humanitarian aid given to groups that support “violence.”
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