The patron of Sasana Moli (the International Burmese Monks Organization), Ma Soe Yein Sayadaw U Kovida, passed away yesterday New York time 01:07 PM at New York, USA. (more…)

The All-Burma Federation of Students’ Unions has called on students across Burma to closely monitor the May referendum to prevent vote rigging by the authorities. (more…)

The Thai-based Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners in Burma (AAPP) says that over 70 activists have been arrested trying to stage demonstrations in Burma over the last three days. (more…)

The US based Chevron Corp. should shoulder the responsibility of the ongoing human rights abuse by Burmese soldiers, guarding Chevron’s gas pipeline, a report released on Tuesday by a human rights watchdog said. (more…)

Several ethnic ceasefire groups were recently asked by Burmese military authorities to provide security during the constitutional referendum on May 10, said sources close to the groups. (more…)

Wah Wah Mu, 38, has dressed up her little daughter with a pink chiffon dress, a rare sight in this jungle region of Myanmar (Burma). (more…)

Burmese Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein began an official three-day visit to Thailand on Tuesday which will focus on business deals and closer ties between the two neighboring countries, analysts say. (more…)

The Myanmar Airways International (MAI) has temporarily suspended again its international flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur since its last flights to the two destinations in the past week, the leading local news journal Myanmar Times reported in this week’s issue. (more…)

A Burmese social welfare activist arrested during the September protests has reportedly suffered paralysis over half of his face due to lack of proper medical treatment inside Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison, a colleague said. (more…)

Burmese nationals living in Singapore have until Friday to vote on their country’s draft constitution drawn up by the military regime, a notice at the embassy said. (more…)

The International Trade Union Confederation today released a damning report on Burma that shows the limited European Union and international sanctions against the country’s murderous regime are not enough. The report makes the case for sanctions to be extended to finance and oil and gas, the engines which help keep the military in power. (more…)

Sporadic street protests erupted in several Burmese cities over the weekend. Says a Burmese businessman: “The country is a social volcano ready to erupt.” (more…)

The word “No” has become increasingly popular in Burma since February 9, the day the ruling generals announced the constitutional referendum would be held on May 10. (more…)

While many are talking about the suffocation of 54 Burmese migrants in southern Thailand, some lawyers and labour activists are asking the authorities to allow the two million other Burmese migrants in Thailand to vote in the 10 May Burmese referendum. (more…)

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a European Parliament resolution calling for the European Union to support a global arms embargo against Burma. Burma Campaign groups in Europe have been lobbying members of the European Parliament asking them to put pressure on EU governments to support an embargo. (more…)

Sporadic street protests erupted in several Burmese cities over the weekend. Says a Burmese businessman: “The country is a social volcano ready to erupt.” (more…)