ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
KEY STORY:
1 Cyclone Nargis...
INSIDE BURMA:
4 Martyrs? Day;
4 At the monasteries;
4 Bombs;
5 Food shortages...
HUMAN RIGHTS:
5 Arrests and sentencing;
5 Detention conditions;
6 Forced labor continues...
DISPLACEMENT:
6 New Rohingya camps;
6 Karen offensive;
6 Safety in Thailand?...
INTERNATIONAL:
7 ASEAN ?disappointed”;
7 SPDC ratifies charter;
7 US sanctions;
7 Gambari to visit Burma...
ECONOMY:
8 Foreign investment falls;
8 SPDC fundraisers...
8 OTHER BURMA NEWS...
10 REPORTS.....
• ASEAN/UN/SPDC Nargis assessment complete: 138,366 dead or missing (61% female); 89% of survivors have less than a week?s food; 800,000 homes damaged; GDP growth projected to lose 2.7%; US$1 billion needed for recovery.
• SPDC steals US$10 million in humanitarian aid funds.
• Cyclone survivors face eviction and disease.
• Seventy percent of farmland in the Irrawaddy delta misses the planting season because of cyclone damage and shortages.
• SPDC arrests eight NLD members, nine monks and sentences ten students to jail terms.
• Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh relocated, four die. Five-hundred Karen villagers flee to Thailand. Thailand deports 35 others.
• ASEAN expresses disappointment over the extension of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s house arrest and calls for the release of all political prisoners in Burma.
• SPDC ratifies ASEAN Charter but objects to human rights monitoring body.
• UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari briefs Security Council members and announces he will return to Burma in August.
• Foreign investment in Burma falls 77% over the past year.
ရင်းမြစ်:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of Publication:
2008-07-00
Date of entry:
2008-08-01
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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