Myanmar’s junta has sent dozens of political prisoners recently sentenced to up to 65 years in jail to far-flung corners of its gulag, making it hard for family members to deliver food and medicine, relatives said on Monday. (more…)

Prominent student leader Min Ko Naing and eight of his ’88 generation student’ colleagues have been sentenced to 65 years of imprisonment by a special court in Maupin prison in Burma’s Irrawaddy Division, friends and family members said. (more…)

Courts in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced at least seven democracy activists to prison Monday, continuing a crackdown that saw about 70 people jailed last week. (more…)

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for her coverage of a protest over the lack of government relief for victims of a devastating cyclone, colleagues said Saturday. (more…)

Tensions between Burma and Bangladesh and preparations for the general election planned for 2010 topped the agenda of the latest meeting of Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), according to Burmese military analysts. (more…)

Bangladesh and Myanmar will hold more talks over a disputed stretch of water in the Bay of Bengal after a two-day meeting failed to resolve the row, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said Monday. (more…)

A land mind was detonated on the border between Burma and Bangladesh in the early morning hours of Friday, reported the Dainik Cox’s Bazar on 15 November 2008. (more…)

The Chiangmai based Workers Solidarity Association (WSA) will not accept new identification called passport documents supposed to be offered by the Burmese ruling military junta, according to a senior member of the group. (more…)

In the western Thai town of Kanchanaburi, Kimnigt Sirigpuksa opens a purse and rolls out red stones. (more…)

Food supply experts have called for greater cooperation between government ministries. (more…)

Over recent years, millions of Singapore dollars have found their way to Burma through the Burmese remittance system, the nexus of the operation being run out of shops and human resources agencies in the heartland of the Lion City. (more…)

The sentencing of pro-democracy activists, from two to 65 years, by special prison courts in Burma last week is a major setback to UN-led initiatives to restore democracy and protect human rights. (more…)

The 65-year prison sentences handed down last week to antigovernment demonstrators in Myanmar are only the beginning of an expected series of verdicts against hundreds of political prisoners, according to exile groups tracking the trials. (more…)

What started as an outcry against sudden, ill-thought-out fuel price increases by the Burmese junta in August last year, culminated in thousands of people massing in central Rangoon a month later chanting “Democracy, democracy!” and demanding an end to 45 years of military rule and economic decline. (more…)

Gagging the voice of protests and imprisoning dissidents for an incredible 65 years, pairs Burma’s governing junta with some of the most repressive regimes in the history of the modern world. The verdicts are making a mockery of the justice system and turning the judiciary on its head. (more…)

Ashin Gambira, the leading monk of the saffron revolution and a leader in ‘All Burma Monks Alliance’ (ABMA), has been under detention for one year as on November 4 this year. (more…)

Dr Hla Aung, elected representative for Wundwin constituency-2 and an active National League for Democracy member, passed away this morning at the age of 66. (more…)

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) calls on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press ahead with his planned visit to Burma next month, in light of the recent prison sentences passed on pro-democracy activists and the continued military offensive by the Burma Army against civilians in Karen State. CSW urges the Secretary-General to make the release of political prisoners in Burma a priority during his visit. (more…)