KEY STORY: POLITICAL PRISONERS; • New charges for old protests • Gambira denied bail • Interfaith activists sentenced... DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE: • Transition talks continue • Parliament?s 1st session • NLD appointments • Local elections... ETHNIC AFFAIRS & CONFLICT: • RCSS/SSA-S & TNLA conflict • Conflict: clashes • Civilian abuse in conflict • Talks continue on peace process... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Wirathu hate speech post • Squatter evictions... WOMEN?S RIGHTS: • Rohingya women and girls raped • Women HRDs targetted... NATURAL RESOURCES: • Global response to EITI report • Outgoing govt accelerates development projects... ECONOMY: • US sanctions unlikely to be lifted... DRUGS: • BGF fire on vigilantes in Kachin State... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.