Chinese Border Town Could be Filled with Burmese Refugees
By ALEX ELLGEE
Despite being very different and divided by a small river, the towns on both sides of the river here—one in Burma and one in China—are called Laiza.
Election Law Bars Aung San Suu Kyi
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rangoon (AP) — A new election law unveiled by Burma's ruling military bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and could force her own political party to expel her. |
Party Registration Laws Set NLD a Deadline
By BA KAUNG
The National League for Democracy has 60 days from the enactment of the regime's election laws in which to decide whether or not to accept the terms of the party registration laws set by the regime. |
Burmese Battalions Breach NMSP Area
By LAWI WENG
Two Burmese government battalions have set up bases in areas under the control of the New Mon State Party in contravention of the 1995 cease-fire agreement. |
Border Conflict Could Last 'Many More Years,' TBBC Warns
By SAW YAN NAING
The Burmese Constitution's failure to address “ethnic aspirations” could mean that conflict in the border areas would continue for “many more years to come,” according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium. |
Migrant Children Shooting Unacceptable: HRW
By THE IRRAWADDY
Human Rights Watch urges the Thai government to make a thorough investigation and prevent a repeat of the fatal shooting of three children of migrant workers by Thai soldiers. |
Thein Sein Visits Sino-Burmese Border Town
By WAI MOE
The Burmese prime minister was scheduled to visit Muse on the Sino-Burmese border on Tuesday amid the junta's increased pressure on ethnic cease-fire groups to transform into border guard forces. |
Ban Writes Junta Leader over Lack of Reconciliation
By LALIT K. JHA
The UN secretary-general writes to Snr-Gen Than Shwe expressing concern over the lack of progress in restoration of democracy in Burma and emphasizing the need for a credible and transparent election later this year. |
Burmese Rape Survivors Speak Out
By SABINA ZACCARO / IPS WRITER
Thousands of women in Burma suffer daily at the hands of the ruling military junta. Rape, sexual violence, forced labor, torture, imprisonment and forced relocation are common ordeals. |
Ramos-Horta Launches Burma Petition
By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta launches a worldwide petition for democracy in Burma, which also calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of the election due sometime in 2010. |
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Regime Announces Election Law |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Burma's state-run TV announces that laws have been released regarding an election commission, the party registration process, and for members of parliament and regional legislatures. |
Asean to End Nargis Aid |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Asean will end its recovery assistance in Cyclone Nargis-affected regions in Burma by July. |
'Burma VJ' Misses Out at Oscars |
| By KO HTWE |
| A film about Burma's 2007 Saffron Revolution loses out to a documentary about the slaughter of dolphins in a Japanese town at the Oscars ceremony. |
No Migrants at Redshirt Rally |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| The Ministry of Labor warns Thai employers not to bring migrants to the Redshirt rally scheduled for Sunday. |
No Contact with Hijacked Vessel, Burmese Crew |
| By KYAW THEIN KHA |
| No contact has been made with the UBT Ocean, a chemical tanker hijacked off Madagascar on Friday with a 21-member Burmese crew, the Nautictank Shipping Company, based in Singapore, told The Irrawaddy on Monday. |
4,000 Workers Go on Strike in Rangoon |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Around 4,000 factory workers at an industrial estate in Rangoon stage a sit-in to demand better pay, in the latest sign of growing labor unrest in the former Burmese capital. |
For Sex Workers, A Life of Risks |
| By MON MON MYAT / IPS WRITER |
| Widespread poverty is fueling prostitution in Burma, where a lack of protection for commercial sex workers exposes them and their communities to a host of dangers. |
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