UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE:- * No Justice For Black Friday Victims * Depayin Victims Missing / Detained * U Tin Oo & Other NLD Leaders * Daw Aung San Suu Kyi * ICRC Visits * More Eyewitness Accounts * Ethnic Groups Warned Not To Speak Out About Black Friday * The Big Picture - Nationwide Crackdown & �Clean Up' * Ongoing Arrests, Sentencing, And Harassment Of Opposition Members * NLD MPs Flee To Thailand * Authorities Shoot Hunger Strike Prisoners * Activist Dies After Depayin Attack * Releases * SPDC Propaganda Offensive * Bomb Blasts - SPDC Points Finger At Opposition Groups * Anti-SPDC Leaflets * Asean Interventions-Little Attempted, Little Gained * Thai �Road Map' * Indonesian Envoy * Razali's Visit - No High Hopes * Regime Roadmap-Another �Road To Nowhere' * The Perfect Stalling Tactic * National Convention Background * What's Missing From �Road Map' * What The Convention Does Offer * Play By Our Rules Or Stay Out * Who's On Board * SPDC Rallies And Prayers To Support Road Map And Ward Off Sanctions * Reactions To The Roadmap * Ethnic & Political Groups' Rejection * Ceasefire Groups' Conditional Support * International Community: Wait & See� MILITARY THREAT:- * SPDC Reshuffle Rise Of The Hardliners * General Khin Nyunt-Promoted Or Demoted? * Forced Conscription * New Bases, Battalions & Tanks * Military Border Buildup * ABSDF Forced Out Of KIO Territory * Tatmadaw Goes International * China - Military Visit * Thailand - More Naval Cooperation * India - Quid Pro Quo * Bangladesh - Shopping For Arms & Intelligence * Bombs * Attack On SPDC Warship * Students Clash With Police * MI Sergeant Arrested For Corruption� 33 DRUGS:- * Thaksin Gets Tough * Wa * Goodbye Opium, Hello Amphetamines * Newer, Stronger Yaba Pill * Burma Destroys Poppy Crops * France Funds Drug Monitoring Project * Militia Leader Top Drug Producer * US Burma �Failed Demonstrably' * Regional Meetings * Regional Threat ECONOMY:- * Sanctions Begin To Bite * Eating Lobster In Rangoon * More Cash, Less Credit * Fecs On The Way Out? * Changing To Euros * Effects On Border Trade * Job Losses * Wobbly Kyat * Bank Crisis Continues To Bite * Root Cause * Arakan State - Govt Control & Private Monopolies * New Agriculture Policies Amid Shortages * New Agricultural Census * IT Workshop * Regional Economic Integration * GMS, Regnl Routes = $$ For Junta * Foreign Trade & Investement * Regional Imports Up, Exports Down * Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam * Pressure & Divestment * More Companies Jump Ship * Premier's Long Goodbye * ITF Calls For Boycott * BAT - Fishy Business * Unocal Trial Moves Forward * SPDC Launches New Airline * Tourism - Still Bringing In $$ For The Junta * Britain Tells Travel Companies To Pull Out� AID:- * China funds power projects * Australia funds ICRC in Burma * Backdoor funding via ADB & GMS * ERI's Needs Assessment On Aid * UN FAO� INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:- * Actions Speak Louder Than Words * Junk Salesman * United Nations * United States Applies Sanctions * Sanctions "Bad� * Sanctions "Good� * Effects of Sanctions * Canada * Asean � What Would You Like To Hear? * No Parliament, MPs Not Welcome * Malaysia � Hard & Soft * Indonesia � Patience Thins * Philippines Maintains Position * Singapore: No Comment * Vietnam Silent * Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) * India, China, Bangladesh � Courting the SPDC * India 's New Best Friend * China � Maung Aye Sent to Grovel * Bangladesh - Buying Friends * Japan Takes A Stand * South Korea At Odds * Pakistan Warming * Australia's Mixed Message * European Union � Big Bark, No Bite� THAI-BURMA RELATIONS:- * Thai Roadmap * Thaksin's Response To Black Friday * Thai � US Relations * Sanctions * Economic Links * Crackdown On Refugees * Migrant Workers * Thai-Based Dissidents * Arrested For Murder And Released * Military Relations� ETHNIC RELATIONS:- * Junta Tells Ceasefire Groups To Keep Quiet * Ethnics Welcome US Sanctions * Arakanese Tell ASEM: More Pressure Needed * Wa Want Political Recognition * ALD Leader Dies * KNLA: 66 Battles In 64 Days * Naga Rebel Base Destroyed * Ceasefire Groups Invited To China HUMAN RIGHTS:- * ICRC Visits Shan State * Human Trafficking � Failure To Comply * KHRG Report Exposes Military Violations * Political Prisoners * Violence Against IDPs In Eastern Shan State * Forced Labor * Forced Fire Safety Training * Extortion * Freedom Of Information * Freedom Of Movement * Human Rights Training For Youth In Bangladesh� WOMEN AND CHILDREN:- * More Women Leaders * Sanctions = Sex Slavery? * SPDC Pays Parents For Child Soldiers� RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:- * Forced Religious Conversion * USDA's Anti-Muslim Pamphlets * Anti-Muslim Riot In Mandalay * Authorities Ban Muslim Prayers * Mosque Demolished - PM Loses Face * Forced Mantra Chanting * Revered Monk Dies Suddenly * Buddhist Monks Warned To Stay Away From Politics� DISPLACEMENT:- * INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) * REFUGEES * Thailand Tightens Up * India: Thousands Of Chin Refugees Expelled * Bangladesh Repatriation Continues * Malaysia Gets Hostile * Japan Reprieve * MIGRANT WORKERS * Thai Authorities Fail To Protect Workers In Mae Sot * Japan: SPDC Denies Passports To Burmese� LANDMINES� EDUCATION:- * SPDC Claims * Reality For Mandalay Students� HEALTH:- * Still Waiting For Water * "Condom� Word Used For First Time� ENVIRONMENT:- * Tigers Face Extinction� CHRONOLOGY: 1 JUL ~ 30 SEP 2003� APPENDIX I: RECOMMENDATIONS: "SHAN REFUGEES: DISPELLING THE MYTHS"... APPENDIX II: INTERVIEWS ON FORCED MILITARY CONSCRIPTION