Jan 31, 2008 (AP), Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not satisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of the ruling military junta, a…
Month: January 2008
Detained poet denied visits and parcels
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), Prison authorities have received an order stating that a poet who was arrested on 22 January for writing a controversial poem can no longer receive visits…
NLD member beaten during interrogation
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), A Magwe division National League for Democracy member who was arrested on 11 January said that he suffered beatings and ill-treatment during his four-day interrogation. Ko…
Bomb kills KNU defector's son-in-law
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), The son-in-law of a Karen National Union commander who defected to the Burmese government side was killed by a bomb yesterday in what is thought to…
Skin disease causes school closures in Mae Sai
Jan 31, 2008 (DVB), A skin disease affecting children in the Thai border town of Mae Sai, across from Tachilek in Burma, has caused 15 schools to close temporarily, parents…
Dagon man arrested for second time
Jan 30, 2008 (DVB), A man from New Dagon township in Rangoon who was arrested on 1 January after an argument with a local official has been arrested for the…