At least 35 members of Burma’s Opposition party the National League or Democracy have begun marching towards detained party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’, residence at 9:30 a.m (local time), sources said. (more…)

A former aide to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was re-arrested less than 24 hours after being freed by the military government in a mass amnesty, an opposition spokesman said Friday. (more…)

Two monks were forced to return to their hometowns from monasteries in Sittwe because the authorities suspected them of involvement recently in leading attempts to demonstrate in Sittwe. (more…)

The National League for Democracy will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Saturday in Rangoon with newly released political prisoners. (more…)

Myanmar’s junta put armed police and barbed wire barricades on the streets of its main city on Friday, the first anniversary of a bloody military crackdown on major anti-government protests. (more…)

In Burma’s north-west Chin state, thousands of people say they are starving. The Mara tribe say hundreds of their community have died in the past two months alone. (more…)

Rice traders in Myawaddy, opposite the Thai border town of Mae Sot, are illegally exporting hundreds of thousands of bags of rice to Thailand every week, according to sources in the local business community. (more…)

China Taps into Burma’s Nickel Resources

Further evidence of China’s increasing economic grip on Burma has emerged with the announcement that Chinese state-controlled mining companies are to tap the country’s nickel resources. (more…)

South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that eight men from Myanmar should be granted refugee status since they were likely to face political persecution if returned home. (more…)

Burmese Prime Minister in Exile Sein Win said on Thursday that Ibrahim Gambari, the special UN envoy on Burma, needs to be tougher on the military junta. (more…)

The US first lady Laura Bush on Thursday again urged the Burmese military junta to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners. (more…)

Britain has admitted that it could seek further sanctions against the Burmese junta if it fails to improve its human rights record and deliver on promises over political reform. (more…)

Burma’s state media reported 9,002 prisoners were released this week as part of the junta’s plan for a “peaceful modern discipline-flourishing democratic nation.” Seven were political prisoners; most of the other 8,995 were petty criminals. That’s a good indication of what the junta’s plan for a “democratic nation” looks like. (more…)

Myanmar’s military junta claims its recent release of several political detainees and about 9,000 other prisoners marks the dawn of a new political era and another milestone in its roadmap to “disciplined democracy”, but analysts say it is merely part of a masterplan to dominate the next election. (more…)

A bomb exploded in Rangoon yesterday morning, but like most acts of defiance in Burma it was more of a symbol than a serious act of rebellion. It happened in the mid-morning by a bus stop close to the golden spire of the Sule pagoda – a loud bang, a rattling of windows and an immediate influx of police carrying rifles. (more…)

One year ago, thousands of Burmese people took to the streets in nationwide protests against the military regime in Burma. The military government responded with a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, opening fire on unarmed civilians, arresting thousands, and has been persecuting all citizens peacefully expressing their rights until today. (more…)

The international community should demand accountability from the Burmese military government for the brutal crackdown in September 2007 on monks, activists, and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Repression in Burma has increased and the military government has failed to deliver on promises it made a year ago, despite international efforts at mediation. (more…)

A year ago today, Burma’s military regime unleashed a brutal assault on peaceful pro-democracy protests. In full view of the world’s cameras, monks and Burmese civilians were beaten, shot, arrested, tortured and killed in the suppression of the largest movement for freedom in Burma since 1988. A Japanese photographer was killed. The ‘Saffron Revolution’ woke the conscience of the world. But a year on, has the world gone back to sleep? (more…)