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Endnotes - Freedom of Opinion, Expression and the Press

 

1. Source: “Burma’s State Media Accuses Suu Kyi of Tax Evasion,” Irrawaddy, 18 January 2007.

2. Source: “Pro-Democracy Activists Threatened in State Press,” Irrawaddy, 11 June 2007.

3. Source: “Burma's Junta Steps up Propaganda Machine,” Irrawaddy, 4 October 2007.

4. Source: “Burma’s Media Still Heavily Shackled, Says Watchdog,” DVB, 6 February 2007.

5. Source: “Footloose In Burma with No Freedom,” Asia Tribune, 16 May 2007.

6. Source: “Burma Rated Among Worst Governments,” Irrawaddy, October 2007.

7. Sources: “Press Freedom Improving in Asia Despite Censors, Attacks: Report,” AFP, 1 February 2007; “Burma Continues its Iron Grip on Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

8. Source: “Than Shwe Singled Out as a Menace to Press Freedom,” Mizzima News, 3 May 2007.

9. Sources: “Burma a leading jailer of journalists, report says,” Irrawaddy, 7 February 2007; “Burma’s media still heavily shackled, says watchdog,” DVB, 6 February 2007.

10. Source: “Burma second to bottom in press freedom,” Mizzima News, 2 May 2007.

11. Source: “Press Freedom Day means nothing to Burma’s censors,” Irrawaddy, 3 May 2007.

12. Source: “Hell and Heroism: Tyranny That Rules By Terror Is Threatened By Brave Few,” The Independent, 19 September 2007.

13. Source: “Demonstration Cases,” DVB, 11 November 2007, translation by HRDU.

14. Source: Statement by the Burma UN Service Office, NCGUB, 2006.

15. Source: “Activists in Burma Start New Campaign,” Irrawaddy,03 January 2007.

16. Source: “Myanmar student activist says he and four comrades freed after more than 3 months’ detention,” International Herald Tribune, 10 January 2007.

17. Source: “Editors of Burma's Leading Media Group Interrogated,” Mizzima News, 21 August 2007.

18. Source: “Ko Htin Kyaw’s Trial Postponed”, DVB, 18 December 2007.

19. Source: “Military Steps up Restrictions on Muslims,” DVB, 17 September 2007.

20. Source: “Burma's Generals May Ditch Roadmap to Democracy,” Mizzima News, 30 May 2007.

21. Source: “Insider Says Militia behind Recent Burma Arrests,” DVB, 18 May 2007.

22. Sources: “NLD warned against celebrating Martyr’s Day,” DVB, 18 July 2007; “Heightened security around opposition party offices,” Mizzima News, 18 July 2007.

23. Sources: “Prayer campaigners bashed at Shwedagon Pagoda,” DVB, 16 January 2007; “USDA members clash with Suu Kyi supporters,” Mizzima News, 18 January 2007; “Prayer campaigners file complaint over Shwedagon brawl,” DVB, 23 January 2007.

24. Source: “Shwedagon prayer campaigners soaked by officials,” DVB, 7 February 2007.

25. Sources: “Tuesday prayer goers nearly beaten up by pro-regime mob,” Mizzima News, 20 February 2007; “Special police threaten Tuesday prayer activists,” DVB, 21 February 2007.

26. Source: “Aung San Commemorated at Children’s Day Events in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 13 February 2007.

27. Source: “Burma’s ‘Union Day’ marked at NLD headquarters,” Irrawaddy, 12 February 2007.

28. Sources: “Junta arrests seven more demonstrators,” Mizzima News, 26 February 2007; “Junta releases nine demonstrators,” Mizzima News, 27 February 2007; “Myanmar Cracks down on protestors,” AP, 23 February 2007; “2007: The Year in Review,” Irrawaddy, December 2007.

29. Sources: “MI detains eight for organising literacy seminar,” Mizzima News, 23 February 2007; “Three People Reportedly Jailed for Organizing Literary Event,” Irrawaddy, 22 February 2007.

30. Sources: “Solo Protest Staged by HIV Patient in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 4 April 2007; “Rangoon man protests lack of HIV treatment in Burma,” DVB, 5 April 2007; “Supporters call for the release of HIV protestor,” DVB, 11 April 2007.

31. Source: “Burma Township Residents Protest New Tax Rate,” Irrawaddy, 5 April 2007.

32. Sources: “USDA orders attack on human rights activists: Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Two rights activists bashed in Irrawaddy Division,” DVB, 19 April 2007; “Activists slam government groups over attack,” DVB, 20 April 2007.

33. Sources: “Burma’s junta vows to crack down on human rights activists,” Irrawaddy, 23 April 2007; “Rangoon protestors bashed, detained by police,” DVB, 23 April 2007; “Burma arrests seven over rare protest,” ABC, 22 April 2007; “Junta detains seven protestors in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 23 April 2007. 

34. Source: “Solo protester arrested in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 25 April 2007.

35. Sources: “Two jailed for distributing video footage of Than Shwe's daughter,” Mizzima News, 25 April 2007; “Men get jail time for watching Thandar Shwe video,” DVB, 25 April 2007.

36. Sources: “Old Woman Stages Solo Protest in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 18 May 2007; “Elderly woman arrested after solo protest,” DVB, 18 May 2007.

37. Source: “99 Democracy and Human Rights Activists Arrested In Burma in May 2007,” Asia Tribune, 4 June 2007.

38. Source: “Mother and sister of solo protester also arrested,” Mizzima News, 20 June 2007

39. Sources: “Suu Kyi celebrates birthday under house arrest,” Irrawaddy, 19 June 2007; “NLD members targeted in slingshot attacks,” DVB, 19 June 2007.

40. Source: “Solo demonstrators take to Rangoon streets,” DVB, 27 June 2007.

41. Sources: “Former teacher jailed for discussing human rights,” DVB, 12 July 2007; Statement on the Creation of ASEAN Human Rights Body to Combat Abuses in Burma, AAPPB, 31 July 2007; “Rights campaigner gets three years in jail,” DVB, 31 July 2007.

42. Sources: “Burmese rights activists sentenced in Irrawaddy division,” Irrawaddy, 24 July 2007; “Military throws monk in prison over protests,” DVB, 3 July 2007.

43. Source: “NLD Charges Continue Despite Moves towards Dialogue,” DVB, 13 November 2007.

44. Source: “Demonstration Cases,” DVB, 11 November 2007, translation by HRDU.

45. Source: “Activist Su Su Nway and Colleague Arrested,” DVB, 14 November 2007.

46. Source: “NLD charges continue despite moves towards dialogue,” DVB, 13 November 2007.

47. Source: “Village Secretary Given Two and Half Years in Prison,” Narinjara News, 9 December 2007.

48. Source: “Burmese Police Arrest Man for Writing to BBC,” Kaladan News, 17 December 2007.

49. Source: “Burma Mired In a Constitutional Tangle?” Mizzima News, 11 August 2007.

50. Source: “Junta Labels NC A Success, As Ethnic Questions Remain Large,” Mizzima News, 4 September 2007.

51. Source: “Proposed New Flag in Burma Stirs Controversy,” Irrawaddy, 3 September 2007.

52. Source: “Junta Labels NC A Success, As Ethnic Questions Remain Large,” Mizzima News, 4 September 2007.

53. Sources: “Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan speaks at Press Conference 2/2007,” NLM, 3 December 2007; “Burma’s Ruling General Vows to Follow Roadmap to Democracy,” VOA, 17 November 2007.

54. Sources: “Opposition Groups Slam Regime’s Defiance,” DVB, 5 December 2007; “Junta Not Serious About Talks for Genuine Transition,” Mizzima News, 5 December 2007.

55. Source: “A Charter for Thugocracy; Myanmar’s Constitutional Convention,” The Economist, 7 September 2007

56. Source: “Burma’s ‘Constitutional’ Dictatorship,” The Nation, 13 September 2007.

57. Source: “In Support of the Lady of Burma,” Bangkok Post, 19 June 2007.

58. Source: “What Lies Ahead for Burma's Cease-Fires,” Kaowao News, 2007.

59. Source: “Burma’s National Convention Closes,” Irrawaddy, 3 September 2007.

60. Source: “Burma's National Convention a Sham, says US State Department,” Irrawaddy, 5 September 2007.

61. Source: “8 Myanmar Dissidents Dodge Arrest,” AP, 1 September 2007.

62. Source: “Acceptance of NC Risks Humanitarian Crisis and Civil War – Burma Campaign UK,” Mizzima News, 3 September 2007.

63. Sources: “Rangoon Journalists Invited to Cover NC’s Final Session,” Irrawaddy, 17 July 2007; “Press kept away from National Convention,” RSF, 19 July 2007.

64. Source: “Press kept away from National Convention,” RSF, 19 July 2007.

65. Sources: “Myanmar to resume charter talks,” AFP, 15 July 2007; “Final NC Session Urged to Stick to Guidelines,” Irrawaddy, 18 July 2007.

66. Source: “USDA Slams Public Protests At Rally,” DVB, 30 September 2007.

67. Source: “88 Student Leader Denounces Government Abuse Of Power,” DVB, 10 September 2007.

68. Source: “Press Freedom in Southeast Asia Deteriorates,” The Nation, 31 December 2007.

69. Sources: “Burma a leading jailer of journalists, report says,” Irrawaddy, 7 February 2007; “Burma’s media still heavily shackled, says watchdog,” DVB, 6 February 2007; “Burma second to bottom in press freedom,” Mizzima News, 2 May 2007.

70. Source: “Burmese actor Kyaw Thu’s HIV awareness video blocked,” Mizzima News, 11 October 2007.

71. Source: “Asian journalists face coups, wars, military regimes,” AFP, 17 October 2007; Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, RSF, 16 October 20 07. 

72. Source: “Burma’s Media Still Heavily Shackled, Says Watchdog,” DVB News, 6 February 2007.

73. Source: Myanmar to introduce journalism degree course for first time,” Xinhua, 5 September 2007.

74. Source: Ibid. 

75. Source: “Burma’s Media Still Heavily Shackled, Says Watchdog,” DVB News, 6 February 2007.

76. Sources: “Myanmar reports fresh outbreak of bird flu,” AFP, 14 June 2007; “Myanmar reports new bird flu outbreak in private farm north of Yangon,” AP, 13 June 2007; “Myanmar calls on public to continue biosecurity measures against fresh H5N1 virus, Xinhua, 15 June 2007.

77. Source: “Burma Continues Its Iron Grip On Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

78. Source: “Pakokku Residents Arrested for Foreign Media Contact,” DVB, 11 September 2007.

79. Source: “Fear Reigns in Burma’s City under Siege - Our Staff Correspondent, Mandalay,” The Sunday Times, 15 October 2007.

80. Source: “Myanmar’s State Media Ignores Mass Protests,” AP, 23 September 2007.

81. Source: “Myanmar’s Military Regimes Tries to Discredit Marching Monks,” DPA, 19 September 2007.

82. Source: “Burmese Media Groups Forced To Denounce Demonstrations,” DVB, 24 September 2007.

83. Source: “Media Watchdogs Condemn Myanmar Junta Over Protest Coverage,” AFP, 21 September 2007.

84. Source: “Journalists Describe Dangers of Reporting in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 24 October 2007.

85. Source: “Journalists Prevented From Taking Pictures of Protesting Monks in Burma,” SEAPA, 21 September 2007.

86. Source: “Japan's Deputy FM Leaves for Burma Following Journalist Killing,” Irrawaddy, 30 September 2007.

87. Source: “Burma's State Media Blames Slain Japanese Journalist,” Irrawaddy, 15 October 2007.

88. Source: “Burmese Journals Suspend Publication Due To Government Demands, DVB, 28 September 2007.

89. Source: “Rights-Burma: Media-In-Exile Examine Strengths, Weaknesses,” IPS, 19 October 2007.

90. Source: “Burma’s Media Still Heavily Shackled, Says Watchdog,” DVB News, 6 February 2007.

91. Source: “Burma's Censorship Board Suspends Local Magazine, Mizzima News, 21 March 2007.

92. Source: Ibid.

93. Source: “Burma's Weekly Journals Faced With Declining Readership,” Mizzima News, 27 November 2007.

94. Source: “Silencing Burma’s Spin Doctor,” Irrawaddy, January 2007.

95. Source: “Annual Chin Student Leaders Meet in Burma Concluded,” Khonumthoung News, 10 February 2007.

96. Source: “Burma’s Media Still Heavily Shackled, Says Watchdog,” DVB News, 6 February 2007.

97. Source: “Yet another Burmese journal closes down, albeit temporarily,” Mizzima News, 20 November 2007.

98. Source: “Silencing Burma’s Spin Doctor,” Irrawaddy, January 2007.

99. Source: “Police Chief Warns Burma’s Opposition Alliance,” Irrawaddy, 16 February 2007.

100. Source: “Burma Continues Its Iron Grip on Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

101. Source: “Junta Orders Rangoon Based Journals to Denounce Ongoing Protest,” Mizzima News, 24 September 2007.

102. Source: “Junta Blames Suu Kyi Supporters for Inciting Unrest over Fuel Price Hikes,” Irrawaddy, 8 September 2007.

103. Source: “Official Version of Pakokku Events Dismissed as Untrue,” Irrawaddy, 7 September 2007.

104. Source: “Junta Bans Foreign Media from Book Stores,” Irrawaddy, November 2007.

105. Source: “Pinheiro Story Banned By Censors,” DVB, 22 November 2007.

106. Sources: “Biography of Burma's Late Prime Minister Banned,” Mizzima News, 25 May 2007; “Burma Suppresses History, Says Rangoon Writer,” Irrawaddy, 23 May 2007.

107. Source: Attack on the Press in 2006, Committee to Protect Journalists, February 2007, accessed online at http://www.cpj.org/attacks06/asia06/bur06.html.

108. Sources: “Burma a Leading Jailer of Journalists, Report Says,” Irrawaddy, 7 February 2007; “Burma Continues Its Iron Grip On Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

109. Source: “Two journalists among 2,831 prisoners pardoned by junta,” RSF, 4 January 2007.

110. Source: “Burma Continues Its Iron Grip on Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

111. Source: “Editors of Burma's Leading Media Group Interrogated,” Mizzima News, 21 August 2007.

112. Source: “Japanese News Agency Reporter Detained By Police in Burma,” Mizzima News, 23 February 2007.

113. Sources: “Myanmar detains two Japanese TV journalists,” AFP, 22 May 2007; “Junta frees two journalists detained for reporting arrival of North Korean ship,” Mizzima News, 24 May 2007; “Special police release Japanese TV reporters, DVB, 24 May 2007; “Burma Suppresses History, Says Rangoon Writer,” Irrawaddy, 23 May 2007.

114. Sources: “Japanese news agency reporter detained by police in Burma,” Mizzima News, 22 February 2007; “Reporters released after five-hour detention,” Mizzima News, 23 February 2007.

115. Source: “Junta Detain Reporter for Japanese Newspaper,” Irrawaddy, 30 September 2007.

116. Source: “Burma Protests: the Situation on September 30,” Irrawaddy, 30 September 2007.

117. Source: “Detainees Freed in Myanmar,” AP, 26 October 2007.
111 Source: “Journalists Describe Dangers of Reporting in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 24 October 2007.

118. Source: “Burma Continues Its Iron Grip on Media: RSF,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

119. Source: Journalists in Prison: CPJ’s 2006 Census, CPJ, 7 December 2006.

120. Source: “Footloose In Burma with No Freedom,” Asia Tribune, 16 May 2007.

121. Source: “Leading Exiled Burmese Media Association Demands Release of Journalist in Burma,” Narinjara News, 3 July 2007.

122. Source: “Two journalists among 2,831 prisoners pardoned by junta,” RSF, 4 January 2007.

123. Source: “Six Labor Activists in Burma Jailed for Up to 28 Years,” Irrawaddy, 8 September 2007.

124. Source: “Spontaneous Demonstrations in Different Parts of Burma,” Mizzima News, 5 September 2007.

125. Source: “Military Junta Strict with Monks,” IMNA, 19 December 2007.

126. Source: “Students Wear Black to Protest Crackdown Deaths,” DVB, 13 December 2007.

127. Source: “Monks Refuse Documentary Team to Film in Monastery,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

128. Source: “Dhamma VCDs by Two Well-known Monks Banned in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 16 November 2007.

129. Source: “Dhamma Banned in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 27 December 2007.

130. Source: “Restrictions Hit Internet Café Owners,” The Irrawaddy, 19 February 2007.

131. Source: “Burma Plans Cyber Village Project,” Kaladan News, 5 August 2007.

132. Source: Ibid.

133. Source: “Burma’s Largest IT Center Opens—But for How Long?,” Irrawaddy, 21 December 2007.

134. Source: “Footloose In Burma with No Freedom,” Asia Tribune, 16 May 2007.

135. Source: “Companies from Four Countries to Invest In Myanmar Cyber City Project,” Xinhua, 12 September 2007.

136. Source: “Burma Inaugurate Second IT Park,” Mizzima News, 17 December 2007.                  

137. Source: “Burmese Turn to Foreign Radios for Latest News,” Irrawaddy, 17 September 2007.

138. Source: “Internet Policing In Burma Stepped Up,” Mizzima News, 10 January 2007.

139. Source: “Burning down Myanmar’s Internet Firewall,” Asia Times, 21 September 2007.

140. Source: “Broadband Big Brothers,” Forbes, 3 November 2007.

141. Sources: “Foreign correspondents phones under censorship blade,” Mizzima News, 12 September 2007; “Junta blocks popular blogs,” Mizzima News, 26 September 2007; “Burma blocks You Tube,” Mizzima News, 7 September 2007; “Burma - News blackout accompanies military crackdown on protests,” RSF, 26 September 2007; “Burma - Internet disconnected, newspapers closed and foreign journalists under surveillance as junta tries to seal off Burma,” RSF, 28 September 2007; “Burma forces storm cities,” AP, 29 September 2007.

142. Source: “Pulling the Plug on the Internet in Burma,” Mizzima News, 24 October 2007.

143. Source: “Myanmar commits to combat cyber crime,” Xinhua, 3 September 2007.

144. Source: “Burning down Myanmar’s Internet Firewall,” Asia Times, 21 September 2007.

145. Source: “Citizen Journalists’ Evade Blackout on Myanmar News,” Wall Street Journal Online, 28 September 2007.

146. Source: “High Tech Gets the Truth Out,” Irrawaddy, 27 September 2007.

147. Source: “Junta Blocks Popular Blogs,” Mizzima News, 26 September 2007.

148. Source: “Come Back Moezack, We Need You!,” Irrawaddy, 19 September 2007.

149. Source: “Mogok's Blog Writer Warned,” Irrawaddy, 11 September 2007.

150. Source: “Internet, Mobile Phone Lines Cut in Attempt to Hide Burma’s Peril,” Government Technology, 27 September 2007, accessed online at www.govtech.com.

151. Source: “Myanmar’s Blogs of Bloodshed,” Asia Times, 29 September 2007.

152. Source: “Internet Back In Burma, But Lines Fluctuate,” Mizzima News, 10 October 2007.

153. Source: “Technology Puts Myanmar Protests in International Eye,” AFP, 26 September 2007.

154. Sources: “Internet once again out in Burma,” Mizzima News, 1 November 2007; “Myanmar axes Internet, UN official ahead of Gambari visit,” AFP, 3 November 2007; “Burmese internet cut-off said to prevent news flow about protests,” DVB, 4 November 2007; “Internet access in Burma severely limited, says official,” Melbourne Herald Sun, 2 November 2007; “Internet back in Burma at snails pace,” Mizzima News, 5 November 2007.

155. Source: “Broadband Big Brothers,” Forbes, 3 November 2007.

156. Source: “Burma Authority Sets Up CDMA Phones in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 13 July 2007.

157. Source: “Expansion of Burma’s Telecom Network Benefits Kannan,” Khonumthoung News, 25 January 2007.

158. Source: “Burma Authority Sets Up CDMA Phones in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 13 July 2007.

159. Source: “Civilian Journalists and Media in the 2007 Burma Uprising,” Mizzima News, 17 September 2007.

160. Source: “Rights-Burma: Media-In-Exile Examine Strengths, Weaknesses,” IPS, 19 October 2007.

161. Source: “Corruption Spotlight Falls o­n Burma’s Civil Servants,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

162. Source: “Listeners arrested by Burmese soldiers in Mon State,” HURFOM, 20 October, 2007.

163. Source: “Authorities Raid KIO Officials’ Homes, Seize Chinese Phones,” Irrawaddy, 21 November 2007.

164. Source: “Burmese Regime Sells Seized Chinese Mobile Phones,” Khonumthoung News, 14 December 2007.

165. Source: “Junta Disconnect Phones Lines of Political Activists,” Mizzima News, 11 September 2007.

166. Source: “Burmese Government Cuts Off Activists' Mobile Phones,” Irrawaddy, 10 September 2007.

167. Source: “Burmese Turn to Foreign Radios for Latest News,” Irrawaddy, 17 September 2007.

168. Sources: “Phones Cut At Myanmar Opposition HQ,” AP, 13 September 2007) (Source: “Military Cuts Phone Lines to NLD Headquarters,” DVB, 14 September 2007.

169. Source: Monasteries Raided Since September 26, AAPPB, 6 October 2007; “Monks fear government raids on monasteries,” DVB, 3 October 2007; “Monasteries again targeted in raids,” DVB, 5 October 2007; “Hundreds of monks flee Rangoon, arrive in Mon State,” IMNA, 10 October 2007.

170. Source: “Junta Extends Cut-off of Phone Service to Journalists,” Irrawaddy, 13 September 2007.

171. Source: “Scared Of Media, Junta Cuts-Off Phone Lines: NLD,” Mizzima News, 13 September 2007.

172. Source: “Citizen Journalists’ Evade Blackout on Myanmar News,” Wall Street Journal Online, 28 September 2007.

173. Source: “Burma Film Leaders Refuse To Bow to Military Pressure,” DVB, 18 January 2007.

174. Source: “Burma’s Academy Awards Back On,” 19 January 2007.

175. Source: “Naypyidaw Unrolls the Red Carpet for Burma’s ‘Oscar’ Night,” Irrawaddy, April 2007.

176. Source: “Theelaythee VCD popular in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 28 December 2007.

177. Source: “Three Owners of Small Theaters in Sittwe Arrested,” Irrawaddy, 16 November 2007.

178. Source: “Burmese Authorities Investigate Video Shops,” Kaowao News, 30 November 2007.

179. Source: “Pro-Government Film Shot in Prome,” DVB, 12 November 2007.

180. Source: “Burma's Greatest Poet Dies,” Mizzima News, 23 January 2007.

181. Sources: “Poet Flees to Thai-Burma Border,” DVB, 28 November 2007; “Poet to Be Retried for Illegal Publishing,” DVB, 9 November 2007.

182. Source: “Burma Bans Comedian Show in Mandalay,” The Nation, 9 August 2007.

183. Source: “Comedian Arrested for ‘Shooting’ Monk in Performance,” Narinjara News, 29 November 2007.

184. Source: “Celebrities, Civic Groups Offer Aid to Protesting Monks,” Irrawaddy, 24 September 2007.

185. Source: “Entertainment Industry Leaders Voice Support for Protests,” DVB, 21 September 2007.

186. Source: “Poets Lead Protest in Military Head’s Home Town,” DVB, 3 September 2007.

187. Source: “Hell and Heroism: Tyranny That Rules By Terror Is Threatened By Brave Few,” The Independent, 19 September 2007.

188. Sources: “Burmese Rapper Banned From Performing,” DVB, 22 November 2007; “Riot at Concert after Rapper Arrested,” DVB, 19 November 2007; “Singers to Submit Bio-Data Prior to Show,” Mizzima News, 22 November 2007.

189. Sources: “Summary of Events in Burma, August 19-25,” APPPB, 2007; “Contrary to Claims of Burma’s Junta, More than One Hundred Activists Arrested in Five Days,” AAPPB, 27 August 2007; “Burma: 2007 Protests against Fuel Prices,” AHRC, August 2007.

190. Sources: “88 Generation Students Refused Rumor Concerned with Demonstration,” NMG, 24 August 2007, translation by HRDU; “‘The 88 Generation Students’ Statement on the Unlawful Detainment of Student Leaders,” The 88 Generation Students Group, 10 September 2007.

191. Sources: “8 Myanmar Dissidents Dodge Arrest,” AP, 1 September 2007; “Authorities Must Allow Peaceful Demonstrations,” Amnesty International, 1 September 2007

193. Source: “Burma Concludes 14-Year-Old National Convention,” Mizzima News, 31 August 2007.

194. Sources: “More Than 1000 March in Laputta,” DVB, 3 Sept 2007; “Myanmar Halts ‘Long March’ Protest, Arrests Leaders,” Reuters, 3 September 2007.

195. Source: “Seven Activists Arrested Since Laputta Protest,” DVB, 5 September 2007.

196. Source: “Fear of Censors Stop Local Media from Covering Protests in Burma,” Mizzima News, 30 August 2007.

197. Sources: “Junta orders Rangoon based journals to denounce ongoing protest,” Mizzima News, 24 September 2007; “Burmese journals suspend publication due to government demands,” DVB, 28 September 2007;  “Burma - Internet disconnected, newspapers closed and foreign journalists under surveillance as junta tries to seal off Burma, RSF, 28 September 2007;  “Burma - During one month of protests, military government steps up propaganda, censorship and violence against journalists,” RSF, 20 September 2007; “Burma - Japanese photographer killed, another foreign journalist injured, RSF, 27 September 2007; “Myanmar cuts phone service to activists, journalists,” AFP, 16 September 2007; “Burma - Soldiers raid hotels of foreign journalists and shut down newspapers,” RSF, 27 September 2007.

198. Sources: “Protester Sentenced to Four Years for Demanding Than Shwe's Excommunication,” Narinjara News, 12 September 2007; “Solo Protestor In Taungkok Sentenced To Four Years Imprisonment,” Mizzima News, 12 September 2007; “Thousands Protest Arrests in Taunggok,” DVB, 4 September 2007.

199. Sources: “Lone Myanmar Protester Jailed for Four Years,” Reuters, 12 September 2007; “Lone Demonstrator Gets Four Year Jail Term,” Irrawaddy, 12 September 2007.

200. Sources: “Soldiers Fire Warning Rounds at Pakokku Monks,” DVB, 5 September 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; The Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution Protests, HRDU, March 2008..

201. Source: “Monks Set Fire to Government Cars,” DVB, 6 September 2007.

202. Source: “Monks Mark Start of Boycott with Metta Chants,” DVB, 18 September 2007.

203. Source: “Monks March in Kyaukpadaung, Aung Lan and Pakkoku,” DVB, 18 September 2007.

204. Source: “Monks in Myanmar March In Protest for Third Day,” New York Times, 21 September 2007.

205. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; The Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution Protests, HRDU, March 2008.

206. Source: “Defiant Protests Continue Despite First Signs Of Military Response,” DVB, 25 September 2007.

207. Sources: “Challenge to Myanmar’s Junta Gains Momentum,” New York Times, 23 September 2007; “Protests Swell As Monks Receive Increasing Support,” DVB, 24 September 2007.

208. Source: “Burma Army Starts Killing,” DPA, 26 September 2007.

209. Source: “U.S. Imposes Economic Sanctions on Myanmar Government Officials,” AP, 27 September 2007.

210. Source: “Maroon Revolution in Numbers,” APPPB, October 2007.

211. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; The Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution Protests, HRDU, March 2008.

212. Sources: “Tokyo: Police says Nagai shot at Point-blank Range,” The Asahi Shimbun, 27 November 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; The Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution Protests, HRDU, March 2008.

213. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; The Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution Protests, HRDU, March 2008.

214. Source: Ibid.

215. Source: Saffron Revolution: Update, Altsean Burma, 15 October 2007.

216. Source: “Burma Information Blackout: The Media War,” Irrawaddy, 2 October 2007.

 


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