1. Source: “SPDC Tortured People in Thaton District,” Burma Issues, 28 April 2007.

2. Source: “Red Cross Openly Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007.

3. Source: “UN Plans Big Rise in Food Aid to Burma,” Financial Times, 4 September 2007.

4. Source: Ibid.

5. Source: “Burmese Army to buy 329,000 Tins of Paddy for Army Rations,” Narinjara News, 28 November 2007.

6. Source: “Junta Forces Rice Sales to Military in Burma at Devalued Prices,” Irrawaddy, 19 January 2007.

7. Sources: Shoot on Sight: The ongoing Offensive Against Villagers in Northern Karen State, Burma Issues, December 2006; “Thousands Flee Myanmar Fighting – Rebels,” AFP, 27 March 2006.

8. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

9. Source: “Burma Army Kills 5 Villagers and Forces 223 More Into Hiding Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 9 August, 2007; “Over 1,000 Villagers Displaced as Burma Army Launches New Attacks in Papun District and Mon Township,” FBR, 24 March 2007; “Burma Army Kills 2 Villagers Shoots and wounds 9 people including 13 and 18-year-old girls during attacks during harvest from 24 to 29 October, 2007, FBR, 29 October 2007.

10. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attack, Killing Three People and Displacing 201 Villagers in Mon Township, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 21 March 2007.

11. Source: Development by Decree – The Politics of Poverty and Control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

12. Source: “Four Villagers Killed, Three Shot Point Blank, as 2,000 Flee Burma Army Attacks,” Free Burma Rangers Report, 7 April 2007.

13. Source: Ibid.

14. Source: “Burma Army Kills 5 Villagers and Forces 223 More Into Hiding Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 9 August, 2007.

15. Source: Development by Decree – The Politics of Poverty and Control in Karen State,KHRG, April 2007.

16. Source: Ibid.

17. Source: “Increased roads, army camps and attacks on rural communities in Papun District, KHRG, 16 November 2007.

18. Source: “Burma Army Burns Down Four Villages,” FBR, 26 April 2006.

19. Source: Increased roads, army camps and attacks on rural communities in Papun District KHRG, 16 November, 2007.

20. Source: “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007.

21. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

22. Source: Villagers risk arrest and execution to harvest their crops, KHRG, 4 December 2007.

23. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007

24. Source: Bullets and Bulldozers: The SPDC offensive continues in Toungoo District,KHRG, 19 February 2007.

25. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

26. Source: Ibid.

27. Source: Ibid.

28. Source: Ibid.

29. Source: Villagers risk arrest and execution to harvest their crops, KHRG, 4 December 2007.

30. Source: “Villager Killed, Two Villagers Step on Landmines and Two Villages Destroyed, More than 1,000 Flee New Attacks Northern Karen and Southern Karenni States,” FBR, 22 August 2007.

31. Source: Myanmar: Leaving Home, AI, 8 September 2005.

32. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, KHRG, 9 July, 2007.

33. Source: Ibid.

34. Source: Ibid.

35. Source: Ibid.

36. Source: Ibid.

37. Source: Ibid.

38. Source: “Military Operation Confines People to Villages,” IMNA, 07 August 2007.

39. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” The Plight, Issue No.1/2007, Woman and Child Rights Project, March 2007.

40. Source: “The Mon Forum,” Issue No. 7/2007, HURFOM, 31 July 2007.

41. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” The Plight, Issue No.1/2007, Woman and Child Rights Project, March 2007.

42. Source: "Mon State: Rebel Demands End to Human Rights Violations," Kaowao News, 20 February 2007.

43. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” The Plight, Issue No.1/2007, Woman and Child Rights Project, March 2007.

44. Source: Ibid.

45. Source: “New Army Check Point Extorts Money from TPP Villagers,” IMNA, 9 April 2007.

46. Source: “Exploded Mines Not Laid By ‘Us’: MRP,” IMNA, 10 October 2007.

47. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” The Plight, Issue No.1/2007, Woman and Child Rights Project, March 2007.

48. Source: Ibid.

49. Source: Ibid.

50. Source: Ibid.

51. Source: “The Mon Forum,” Issue No. 7/2007, HURFOM, 31 July 2007.

52. Source: “Security Tightened After Moulmein Bombings,” IMNA, 7 March 2007.

53. Source: “Junta Adopts New Strategy in Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 31 October 2007.

54. Source: “Rhododendron News Volume X. No. I.”, CHRO, January-February 2007.

55. Source: “Villagers Unable to Travel without Army Permission,” Khonumthoung News, 15 June 2007.

56. Source: “Update Of Burma Army Attack in Dooplaya District, Karen State,” FBR, 12 March 2007.

57. Source: “Update of the Current Situation in Northern Karen State,” FBR, 3 February 2007.

58. Source: “General human Rights Violations during January-March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

59. Source: “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007.

60. Source: “Burma Army Kills 5 Villagers and Forces 223 More Into Hiding Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 9 August, 2007.

61. Source: “Villager Killed, Two Villagers Step on Landmines and Two Villages Destroyed, More than 1,000 Flee New Attacks Northern Karen and Southern Karenni States,” FBR, 22 August 2007.

62. Source: “Over 1,000 Villagers Displaced as Burma Army Launches New Attacks in Papun District and Mon Township,” FBR, 24 March 2007.

63. Source: Ibid.

64. Source: “Burma Army Burns Down Four Villages,” FBR, 26 April 2006.

65. Source: Ibid.

66. Source: “Burma Army Kills 2 Villagers Shoots and wounds 9 people including 13 and 18-year-old girls during attacks during harvest from 24 to 29 October, 2007, FBR, 29 October 2007.

67. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

68. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 6/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

69. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attack, Killing Three People and Displacing 201 Villagers in Mon Township, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 21 March 2007.

70. Source: Ibid.

71. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

72. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

73. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District,KHRG, 9 August 2007.

74. Source: “Villagers risk arrest and execution to harvest their crops,” KHRG, 4 December 2007.

75. Source: “80,000 Karenni Villagers Become IDPs,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2007.

76. Source: “A Wife of Village Chairman Died for Military Blockage of Hospitalization,” KNG, 17 March 2007.

77. Source: “A Man Protests against the Junta in Myitkyina,” KNG, 24 May 2007; “Curfew in Myitkyina,” KNG, May 23 2007.

78. Source: “Curfew in More Townships of Northern Burma,” KNG, 30 May 2007

79. Source: “Junta Dismantles Two Key Bridges in Northern Burma,” KNG, 7 December 2007; “Key Bridges to Logging Fields Recovered, Chinese Loggers Infiltrate,” KNG, 20 December 2007.

80. Source: “Burmese Army Raids KIA's Regional Command Office, Arrest Two,” Mizzima News, 23 November 2007.

81. Source: “Security Tightened After Moulmein Bombings,” IMNA, 7 March 2007.

82. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” The Plight, Issue No.1/2007, Woman and Child Rights Project, March 2007.

83. Source: Ibid.

84. Source: Ibid.

85. Source: “The Mon Forum,” Issue No. 7/2007, HURFOM, 31 July 2007.

86. Source: “Over 300 Relocated Villagers Desperate for Space to Resettle,” IMNA, 10 July 2007.

87. Source: “The Mon Forum,” Issue No. 7/2007, HURFOM, 31 July 2007.

88. Source: “Military Operation Confines People to Villages,” IMNA, 7 August 2007.

89. Source: “Extortion of Paper in Kaeng-Tung,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, April 2007.

90. Source: “Civilians Forced Into Night Sentry Duty in Burma's Eastern Shan State,” Mizzima News, 17 August 2007.

91. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 9/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

92. Source: “UN Human Rights Experts Urge Burma to Address Discrimination against Rohingya,” Kaladan News, 3 April 2007.

93. Source: “Burma Agrees on Identity Cards for Rohingyas,” Irrawaddy, 24 July 2007.

94. The UN Human Rights Experts are: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro; the Independent Expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt.

95. Source: “UN Human Rights Experts Call On Myanmar to Address Discrimination against Members of Muslim Minority in North Rakhine State,” United Nations Human Rights Council, 3 April 2007.

96. Source: 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Burma, United States Department of State, 14 September 2007.

97. Source: “National Identity Cards for Rohingyas,” Kaladan News, 4 April 2007.

98. Source: “Burma Agrees on Identity Cards for Rohingyas,” Irrawaddy, 24 July 2007.

99. Source: Ibid.

100. Source: “Nasaka Photographs Rohingyas In Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 2 February 2007.

101. Source: “UN Human Rights Experts Urge Burma to Address Discrimination against Rohingya,” Kaladan News, 3 April 2007.

102. Source: 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Burma, United States Department of State, 14 September 2007.

103. Source: “Five Burmese Muslim Youth Arrested in Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 31 July 2007.

104. Source: “Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 25 December 2007.

105. Source: “Army Harasses Firewood Collectors,” Kaladan News, 9 February 2007.

106. Source: Ibid.

107. Source: “Military Taxation A Way of Life in Arakan, Kaladan News, 26 March 2007.

108. Source: “Patient Fined Kyat 50,000 By Nasaka,” Kaladan News, 18 January 2007.

109. Source: “Military Taxation A Way of Life in Arakan, Kaladan News, 26 March 2007.

110. Source: “UN Human Rights Experts Urge Burma to Address Discrimination against Rohingya,” Kaladan News, 3 April 2007.

111. Source: “Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 25 December 2007.

112. Source: “Patient Fined Kyat 50,000 by Nasaka,” Kaladan News, 18 January 2007.

113. Source: “Nasaka Photographs Rohingyas In Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 2 February 2007.

114. Source: “Model Village On Rohingya Land In Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 8 February 2007.

115. Source: “Dagon Muslims Forced to Accept New Restrictions,” DVB, 25 January 2007.

116. Source: “Army Harasses Firewood Collectors,” Kaladan News, 9 February 2007.

117. Source: “Authorities Search For Photos Snappers,” 13 February 2007; “Households Forced to Relocate for Model Villagers,” Narinjara News, 29 January 2007.

118. Source: “Nasaka's Extortion Continues,” Kaladan News, 13 March 2007.

119. Source: “Thandwe Muslims Forced to Pay Bribes for Rangoon Treatment,” DVB, 20 March 2007.

120. Source: “Military Taxation A Way of Life in Arakan, Kaladan News, 26 March 2007.

121. Source: “Villagers Flee For Fear Of Arrest by Nasaka,” Kaladan News, 17 May 2007.

122. Source: “Mother and Child Jump into Lake for Fear of Arrest,” Kaladan News, 1 October 2007.

123. Source: “Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 25 December 2007.

124. Source: “Fees for Citizenship Scrutiny Cards Hiked,” IMNA, 24 May 2007.

125. Source: “Rush for New Passports Before Office Shifts to Naypyitaw,” Mizzima News, 22 November 2007.

126. Source: 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Burma, US Department of State, 14 September 2007.

127. Source: “Burma Releases Detained US-Bound Scholar And a Protestor,” DVB, 2 April 2007; “Myanmar Frees Pro-Democracy Activist,” AFP, 3 April 2007.

128. Source: “Woman Detained, Money Extorted by Nasaka,” Kaladan News, 20 March 2007.

129. Source: “Nasaka's Extortion Continues,” Kaladan News, 13 March 2007.

130. Source: “Burmese travellers again allowed 7-day Visa to Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 25 January 2007.

131. Source: “Burmese People Stranded in Teknaf,” Kaladan News, 10 August 2007.

132. Source: “Illegal Checkpoints Close Down due to Row over Their Control,” Kaowao News, 31 May 2007.

133. Source: “Burmese Police Detain Chin Nationals in Monastery,” Khonumthoung News, 03 August 2007.

134. Source: “7 Bangladeshis Sentenced to 5 years with 48 Burmese,” Narinjara News, 2 May 2007.

135. Source: “67 Migrants Shifted to Sittwe Prison,” Narinjara News, 18 December 2007.

136. Source: “Security Tightens at Border to Block Muslim Exodus from Arakan,” Narinjara News, 6 July 2007.

137. Source: “Immigration Officers Overcharge People for ID Card,” Khonumthoung News, 13 July 2007.

138. Source: Ibid.

139. Source: “Junta Forcibly Conscripting Kachin Youth,” Irrawaddy, 3 August 2007.

140. Source: “Bago Student Sued Over ID Request,” DVB, 9 August 2007.

141. Source: 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Burma, United States Department of State, 14 September 2007.

142. Source: “Junta Orders Census of Kachin State in Two Age Groups,” KNG, 9 July 2007.

143. Source: “ID Cards Issued in Ethnic Ceasefire Areas,” Irrawaddy, 5 September 2007.

144. Source: “Nasaka Photographs Rohingyas in Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 02 February 2007.

145. Source: “Authorities Make Residents Pay While Checking Family Lists,” IMNA, 29 March 2007.

146. Source: “Over 30 people fined for staying in TPP without registering,” IMNA, 17 July 2006.

147. Source: “Junta’s Abuse: A Key Obstacle to Reconciliation,” DVB, 12 February 2007.

148. Source: “Three More Rights Activists Arrested,” DVB, 3 May 2007.

149. Source: “Fourteen NLD Youth Members Arrested In Magwe,” DVB, 27 August 2007.

150. Source: “Activists Accuse Military of Illegal Midnight Raids,” DVB, 27 August 2007.

151. Source: “Officials Force Women to Buy Group Applications,” DVB, 24 December 2007.

152. Source: “Delayed Mandalay Rail Users Asked To Show Registration Forms,” DVB, 8 February 2007.

153. Source: “Why Can't the U.N. Crime Office Find Crime,” AHRC, 5 April 2007.

154. Source: “US Flays Burma for Doing Little To Stop Human Trafficking,” Mizzima News, 13 June 2007.

155. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, Burmese Women’s Union, 2007.

156. Source: Trafficking in Persons Report: Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State, 12 June 2007.

157. Source: “Myanmar Plans To Set Up More Border Liaison Offices to Curb Human Trafficking,” Xinhua, 10 August 2007.

158. Source: “New Army Check Point Extorts Money from TPP Villagers,” IMNA, 9 April 2007.

159. Source: “Women in Poverty: Impacts from Livelihood and Human Rights Violations,” Women and Child Rights Project, 20 March 2007.

160. Source: “Burmese Authorities Send back 12 to Chin State from Rangoon,” Khonumthoung News, 17 August 2007.

161. Source: “Five Human Trafficking Suspects Arrested in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 19 July 2007.

162. Source: “Monks Forced Back Home Again from Htauk Kyant Gate,” IMNA, 8 October 2007.

163. Source: “Monks In Meikhtila Sent Home To Prevent Protests,” Mizzima News, 5 October 2007.

164. Source: Ibid.

165. Source: “Moulmein Residents Worried about Monks,” IMNA, 23 October 2007.

166. Source: "Travelling Monks Face Difficulties," Kaowao News, 19 October 2007.

167. Source: Ibid.

168. Source: “Monks Are Not Allowed to Travel from Kawtthoung to Ranoung,” New Era Journal, 16 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

169. Source: “Monks from Kawthaung Banned to Cross Yanaung,” NMG, 16 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

170. Source: “Junta Adopts New Strategy in Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 31 October 2007.

171. Source: “Junta Puts Monks under Intense Scrutiny in Kachin State,” KNG, 17 October 2007.

172. Source: “Monks Not Allowed Entry to Rangoon without Recommendations,” IMNA, 19 November 2007.

173. Source: “Security Tightened at Shwe Dagon Pagoda,” DVB, 12 November 2007.

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

175. Source: “UN Expert Calls For Immediate Aid to Karen,” Mizzima News, 27 February 2007.

176. Source: “Human Rights Abuses Threaten Health in Burma,” The Lancet, 3 August 2007.

177. Source: “UN coordinator’s report lists causes of Burma’s social problems,” Irrawaddy, 29 June 2007; “Red Cross Openly Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007.

178. Source: “Top UN Representative Expelled,” Irrawaddy, December 2007.

179. Source: “International Aid Groups Ask Junta to Drop Barriers,” Irrawaddy, November 2007.

180. Source: “Int’l Community Helps Myanmar Implement 126 Projects in Past Four Years,” Xinhua, 6 August 2007.

181. Source: “Assistance Programs Constrained in Burma,” US Government Accountability Office, April 2007.

182. Source: Ibid.

183. Source: “Junta Responsible for Spread of Infectious Diseases,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007.

184. Source: “Aid and Sanctions in Burma,” Boston Globe, 19 June 2007.

185. Source: “Burma's HIV Rates Falling As Funds Dry Up, Say Experts,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007; “Agents for Change,” South China Post, 17 January 2007; Source: “Obscuring Burma’s Humanitarian Crisis,” Irrawaddy, 1 May 2007.

186. Source: “Fund Project to Start To Help Myanmar Fight Three Diseases,” Xinhua, 23 March 2007.

187. Source: “ICRC to Close Down Two Field Offices In Burma,” Mizzima News, 1 March 2007.

188. Source: “Burma: Aid in A Tight Space,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

189. Source: Ibid.

190. Source: “Obscuring Burma’s Humanitarian Crisis,” Irrawaddy, 1 May 2007.

191. Source: “Burma's HIV Rates Falling As Funds Dry Up, Say Experts,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007; “Agents for Change,” South China Post, 17 January 2007.

192. Source: “Government To Keep Tight Rein On Aid In Burma,” Irrawaddy, 13 March 2007.

193. Source: “Merlin Tackles Malaria on War Footing in Chin State,” Khonumthoung News, 20 July 2007; “Merlin to Operate In Chin State,” Khonumthoung News, 25 May 2007.

194. Source: “Merlin to Operate In Chin State,” Khonumthoung News, 25 May 2007.

195. Source: “UNDP Digs Wells for Villager in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 6 August 2007

196. Source: “Burma’s Security Force Arrests Four Villagers in Rathedaung,” Kaladan News, 27 November 2007.

197. Source: Ibid.

198. Source: “International Aid Groups Ask Junta to Drop Barriers,” Irrawaddy, November 2007.

199. Source: “Human Rights Abuses Threaten Health in Burma,” The Lancet, 3 August 2007.

200. Source: Ibid.

201. Source: “UN Expert Calls For Immediate Aid To Karen,” Mizzima News, 27 February 2007.

202. Source: “House Of Commons Committee Urges UK Government to Quadruple Aid to Burma,” CSW, 25 July 2007; “British MPs Call for Direct Grants for Burma Aid,” Irrawaddy, 25 July 2007; “Study Calls for Significant Increased DFID Aid to Burma,” Mizzima News, 26 July 2007.

203. Source: “Human Rights Abuses Threaten Health in Burma,” The Lancet, 3 August 2007.

204. Source: “ICRC Press Release No. 07/30,” Mizzima News, 15 March 2007; “SPDC Continues to Challenge International Community,” IMNA, 20 March 2007.

205. Source: “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC Statement, 15 August 2007; “Human Rights Abuses Threaten Health in Burma,” The Lancet, 3 August 2007.

206. Source: “SPDC Continues to Challenge International Community,” IMNA, 20 March 2007.

207. Source: “ICRC Press Release No. 07/30,” Mizzima News, 15 March 2007.

208. Source: “ICRC Press Release No. 07/30,” Mizzima News, 15 March 2007; “ICRC Closes Two Field Offices,” DVB News, 13 March 2007; “Humanitarian Work In Burma Nearly Paralyzed, ICRC Says,” Irrawaddy, 15 March 2007.

209. Source: “SPDC Continues to Challenge International Community,” IMNA, 20 March 2007; “ICRC to Close Down Two Field Offices In Burma,” Mizzima News, 1 March 2007.

210. Source: “Regime Rejects Red Cross Charges,” Irrawaddy, 4 July 2007; “ICRC Closes Two Field Offices,” DVB News, 13 March 2007.

211. Source: “Red Cross Openly Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007; “Rights-Burma: Junta Will Stop Recruiting Child Soldiers,” IPS, 3 July 2007; “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC, 15 August 2007.

212. Source: “Burma’s Long and Steady Downward Slide,” UPI, 12 July 2007.

213. Source: “Red Cross Openly Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007; “Rights-Burma: Junta Will Stop Recruiting Child Soldiers,” IPS, 3 July 2007; “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC, 15 August 2007.

214. Source: “Burma’s Long and Steady Downward Slide,” UPI, 12 July 2007.

215. Source: “Burma: Aid in A Tight Space,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

216. Source: “Junta Hampering Food Movement; Hunger Big Danger, Says UN,” Irrawaddy, 29 September 2007.

217. Source: “ICRC Appeals to Regime for Access to Detainees,” Irrawaddy, 2 November 2007.

218. Source: “ICRC Looks to Resume Activities,” Mizzima News, 2 November 2007; “ICRC Requests Access in Burma,” DVB, 2 November 2007.

219. Source: “Burma: Aid in A Tight Space,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

220. Source: “Myanmar Invites UN Special Rapporteur Back, ” DPA, 6 November 2007.

221. Source: “Myanmar Meets with UN Humanitarian Official,” AFP, 9 April 2007.

222. Source: “Analysis – Gambari to lead UN’s Burma strategy,” DVB, 23 May 2007.

223. Source: “Burma: Diplomatic Graveyard,” Irrawaddy, 5 November 2007.

224. Source: “UN Child Envoy Meets Burmese Acting Premier,” Mizzima News, 27 June 2007.

225. Source: “UN Child Expert Meets Burmese Ministers in Nay Pyi Taw,” Mizzima News, 26 June 2007.

226. Source: “UN Children's Envoy Begins Burma Visit Today,” Mizzima News, 25 June 2007.

227. Source: “UN Begins Dialogue with Burma on Child Soldier,” Mizzima News, 29 June 2007.

228. Source: “Myanmar Invites UN Special Rapporteur Back,” DPA, 6 November 2007; “Burma: Diplomatic Graveyard,” Irrawaddy, 5 November 2007.

229. Source: “Gambari to Revisit Burma in September,” Mizzima News, 12 July 2007; “UN Tries to Revive Its Burma Strategy,” Mizzima News, 20 June 2007; “UN Chief Appoints Gambari to Pursue Efforts in Burma, Mizzima News, 23 May 2007.

230. Source: “Burmese Junta Urged to Form Coalition Government,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007.

231. Source: “UN Peace Envoy Meets Detained Leader,” Reuters, 30 September 2007.

232. Source: “NLD Hopes to Meet Gambari,” DVB, 3 November 2007; “Gambari Concludes Burma Visit, Meets Suu Kyi Again,” Mizzima News, 2 October 2007.

233. Source: “UN Chief Says Envoy's Trip to Burma Wasn't Success,” Irrawaddy, 4 October 2007.

234. Sources: “UN Envoy Meets Suu Kyi, Rounds off Burma Visit,” Mizzima News, 8 November 2007; "Myanmar Axes Internet, UN Official Ahead of Gambari Visit," AFP, 2 November 2007; “NLD Leaders to Meet Gambari,” Mizzima News, 8 November 2007; “Three NLD Officers to Meet With Gambari,” Irrawaddy, 7 November 2007; “Gambari Told Junta to Release Suu Kyi to Show Commitment,” Irrawaddy, 14 November 2007.

235. Source: “Burmese Opposition Questions Gambari’s View of “Progress”, Irrawaddy, 13 July 2007.

236. Source: “UN Rights Body Wants Burmese Junta To Allow Investigation,” Mizzima News, 3 October 2007.

237. Source: “Myanmar Invites UN Special Rapporteur Back,”    DPA, 6 November 2007.

238. Source: “Special Rapporteur Begins Visit to Burma,” DVB, 12 November 2007.

239. Source: “UN Human Rights Investigator Receives Evidence of Myanmar Death Toll,” AP, 16 November 2007.

240. Source: “Pinheiro Meets Prominent Burmese Political Prisoners,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2007; "UN Human Rights Investigator Receives Evidence of Myanmar Death Toll," AP, 16 November 2007; “Pinheiro Meets Prominent Burmese Political Prisoners,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2007.

241. Source: “Pinheiro Challenges International Community,” Mizzima News, 30 November 2007.

242. Source: “Bangladesh Foreign Advisor Leaves For Rangoon Today,” Narinjara News, 25 April 2007.

243. Source: “Burma to Wind up National Convention This Year: Burmese FM,” Mizzima News, 3 April 2007.

244. Source: “Former South Korean President Denied Visa,” Irrawaddy, February 2007.

245. Source: “North Korean vice FM to Begin Burma Visit On April 26,” Mizzima News, 25 April 2007.

246. Source: “Myanmar Uses Rare Press Conference to Deny Rights Abuses,” AFP, 26 March 2007. 

247. Source: “Junta Nixes Visas for Foreign Journalists,” Irrawaddy, 16 July 2007.

248. Source: “Journalists to Attend NC Sans Tape Recorders, Cell Phones,” Mizzima News, 17 July 2007.

249. Source: “Tourist Numbers to Burma Drop Five Percent in 2006,” Narinjara News, 9 February 2007.

250. Source: “Tourist Arrivals in Myanmar Up In 1st 4 Months This Fiscal Year,” Xinhua, 28 August 2007; “Tourist Numbers to Burma Drop Five Percent in 2006,” Narinjara News, 9 February 2007.

251. Source: “Tourism Grows In Myanmar, Despite Political Woes,” AFP, 7 March 2007.

252. Source: “Traveling in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

253. Source: “Individual Observation concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) Myanmar (ratification: 1955),” Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, March 2006.

254. Source: “Opposition Calls On Junta to Arrest Pro-Government Demonstrators,” DPA, 2 February 2007.

255. Source: “Restaurant Reserved For Union Day Dinner Closed,” NMG, 12 February 2007.

256. Source: “Three People Reportedly Jailed for Organizing Literary Event,” Irrawaddy, 22 February 2007.

257. Source: “Burmese Authorities Clamp Down on May Day Event in Chauk,” Irrawaddy, 30 April 2007.

258. Source: “May Day Event Participants Arrested in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 2 May 2007.

259. Source: “Suu Kyi's Birthday Celebrations Disrupted in Shwe Bo,” NMG, 21 June 2007.

260. Source: “Donations Disallowed on Martyr's Day,” IMNA, 19 July 2007.

261. Source: 2007 Report on International Religious Freedom - Burma, United States Department of State, 14 September 2007; “USDA Members Clash With Suu Kyi Supporters,” Mizzima News, January 18, 2007; “Prayer Campaigners Bashed At Shwedagon Pagoda,” DVB, 16 January 2007; “Shwedagon Prayer Campaigners Soaked By Officials,” DVB, 7 February 2007; “Tuesday prayer goers nearly beaten up by pro-regime mob,” Mizzima News, 20 February 2007; “Activists Visit Relatives of Detained Pro-democracy Leader Suu Kyi,” Irrawaddy, 21 May 2007.

262. Source: “CRPP Warns Military over Crackdown on Protests,” DVB, 30 May 2007.

263. Source: “Prayer Campaigners Bashed At Shwedagon Pagoda,” DVB, 16 January 2007.

264. Source: “USDA Members Clash With Suu Kyi Supporters,” Mizzima News, January 18, 2007; “Prayer Campaigners Bashed At Shwedagon Pagoda,” DVB, 16 January 2007.

265. Source: “Shwedagon Prayer Campaigners Soaked By Officials,” DVB, 7 February 2007.

266. Source: “Tuesday prayer goers nearly beaten up by pro-regime mob,” Mizzima News, 20 February 2007.

267. Source: “Activists Arrested Before Prayers for Suu Kyi Release,” Reuters, 15 May 2007; “Junta-Backed Mob Rounds Up More Activists,” Mizzima News, 16 May 2007.

268. Source: “Fifteen More Pro-democracy Activists Arrested, Released,” Irrawaddy, 16 May 2007; “Junta-Backed Mob Rounds Up More Activists,” Mizzima News, 16 May 2007.

269. Source: “Suu Kyi Supporters Assaulted In Pagoda,” Mizzima News, 25 May 2007.

270. Source: “Junta Thugs Confront Suu Kyi Supporters Demanding Her Release,” Irrawaddy, 28 May 2007.

271. Source: “Burmese Junta Thugs Block Prayer March to Shwedagon Pagoda,” Narinjara News, 28 May 2007; “Junta Thugs Confront Suu Kyi Supporters Demanding Her Release,” Irrawaddy, 28 May 2007.

272. Source: “Activists stopped from praying for Suu Kyi,” Mizzima News, 11 June 2007.

273. Source: “Burma: Arbitrary Detention of Protesters,” HRW, 22 August 2007.

274. Source: “13 Pro-Democracy Activists Arrested In Myanmar,” AP, 22 August 2007.

275. Source: “Anti-Inflation Burmese Demonstrator Spends Three Months in Jail,” DPA, 23 July 2007; “Junta Arrests Anti-Government Demonstrators In Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 23 February 2007: “Anti-Government Protest in Downtown Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 22 February 2007.

276. Source: “Junta Arrests Anti-Government Demonstrators In Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 23 February 2007.

277. Source: “Junta Arrests Seven More Demonstrators,” Mizzima News, February 26, 2007; “Burmese Police Interrogate More Protestors,” DVB, 7 March 2007; “Junta's Second Crackdown on Protestors,” Mizzima News, 7 March 2007; “Burmese Police Interrogate More Protestors,” DVB, 7 March 2007.

278. Source: “Seven Demonstrators Released,” Mizzima News, 14 March 2007.

279. Source: “Burma’s Junta Vows to Crack Down on Human Rights Activists,” Irrawaddy, 23 April 2007; “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents, HRW, 24 April 2007; “Junta Detains Seven Protestors in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 23 April 2007.

280. Source: “Anti-Inflation Burmese Demonstrator Spends Three Months in Jail,” DPA, 23 July 2007.

281. Source: “At Least 100 Arrested in Myanmar,” AFP, 27 August 2007.

282. Source: “13 Pro-Democracy Activists Arrested In Myanmar,” AP, 22 August 2007.

283. Source: “88 Student Leaders and Activists Arrested,” DVB, 22 August 2007.

284. Source: “Burma: Arbitrary Detention of Protesters,” HRW, 22 August 2007.

285. Source: “Protests Continue in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007.

286. Source: “Monks Continue Protests on Streets of Burma,” Mizzima News, 5 November 2007.

287. Source: “Activists Stage Small Protest In Rangoon,” BBC Burmese Service, 25 November 2007.

288. Source: “Women Activists Stage Demonstration in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 26 November 2007.

289. Source: “88 Student Lambasts Junta For Accusing Demonstrators,” Mizzima News, 23 February 2007; “Anti-Government Protest in Downtown Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 22 February 2007; “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents, HRW, 24 April 2007; “Junta Arrests Anti-Government Demonstrators In Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 23 February 2007; “Junta Allows Demonstrations against US, UK in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 1 February 2007.

290. Source: “Military Bans Work In Plantation on Independence Day,” IMNA, 4 January 2007.

291. Source: “Akyab Seaport Jetty Open,” Narinjara News, 19 February 2007.

292. Source: “400 Villagers Forced to Attend "Celebration",” ERI, 29 March 2007; “Press Release: March 29, 2007,” Shan Sapawa Environmental Organization (Sapawa), 29 March 2007; “Over 400 Villagers Forced To Attend Launch of Tasang Construction,” Mizzima News, 29 March 2007.

293. Source: “Junta Cleaning Up Image at Public Expense,” SHAN, 1 October 2007.

294. Source: “Junta's Rally for NC Held in Chin State Today,” Khonumthoung News, 9 October 2007.

295. Source: “Forcibly Attend NC Support,” DVB, 25 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

296. Source: Forced labour, extortion and the state of education in Dooplaya District, KHRG, 16 October 2007.

297. Source: “People Oppose Junta in Staged Rallies to Support National Convention,” Irrawaddy, 17 October 2007.

298. Source: “Junta's Rally for NC Held in Chin State Today,” Khonumthoung News, 9 October 2007.

299. Source: “People Oppose Junta in Staged Rallies to Support National Convention,” Irrawaddy, 17 October 2007.

300. Source: Ibid.

301. Source: “Majority of Mansi Residents Demand for Their Wishes instead of Denouncing,” NMG, 25 October 2007.

302. Source: “Soldiers Attend Rally in Fire Service Uniforms,” Narinjara News, 13 October 2007; “Sittwe Elders Dispute Junta's Report on Rally,” Narinjara News, 31 December 2007.

303. Source: “Forced Pro Government Rallies in Every Town in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 17 October 2007.

304. Source: Ibid.

305. Source: Ibid.

306. Source: “Hakha People Being Forced to Attend Rally to Support NC,” Khonumthoung News, 5 October 2007.

307. Source: “Chin People Forced to Join Pro-Junta Rally,” Khonumthoung News, 24 October 2007.

308. Source: “Chin People Fined for Not Attending Pro-Junta Rally,” Khonumthoung News, 21 November 2007.

309. Source: “Rally Supporting NC in Mon State Today,” IMNA, 10 October 2007; Forced labour, extortion and the state of education in Dooplaya District, KHRG, October 16, 2007.

310. Source: “Forcibly Attend NC Support,” DVB, 25 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

311. Source: “Karenni People Forced to Attend Rally to Support NC,” Kantarawaddy Times, 10 October 2007.

312. Source: “Kachin Youths Forced to Attend Function Supporting NC in Naypyitaw,” Mizzima News, 12 September 2007.

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

314. Source: “Majority of Mansi Residents Demand for Their Wishes instead of Denouncing,” NMG, 25 October 2007.

315. Source: “Junta Organizes Mass Rallies In Support Of National Convention,” Mizzima News, 3 October 2007.

316. Source: “Junta Organizes Mass Rallies In Support Of National Convention,” Mizzima News, 3 October 2007; “Meikhtila USDA Holds Pro-Government Rally,” DVB, 3 October 2007.

317. Source: “Teachers Not to Wear Uniforms for Tomorrow's Rally,” IMNA, 5 October 2007; “Rally Supporting NC in Mon State Today,” IMNA, 10 October 2007.

318. Source: “Car Going to Rally Crashes Injuring Five,” IMNA, 22 October 2007; “Junta Demand Rally Support in Towns of Mon State,” Kaowao News, 22 October 2007; “Residents Refuse to Attend Rally Denouncing Protests,” IMNA, 22 October 2007.

319. Source: “TPDC Fines People Refusing to Attend Rally,” IMNA, 24 October 2007; “Junta Demand Rally Support in Towns of Mon State,” Kaowao News, 22 October 2007.

320. Source: “Tharawaddy USDA Plans Mass Rally,” DVB, 12 September 2007.

321. Source: “USDA to Hold Pro-Government Rallies,” DVB, 26 November 2007.

322. Source: “Junta “Eliminating” Soldiers Who Fired on Monks,” Asia News, 20 November 2007.

323. Source: “Junta Cleaning Up Image at Public Expense,” SHAN, 1 October 2007.

324. Source: Ibid.

325. Source: “Pro-Junta Rally in Shan State Sets Bush's Portrait on Fire,” Mizzima News, 12 November 2007.

326. Source: Myanmar; Justice on Trial, AI, 30 July 2003.

327. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2005, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and
Labor, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

328. Source: Ibid.

329. Source: “Seven Demonstrators Released,” Mizzima News, 14 March 2007.

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

331. Source: “Justice Restorers Call for People Power in Burma,” DVB, 18 January 2007; “Taunggok NLD Members Harassed By Authorities,” DVB, 19 December 2007; “Sporadic Movements Defying Junta,” Mizzima News, 7 November 2007; "Mass Movement Supervising Committee (Rangoon Division)," Statement, 8 November 2007.

332. Source: “Burma’s Election and Constitutional History: A Snapshot,” BLC, December 2000.

333. Source: “Revival of the ‘Red Flag’ Faction,” Irrawaddy, May 2007.

334. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2005, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and
Labor, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

335. Source: National Convention: Roadmap to Instability, Altsean, 17 July 2007.

336. Source: “Myanmar Junta Warns Opposition Members Not To Make Pro-Democracy Demands,” AP, 16 February 2007.

337. Source: Ibid.

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

339. Source: “MP to Initiate Legal Action against House Demolition Order, Mizzima News, 20 April 2007.

340. Source: “ALD Organizer Missing After Arrest,” Narinjara News, 4 April 2007; “Arakanese Politician Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison,” Narinjara News, 29 August 2007.

341. Source:Situation Update of Members of Parliament in Burma, NCGUB, 1 August 2007.

342. Source: “On Oppression against Economic and Social Equalities of Political Activists,” Press Release, 88 Generation Students, 5 April 2007.

343. Source: “Rebel Student Group Responsible for Letter Bomb,” DVB, 18 January 2007.

344. Source: “Myanmar Says Letter Bomb Was Meant For Police,” AFP, 16 January 2007; “Bomb Fears Prompt Myanmar to Ban Remote-Control Toys,” AFP, 15 May 2007.

345. Source: “NLD Member Falsely Linked To Explosives Arrested,” DVB, 14 March 2007.

346. Source: “Anti-Govt Organizations to Step Up Terrorist Attacks in Myanmar,” Xinhua, 2 February 2007.

347. Source: “Three Deny Involvement in Bomb Conspiracy,” Mizzima News, 25 January 2007; “Rebels Deny Claims of Terrorism against National Convention,” DVB, 4 July 2007; “Myanmar Warns Terrorists Plan to Disrupt Constitutional Convention,” AP, 5 July 2007.

348. Source: “Veteran Politicians Refute Junta's Accusation of Instigating Unrest,” Mizzima News, 30 August 2007.

349. Source: “National Convention- This is just the Beginning,” DVB, 13 July 2007.

350. Source: Freedom in the World – Burma (Myanmar) 2007, Freedom House, June 2007.

351. Source: “Junta’s Abuse: A Key Obstacle To Reconciliation,” DVB, 12 February 2007

352. Source: “Demonstrations Could Threaten NLD Survival,” Irrawaddy, October 2007.

353. Source: “Myanmar Extends Opposition's Detention,” AP, 13 February 2007; “Burma extends opposition house arrest,” Bangkok Post, 14 February 2007; “NLD member’s detention extended,” DVB, 19 January 2007; “Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi detention,” Reuters, 25 May 2007; “Burma extends Suu Kyi's detention,” BBC, 25 May 2007.

354. Source: “Situation Update of Members of Parliament in Burma,” NCGUB, 1 August 2007.

355. Source: Freedom in the World – Burma (Myanmar) 2007, Freedom House, June 2007.

356.  Source: National Convention: Roadmap to Instability, Altsean, 17 July 2007.

357.  Source: Ibid.

358. Source: “Military Authorities Begin Election Campaign in Chin State,” Khonumthung, 22 January 2007.

359. Source: “Junta threatens and forces NLD member to turn informer,” Mizzima News, 20 June 2007.

360. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 2, Altsean, February 2007.

361. Source: “Burmese Authority Bars Reformation of NLD in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 19 February 2007.

362. Source: “Junta Monitors Activists, Supporters in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 26 August 2007.

363. Source: “Taunggok NLD Members Harassed By Authorities,” DVB, 19 December 2007.

364. Source: “Demonstrations Could Threaten NLD Survival,” Irrawaddy, October 2007.

365. Source: “Pro-Democracy advocates,” Irrawaddy, December 2007; “Over 200 NLD Members Arrested since Beginning of Crackdown,” Irrawaddy, 5 October 2007.

366. Source: “Junta’s Abuse: A Key Obstacle To Reconciliation,” DVB, 12 February 2007

367. Source: Ibid.

368. Source: “Myanmar Says Suu Kyi Planned On ‘Devastating’ the Nation,” AFP, 26 March 2007.

369. Source: “Burma Releases Detained US-Bound Scholar and A Protestor,” DVB, 2 April 2007.

370. Source: “Days Numbered For Myanmar’s Main Opposition Party, State Media Says,” AP, 7 February 2007.

371. Source: “Burmese Junta Blasts NLD, US and Britain,” Irrawaddy, 16 March 2007.

372. Source: “Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Urges UN to Back Resolution on Myanmar,” AFP, 11 January 2007; “NLD Thanks Military for Coverage,” DVB, 17 January 2007.

373. Source: Freedom in the World – Burma (Myanmar) 2007, Freedom House, June 2007.

374. Source: “NLD Member Falsely Linked To Explosives Arrested,” DVB, 14 March 2007.

375. Source: “Pressure to Free Suu Kyi Strengthens in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 17 May 2007.

376. Source: “USDA Asks to Attend Depayin Memorial,” DVB, 29 May 2007.

377. Source: “Defamation Cases Against 30 Weekly Journals,” Mizzima News, 29 January 2007; “Rights Defender Sues 30 Journals for Libel,” AHRC, 31 March 2007; “Court Postpones Defamation Case for Third Time,” Mizzima News, 27 February 2007; “Court Rejects Defamation Suit against Journalists,” Mizzima News, 9 March 2007.

378. Source: “Aung San Suu Kyi Meets her Colleagues,” Irrawaddy, 9 November 2007; “Suu Kyi Resigned to Myanmar House Arrest,” AP, 9 November 2007.

379. Source: “Burma’s State Media Accuses Suu Kyi of Tax Evasion,” Irrawaddy, 18 January 2007; “Burmese Pro-Democracy Leader Accused Of Tax Evasion,” Guardian Unlimited, 18 January 2007.

380. Source: “Myanmar Says Suu Kyi Planned On ‘Devastating’ the Nation,” AFP, 26 March 2007.

381. Source: “Myanmar Defends Suu Kyi's Detention Ahead of Review,” AFP, 17 May 2007.

382. Source: “Aung San Suu Kyi Meets her Colleagues,” Irrawaddy, 9 November 2007.

383. Source: “Daw Suu Meets NLD Members,” DVB, 12 November 2007; “Suu Kyi Resigned to Myanmar House Arrest,” AP, 9 November 2007; “Will The Generals Dare Release The Lady?” Bangkok Post, 16 November 2007.

384. Source: “NLD Marks Martyr’s Day with Calls for Inclusive Dialogue,” DVB, 20 July 2007.

385. Source: “NLD Calls for Dialogue over Fuel Price Hikes,” DVB, 23 August 2007.

386. Source: “Shwebo NLD Warned Not To Meet,” DVB, 7 March 2007.

387. Source: “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 braw,” DVB, 23 January 2007.

388. Source: “NLD Member’s Detention Extended,” DVB, 19 January 2007.

389. Source: “Military Authorities Begin Election Campaign in Chin State,” Khonumthoung News, 22 January 2007.

390. Source: “NLD Member’s Court Appeal Rejected,” DVB, 23 January 2007.

391. Source: “Defamation Cases Against 30 Weekly Journals,” Mizzima News, 29 January 2007; “Court Postpones Defamation Case for Third Time,” Mizzima News, 27 February 2007; “Court Rejects Defamation Suit against Journalists,” Mizzima News, 9 March 2007; “Burmese Activist Sues 30 Publications,” Irrawaddy, 29 January 2007.

392. Source: “Burmese Military Puts the Pressure On Pulaw NLD,” DVB, 9 February 2007.

393. Source: “NLD Slams Military for Extending Deputy Leader’s Detention,” DVB, 15 February 2007, “Myanmar Extends Opposition's Detention,” AP, 13 February 2007; “Burma extends opposition house arrest,” Bangkok Post, 14 February 2007; “Burmese Junta Extends NLD Deputy’s Detention,” DVB, 14 February 2007.

394. Source: “Police Chief Warns Burma’s Opposition Alliance,” Irrawaddy, 16 February 2007; “Burma’s police chief threatens opposition alliance,” DVB, 16 February 2007.

395. Source: “Burmese Authority Bars Reformation of NLD in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 19 February 2007.

396. Source: “NLD Member’s Prison Term Extended,” DVB, 22 February 2007.

397. Source: “Protesters March in Rangoon,” DVB, 22 February 2007.

398. Source: “NLD Arakan State Chairman Interrogated For Distributing Booklets,” Narinjara News, 24 February 2007.

399. Source: “NLD Member Falsely Linked To Explosives Arrested,” DVB, 14 March 2007; “Kawthaung Township NLD Secretary Dispatched to Rangoon for Interrogation,” NMG, 14 March 2007.

400. Source: “Burmese Authorities Clamp Down on May Day Event in Chauk,” Irrawaddy, 30 April 2007.

401. Source: “More Rights Advocates Arrested in Rangoon, Irrawaddy, 15 May 2007; “Junta-Backed Mob Rounds up More Activists,” Mizzima News, 16 May 2007; “Activists Arrested Before Prayers for Suu Kyi Release,” Reuters, 15 May 2007.

402. Source: “More Activists Arrested Then Released,” DVB, 16 May 2007; Myanmar Defends Suu Kyi's Detention Ahead of Review," AFP, 17 May 2007; “Fifteen More Pro-democracy Activists Arrested, Released,” Irrawaddy, 16 May 2007; “Junta-Backed Mob Rounds Up More Activists,” Mizzima News, 16 May 2007.

403. Source: “Woman Stages Solo Protest in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 18 May 2007; “Elderly Woman Arrested After Solo Protest,” DVB, 18 May 2007.

404. Source: “Myanmar activists visit Suu Kyi's family as more supporters held,” AFP, 20 May 2007.

405. Source: “Junta Frees 51 Activists, Continues To Detain HIV Worker,” Mizzima News, 28 June 2007; “AIDS Activist Phyu Phyu Thin Released,” DVB, 3 July 2007; 8888 Spirit Still Strong as Junta Weakens, Altsean, 8 August 2007; “Democracy Supporters Concerned Over Detention of Myanmar AIDS Activist,” AP, 4 June 2007; “Burmese Junta Releases Ten Detained HIV Patients,” Mizzima News, 8 June 2007; “11 HIV-Positive Activists Released from Enforced Hospital Stay in Myanmar,” AP, 8 June 2007.

406. Source: “Junta Still Targeting Suu Kyi Supporters,” Irrawaddy, 25 May 2007.

407. Source: “Myanmar Arrests Two More Democracy Activists,” AFP, 23 May 2007.

408. Source: “Solo protestor arrested in Myitkyina,” DVB, 24 May 2007.

409. Source: “Suu Kyi Supporters Assaulted In Pagoda,” Mizzima News, 25 May 2007; “Junta Still Targeting Suu Kyi Supporters,” Irrawaddy, 25 May 2007; "Myanmar Arrests Six Suu Kyi Supporters," AFP, 28 May 2007.

410. Source: “Myanmar arrests six Suu Kyi supporters,” AFP, 26 May 2007; “Burmese Military Authority Arrests Two NLD Members,” Narinjara News, 27 May 2007.

411. Source: “Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi detention,” Reuters, 25 May 2007; “Burma extends Suu Kyi's detention,” BBC, 25 May 2007; “Myanmar junta extends detention of democracy leader Suu Kyi by a year,” AP, 25 May 2007; “Burma extends Aung San Suu Kyi's detention,” The Nation, 25 May 2007.

412. Source: “Junta Thugs Confront Suu Kyi Supporters Demanding Her Release,” Irrawaddy, 28 May 2007; “Burmese Junta Thugs Block Prayer March to Shwedagon Pagoda,” Narinjara News, 28 May 2007; “Pro-Military Mob Confronts Daw Suu Supporters,” DVB, 28 May 2007; “Burmese Military Authority Arrests Two NLD Members,” Narinjara News, 27 May 2007.

413. Source: “Activist Ko Tun Tun arrested,” DVB, 30 May 2007.

414. Source: “HIV/AIDS Activists Detained in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 7 June 2007; “Eleven HIV-positive activists detained by military,” DVB, 6 June 2007; “Myanmar: HIV-Positive Activists Released,” Washington Post, 8 June 2007.

415. Source:  “Burmese authorities close down business of leading NLD figure in Mandalay,” DVB, 6 June 07.

416. Source: “Junta Threatens and Forces NLD Member to Turn Informer,” Mizzima News, 20 June 2007,

417. Source: “Activists Stopped From Praying For Suu Kyi,” Mizzima News, 11 June 2007.

418. Source: “Five Women NLD Members Attacked for Praying,” Mizzima News, 13 June 2007; “NLD women pelted with slingshots,” DVB, 12 June 2007.

419. Source: “Government-Backed Group Obstructs Police Investigators after another Human Rights Defender Assaulted,” AHRC, 20 July 2007; “USDA harass injured NLD member,” DVB, 25 June 2007.

420. Source: “Junta Threatens and Forces NLD Member to Turn Informer,” Mizzima News, 20 June 2007,

421. Source: “Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns 62 under house arrest,” Reuters, 20 June 2007; “Suu Kyi celebrates birthday under house arrest,” Irrawaddy, 19 June 2007; Burma Bulletin, Altsean Burma, Issue 6, June 2007; “NLD members targeted in slingshot attacks,” DVB, 19 June 2007; “NLD members targeted in slingshot attacks,” DVB, 19 June 2007.

422. Source: “Family of Bashed NLD Member Sued For Intimidation,” DVB, 26 July 2007.

423. Source: “Rights Activist Complains of Harassment at Shwedagon Pagoda,” Irrawaddy, 8 August 2007.

424. Source: “Junta Targets Opposition Members amid Tension over Fuel Hike,” Irrawaddy, 21 August 2007.

425. Source: “Fourteen NLD Youth Members Arrested In Magwe,” DVB, 27 August 2007.

426. Source: “NLD Leaders And Members Interrogated, Several Arrested,” Mizzima News, 3 October 2007.

427. Source: “NLD Member Denied Permission to Attend Wife's Funeral,” DVB, 17 October 2007.

428. Source: “Junta Threatens Political Activists in Arakan State,” Mizzima News, 5 November 2007.

429. Source: Ibid.

430. Source: “NLD Member Jailed After Refusing Official Order,” DVB, 20 December 2007.

431. Source: “Taunggok NLD members harassed by authorities,” DVB, 19 December 2007. 

432. Source: “‘We Will Not Turn Back—Whatever Happens’: 88 Generation Students,” Irrawaddy, 20 December 2007.

433. Source: “Another Activist Arrested In Myanmar,” AFP, 12 March 2007.

434. Source: “Myanmar’s 88 Generation Comes Of Age,” Asia Times, 24 January 2007.

435. Source: “Thousands Write Protest Letters to Myanmar Junta Leader,” AFP, 29 January 2007.

436. Source: “Myanmar’s 88 Generation Comes Of Age,” Asia Times, 24 January 2007.

437. Source: “Summary of Events in Burma, August 19-25, 2007,” APPPB, August 2007.

438. Source: “Myanmar’s 88 Generation Comes Of Age,” Asia Times, 24 January 2007.

439. Source: Ibid.

440. Source: Ibid.

441. Source: “Pro-Democracy advocates,” Irrawaddy, December 2007.

442. Source: 8888 Spirit Still Strong as Junta Weakens, Altsean Burma, 8 August 2007.

443. Source: “Arrests Fail to Deter Myanmar Protesters,” AP, 22 August 2007.

444. Source: “88 Students Urge Junta to Create Democratic Political Environment,” Mizzima News, 28 June 2007.

445. Source: “88 to start "Open Heart" campaign tomorrow,” Mizzima News, 3 January 2007; “Activists in Burma start new campaign,” Irrawaddy, 3 January 2007; “Myanmar student activist says he and four comrades freed after more than 3 months' detention,” IHT, 10 January 2007.

446. Source: “88 Generation Students Start A New Political Campaign,” DVB, 4 January 2007; “Open Heart Campaign Gains Momentum,” DVB, 10 January 2007; “Open Heart Campaign Goes Burma-Wide,” DVB, 30 January 2007; “Thousands Write Protest Letters to Myanmar Junta Leader,” AFP, 29 January 2007; “88 Generation Students Extend Open Heart Campaign,” DVB, 5 February 2007; “88 students’ Open Heart campaign ends,” DVB, 5 March 2007.

447. Source: “Junta Hinders Activist ‘White Sunday’ Campaign,” Irrawaddy, 22 March 2007.

448. Source: “Family Interrogated After 88 Students’ Visit,” DVB, 23 April 2007; "Myanmar Political Activists Visit Relatives of Detained Pro-Democracy Leader Suu Kyi," AP, 21 May 2007; “88 Generation Students to Step up Peaceful Protests,” DVB, 21 May 2007; “Activists Visit Relatives of Detained Pro-democracy Leader Suu Kyi,” Irrawaddy, 21 May 2007; “Junta Hinders Activist ‘White Sunday’ Campaign,” Irrawaddy, 22 March 2007.

449. Source: “Pro-Democracy advocates,” Irrawaddy, December 2007.

450. Source: “Pro-democracy activists threatened in state press,” Irrawaddy, 11 June 2007.

451. Source: “Junta's Tirade against Student Activists – A Clear Warning,” Mizzima News, 6 June 2007.

452. Source: “88 Leaders under Thugs' Eye,” Mizzima News, 18 July 2007.

453. Source: “88 Students under Hawk's Eye,” Mizzima News, 20 July 2007.

454. Source: “88 Students Complain of Increased Harassment,” DVB, 31 July 2007.

455. Source: “Motor Cycle Borne Watchers Ease Off,” Mizzima News, 2 August 2007; “88 Students Complain of Increased Harassment,” DVB, 31 July 2007; “88 Students under Hawk's Eye,” Mizzima News, 20 July 2007; “88 Leaders under Thugs' Eye,” Mizzima News, 18 July 2007.

456. Source: “Junta Pins Democracy Activists to the Wall,” Mizzima News, 6 April 2007; “Myanmar Pro-Democracy Activists Demand an End to Discrimination,” AP, 6 April 2007.

457. Source: “88 Generation Student Leaders Released,” DVB, 11 January 2007.

458. Source: “Another Activist Arrested In Myanmar,” AFP, 12 March 2007.

459. Source: “Junta Hinders Activist ‘White Sunday’ Campaign,” Irrawaddy, 22 March 2007.

460. Source: “Junta Closes Family Business of 88 Generation Leader,” Irrawaddy, 2 April 2007.

461. Source: “Family Interrogated After 88 Students’ Visit,” DVB, 23 April 2007.

462. Source: “88 Students under Hawk's Eye,” Mizzima News, 20 July 2007.

463. Source: “Pro-democracy activists threatened in state press,” Irrawaddy, 11 June 2007.

464. Source: “88 Leaders under Thugs' Eye,” Mizzima News, 18 July 2007.

465. Source: “88 Students Complain of Increased Harassment,” DVB, 31 July 2007.

466. Source: Summary of Events in Burma, August 19-25, 2007, APPPB, August 2007.

467. Source: “Detained Student Leaders Sharing Cells with Criminals,” Irrawaddy, 17 December 2007.

468. Source: “Burma Regime Continues Arresting Democracy Activists,” Sean McCormack Spokesman U.S. Department of State, 21 December 2007.

469. Source: “Burmese Rights Activists Sentenced in Irrawaddy Division,” Irrawaddy, 24 July 2007

470. Source: “Burmese Activists Arrested for Distributing UN Rights Document,” Irrawaddy, 20 March 2007.

471. Source: “Burmese Activists Call for Human Rights Inspections,” AHRC, 13 March 2007.

472. Source: “Activists Celebrate International Human Rights Day,” DVB, 10 December 2007.

473. Source: “Burmese Activists Arrested for Distributing UN Rights Document,” Irrawaddy, 20 March 2007.

474. Source: “Monk Prohibited from Travelling for Distributing Human Rights Booklets,” Narinjara News, 27 February 2007

475. Source: Ibid.

476. Source: “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP),” HRDP, 2 August 2007.

477. Source: “Burma’s Junta Vows to Crack Down on Human Rights Activists,” Irrawaddy, 23 April 2007.

478. Source: “USDA Orders Attack on Human Rights Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Six Rights Activists Jailed in Travesty of Justice,” Mizzima News, 25 July 2007; “Pro-government Mob Puts Two Burmese Activists in Hospital,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007; “Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack,” RFA, 1 May 2007; “Detained Rights Activist Myint Naing Denied Medical Treatment,” DVB, 8 May 2007; “Assaulted Activist Denied Medical Attention,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007;

479. Source: “UN Officials Call On Junta to Respect Human Rights Defenders,” Mizzima News, 26 April 2007; “Attack on Burmese Human Rights Activists Condemned,” Irrawaddy, 26 April 2007; "Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack," RFA, 1 May 2007.

480. Source: “Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack,” RFA, 1 May 2007.

481. Source: “Arrest Follows Human Rights Discussion at Private Home,” Irrawaddy, 13 July 2007; “Human Rights Defender Sentenced To Three Years in Jail for "Illegal Tuition",” AHRC, 2 August 2007.

482. Source: “Trial of Six Workers' Rights Advocates an Important Challenge for ILO,” AHRC, 9 August 2007; “Six Labor Activists in Burma Jailed for Up to 28 Years,” Irrawaddy, 8 September 2007.

483. Source: “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP),” HRDP, 2 August 2007.

484. Source: “Human Rights Day Coincides with UN Secretary-General's Visit to Thailand,” Irrawaddy, 10 December 2007.

485. Source: “Monk Prohibited from Travelling for Distributing Human Rights Booklets,” Narinjara News, 27 February 2007

486. Source: “Burmese Activists Arrested for Distributing UN Rights Document,” Irrawaddy, 20 March 2007.

487. Source: “Burma Army Executes Captured Relief Team Member,” FBR, 27 April 2007.

488. Source: “USDA Orders Attack on Human Rights Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Six Rights Activists Jailed in Travesty of Justice,” Mizzima News, 25 July 2007; “Pro-government Mob Puts Two Burmese Activists in Hospital,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007; "Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack," RFA, 1 May 2007; “Detained Rights Activist Myint Naing Denied Medical Treatment,” DVB, 8 May 2007; “Assaulted Activist Denied Medical Attention,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007;

489. Source: “Six Human Rights Defenders Given Jail Terms; One Awaits Verdict,” AHRC, 27 July 2007; “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP),” HRDP, 2 August 2007; “Lawyers Demand Open Trial for May Day Activists,” DVB, 3 August 2007.

490. Source: “Six Persons Illegally Jailed and Charged For Talking About Workers' Rights,” AHRC, 8 August 2007.

491. Source: “Three More Activists Arrested,” DVB, 3 May 2007.

492. Source: “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network,” HRDP, 2 August 2007; “Rights Campaigner Gets Three Years in Jail,” DVB, 31 July 2007.

493. Source: “Burmese Authorities Hunt Down Key Activists,” Irrawaddy, 25 August 2007.

494. Source: “Pro-Democracy advocates,” Irrawaddy, December 2007.

495. Source: “Human Rights Activists Jailed in Prome,” DVB, 8 November 2007.

496. Source: “Junta Arrests another Human Rights Activist,” Mizzima News, 26 November 2007; “Activist Arrested In Rangoon,” DVB, 27 November 2007.

497. Source: Myanmar: Leaving Home, AI, 8 September 2005.

498. Source: “The 4th International Trade Union Conference on Burma,” Kaowao News, 12 April 2007; Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2005, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

499. Source: Individual Observation concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) Myanmar (ratification: 1955), Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, March 2006.

500. Source: “May Day Event Participants Arrested in Rangoon,” Irrawaddy, 2 May 2007.

501. Source: Ibid.

502. Source: “Workers Clash with Chinese-run Oil Company in Western Burma,” Irrawaddy, 2 May 2007.

503. Source: “Burmese Authorities Clamp Down on May Day Event in Chauk,” Irrawaddy, 30 April 2007.

504. Source: Freedom in the World – Burma (Myanmar) 2007, Freedom House, June 2007.

505. Source: “The 4th International Trade Union Conference on Burma,” Kaowao News, 12 April 2007.

506. Source: “Junta's Worker's Representative Expelled From ILO Worker's Group,” Mizzima News, 12 June 2007.

507. Source: Ibid.

508. Source: “Int’l Community Helps Myanmar Implement 126 Projects in Past Four Years,” Xinhua News Service, 6 August 2007.

509. Source: “Five Mon Civil Organizations Denied New Work Registration,” The Mon Forum, Issue No. 5, HURFOM, 31 May 2007.

510. Source: “Junta Reconsiders Ban on Social Organizations,” Irrawaddy, 24 May 2007; “Burmese Junta Bans Civil Organizations,” Irrawaddy, 16 May 2007; “Burmese Military Bans Civil Groups,” DVB, 16 May 2007.

511. Source: “Junta Hijacks Social Group Donation,” Irrawaddy, 23 March 2007.

512. Source: “Junta Reconsiders Ban on Social Organizations,” Irrawaddy, 24 May 2007; “Burma to Close Local NGOs, Says Secret Home Affairs Memo,” Irrawaddy, 15 May 2007; “Junta Orders Closure Of 24 Local NGOs in Burma,” Mizzima News, 16 May 2007.

513. Source: “Burmese Military Bans Civil Groups,” DVB, 16 May 2007.

514. Source: “Burma to Close Local NGOs, Says Secret Home Affairs Memo,” Irrawaddy, 15 May 2007.

515. Source: “Veteran Burmese Politician Halts Rice Donation for Fear of Harassment,” Mizzima News, 20 August 2007; “U Win Naing and Group Attacked by Junta-Backed Thugs,” Mizzima News, 19 August 2007.

516. Source: “Myanmar: Uphill Struggle to Contain HIV/AIDS,” IRIN, 2 February 2007.

517. Source: “HIV/AIDS Activist Welcomes Human Rights Watch Stand,” Irrawaddy, 23 July 2007.

518. Source: “Rangoon Man Protests Lack of HIV Treatment in Burma,” DVB, 5 April 2007; Source: “Magwe AIDS Awareness Centre Shut Down by Officials,” DVB, 14 February 2007.

519. Source: “Magwe AIDS Awareness Centre Shut Down by Officials,” DVB, 14 February 2007.

520. Source: Ibid.

521. Source: “Prison Charity Foundation Office Closed In Yangon,” Khonumthoung News, 28 April 2007.

522. Source: “Chin Prison Charity Closed By Burmese Officials,” Irrawaddy, 30 April 2007.

523. Source: “Free USDA Clinics Open in Rangoon Division Townships,” Irrawaddy, 17 May 2007.

524. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean Burma, May 2007; “Junta Hijacks Social Group Donation,” Irrawaddy, 23 March 2007; “Free USDA Clinics Open in Rangoon Division Townships,” Irrawaddy, 17 May 2007.

525. Source: “Free USDA Clinics Open in Rangoon Division Townships,” Irrawaddy, 17 May 2007.

526. Source: “Army Collects Taxes Residents of Ponagyun Township,” Kaladan News, 11 July 2007.

527. Source: “Villagers Pay for MCWA Chairperson’s Visit,” IMNA, 11 June 2007.

528. Source: State repression and the creation of poverty in southern Karen State, KHRG, 23 February 2007; Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

529. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

530. Source: Ibid.

531. Source: Ibid.

532. Source: “Burmese Women Uninterested in Myanmar Women's Day,” IMNA, 4 July 2007.

533. Source: “Burmese Junta Sanctions Rape Of Chin Women: Report,” Mizzima News, 27 March 2007.

534. Source: Ibid.

535. Source: “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC, 15 August 2007; “Myanmar Accuses Red Cross of Helping Rebels,” Reuters, 5 July 2007; “Burmese Authorities Reject ICRC Criticism,” DVB, 4 July 2007.

536. Sources: “Move to enlist Chin women in MWAF”, Khonumthoung News. 27 September 2006; Setting up the System of Repression: The Progressive Regimentation of Civilian Life in Dooplaya District, KHRG, 7 September 2006; Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2005, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

537. Source: “MWAF's Desperate Move to Recruit New Members,” Mizzima News, 5 July 2007.

538. Source: “Myanmar Accuses Red Cross of Helping Rebels,” Reuters, 5 July 2007.

539. Source: “MWAF Collects Money and Forces Young Women to Join,” IMNA, 3 April 2007.

540. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

541. Source: Ibid.

542. Source: Ibid.

543. Source: “USDA Stirs Trouble for Peaceful Protesters,” Irrawaddy, 24 August 2007.

544. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

545. Source: The White Shirts: How the USDA will become the new face of Burma’s Dictatorship, NDD, May 2006.

546. Source: “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents,” HRW, 24 April 2007; “Media release – response to UN statement on KHRG report,” KHRG, 26 April 2007.

547. Source: “Aung Thaung: Burma’s Untouchable Minister,” Irrawaddy, 1 June 2007.

548. Source: “Burma: Aid in A Tight Space,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

549. Source: “Burma: Aid in A Tight Space,” Integrated Regional Information Network via Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007; “Myanmar Human Rights Defender Jailed,” AP, 26 July 2007; The Gathering Storm – Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, July 2007.

550. Source: “Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma,” APPPB, August 26 - September 1, 2007.

551. Source: “Burma's Green Grocers: Why USDA Members Must Resign,” Mizzima News, 8 September 2007; The Gathering Storm – Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, July 2007.

552. Source: The Gathering Storm – Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, July 2007.

553. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

554. Source: Ibid.

555. Source: Ibid.

556. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 6, Altsean Burma, June 2007.

557. Source: “USDA's Image Make Over,” IMNA, 10 July 2007;

558. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State , KHRG, April 2007.

559. Source: “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents, HRW, 24 April 2007.

560. Source: “Media release – response to UN statement on KHRG report,” KHRG, 26 April 2007; “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents,” HRW, 24 April 2007.

561. Source: “USDA-Run Clinic Demands Money from Patients,” DVB, 18 December 2007.

562. Source: “Free USDA Clinics Open in Rangoon Division Townships,” Irrawaddy, 17 May 2007.

563. Source: Ibid.

564. Source: “Junta Hijacks Social Group Donation,” Irrawaddy, 23 March 2007.

565. Source: “Multi-Government Agencies Forcibly Collect Tax from Traders,” KNG, 3 July 2007.

566. Source: “USDA Accused of Corruption in Water Project,” Irrawaddy, 23 November 2007.

567. Source: Ibid.

568. Source: “Village Headmen Shell Out Over One Million Kyat to Township Authorities,” IMNA, 20 November 2007.

569. Source: “Villagers Claim Crimes Covered Up By Officials,” DVB, 11 December 2007.

570. Source: “Women Told to Clear Out from Brothels and Massage Parlours in 15 Days,” IMNA, 10 July 2007.

571. Source: Shan Drug Watch Newsletter, Issue 1, SHAN, June 2007.

572. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

573. Source: “Burma's Green Grocers: Why USDA Members Must Resign,” Mizzima News, 8 September 2007; “Concerted Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Demand Stronger and Better-Informed International Response,” AHRC, 1 August 2007.

574. Source: Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma, APPPB, August 26 - September 1, 2007.

575. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

576. Source: “Burma Situation Update,” NCGUB, June - July 2007.

577. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

578. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007; “Burma Situation Update,” NCGUB, June - July 2007.

579. Source: “Burma Situation Update,” NCGUB, June - July 2007.

580. Source: “USDA's Image Make Over,” IMNA, 10 July 2007.

581. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

582. Source: “Myanmar Human Rights Defender Jailed,” AP, 26 July 2007; “Civilian Thugs Doing Myanmar Junta’s Dirty Work,” Reuters, 28 August 2007.

583. Source: “Burma: Violent Attacks on Rights Activists- Government Militias Beat and Harass Opponents, HRW, 24 April 2007.

584. Source: “Burma: Constitutional Convention a Facade for Military Rule- Near-Complete Constitution Will Entrench Military Control and Deny Freedoms,” HRW, 18 July 2007.

585. Source: “Burma: Pro-Democracy Activist Detained Indefinitely,” HRW, 16 February 2007.

586. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

587. Source: “USDA Accused of Corruption in Water Project,” Irrawaddy, 23 November 2007.

588. Source: “USDA Start Hate Campaign against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,” IMNA, 17 November 2007.

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

590. Source: Ibid.

591. Source: “USDA's Image Make Over,” IMNA, 10 July 2007.

592. Source: “Junta Pushes the 'Seven-step Roadmap' Forward Despite Flaws,” Irrawaddy, 3 December 2007.

593. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

594. Source: BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

595. Source: “Civilian Thugs Doing Myanmar Junta’s Dirty Work,” Reuters, 28 August 2007.

596. Source: “Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma, August 26 - September 1,” APPPB, September 2007; BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

597. Source: “Anti-democratic Forces and Their Associates,” Irrawaddy, December 2007; “Contrary to Claims of Burma’s Junta, More than One Hundred Activists Arrested in Five Days,” Public statement by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), AAPPB, 27 August 2007; BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

598. Source: “Burma's Economic Protests Turn Political and Now Threaten To Erupt Into a Mass Movement against the Regime,” Mizzima News, 12 September 2007.

599. Source: BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

600. Source: “Burma's Economic Protests Turn Political and Now Threaten To Erupt Into a Mass Movement against the Regime,” Mizzima News, 12 September 2007.

601. Source: “Analysis of the Price Hike,” Asia-Pacific People’s Partnership on Burma, 26 August 2007

602. Source: “USDA Orders Attack on Human Rights Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Six Rights Activists Jailed in Travesty of Justice,” Mizzima News, 25 July 2007; “Pro-government Mob Puts Two Burmese Activists in Hospital,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007; "Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack," RFA, 1 May 2007; “Detained Rights Activist Myint Naing Denied Medical Treatment,” DVB, 8 May 2007; “Assaulted Activist Denied Medical Attention,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007; ‘Six Human Rights Defenders Given Jail Terms; One Awaits Verdict," AHRC, 27 July 2007; “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP),” HRDP, 2 August 2007; “Lawyers Demand Open Trial for May Day Activists,” DVB, 3 August 2007.

603. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean Burma, May 2007.

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

605. Source: “Burma Situation Update,” NCGUB, June - July 2007.

606. Source: “Contrary to Claims of Burma’s Junta, More than One Hundred Activists Arrested in Five Days,” Public statement by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), AAPPB, 27 August 2007.

607. Source: “More Protestors Bashed in Rangoon,” DVB, 23 August 2007; “88 Generation Students Canceled Planned Demonstration,” Mizzima News, 24 August 2007; “Crackdown on Rangoon Protesters Continues,” Irrawaddy, 24 August 2007; “Key Activist Arrested In Burma, EU Joins Pressure Group against Junta,” Mizzima News, 25 August 2007; BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

608. Source: Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma, Asia-Pacific People’s Partnership on Burma (APPPB), August 26 - September 1, 2007; “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007.

609. Source: “Whiteshirts - Burma Junta's Storm Troopers,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007; “Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma,” APPPB, August 26 - September 1, 2007.

610. Source: BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

611. Source: “Summary of Demonstrations and Related Events in Burma,” APPPB, August 26 - September 1, 2007.

612. Source: “Rangoon University Students Demand Junta Find Missing Student,” Mizzima News, 11 June 2007.

613. Source: “Opposition Groups Condemn ‘Civilian’ Arrests,” DVB, 17 May 2007.

614. Source: “88 Students Urge Junta to Stop Using Civilians to Attack Worshipers,” Mizzima News, 17 May 2007.

615. Source: “Opposition Groups Condemn ‘Civilian’ Arrests,” DVB, 17 May 2007.

616. Source: BURMA: 2007 Protests Against Fuel Prices - A collection of statements and urgent appeals issued on the protests against increased fuel prices in Burma, AHRC, August 2007.

617. Source: Ibid.

618. Source: “Burma Situation Update,” NCGUB, June - July 2007.

619. Source: “88 Students Urge Junta to Stop Using Civilians to Attack Worshipers,” Mizzima News, 17 May 2007.

620. Source: "If You Can't Beat Them, Beat Them Up," AHRC, 26 July 2007.

621. Source: “USDA Orders Attack on Human Rights Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Six Rights Activists Jailed in Travesty of Justice,” Mizzima News, 25 July 2007; “Pro-government Mob Puts Two Burmese Activists in Hospital,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007; "Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack," RFA, 1 May 2007; “Detained Rights Activist Myint Naing Denied Medical Treatment,” DVB, 8 May 2007; “Assaulted Activist Denied Medical Attention,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007; ‘Six Human Rights Defenders Given Jail Terms; One Awaits Verdict," AHRC, 27 July 2007; “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP),” HRDP, 2 August 2007; “Lawyers Demand Open Trial for May Day Activists,” DVB, 3 August 2007.

622. Source: "Government by Thuggery," AHRC, 23 July 2007.

623. Source: "If You Can't Beat Them, Beat Them Up," AHRC, 26 July 2007.

624. Source: "Worrying Resurgence of Government-Backed Goon Squads," AHRC, 15 June 2007.

625. Source: “USDA Orders Attack on Human Rights Activists,” Mizzima News, 19 April 2007; “Six Rights Activists Jailed in Travesty of Justice,” Mizzima News, 25 July 2007; “Pro-government Mob Puts Two Burmese Activists in Hospital,” Irrawaddy, 19 April 2007; "Burmese Activist Decries Treatment after Attack," RFA, 1 May 2007; “Detained Rights Activist Myint Naing Denied Medical Treatment,” DVB, 8 May 2007; “Assaulted Activist Denied Medical Attention,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007; ‘Six Human Rights Defenders Given Jail Terms; One Awaits Verdict," AHRC, 27 July 2007; “Statement: Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network,” HRDP, 2 August 2007; “Lawyers Demand Open Trial for May Day Activists,” DVB, 3 August 2007.

626. Source: "Government by Thuggery," AHRC, 23 July 2007.