• The SPDC?s trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi continues. Facing intense international pressure and fearing a new wave of anti-junta street protests, the regime postpones the verdict to 11 August... • SPDC uses UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon?s visit to Burma as a public relations ploy. SPDC Chairman denies Ban?s request to meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi... • ASEAN FM meeting in Phuket issues statement calling on the SPDC to release all political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Meanwhile, the regime jails 87-year old NLD elected MP Kyaw Khaing... • Newly established ASEAN human rights body fails to provide protection and enforcement mechanisms... • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses concern over possible nuclear ties between the North Korean and Burmese regimes at the ARF. • US President Barack Obama extends economic sanctions on the SPDC... • Two-hundred more Karen refugees flee to Thailand, seeking protection from DKBA abuses... • Kachin Independence Organization delegates fail to reach agreement with SPDC on transforming KIA into border guard force. In response, the regime sends reinforcements and more armaments to its military forces in Kachin State... • Rohingya flee SPDC harassment and oppression in Arakan State, only to face violence and expulsion from Bangladesh... • For the first time, Malaysian authorities confirm that government officials were involved in the exploitation of Burmese migrants at its border... • SPDC obstructs aid to the survivors of Chin famine, Kachin landslides, and cyclone Nargis.