BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 44 – AUGUST 2010

KEY STORY
• Election timeline
• Threats and harassment
• Additional restrictions
• More censorship
• Discontent grows
• Protests
• Pre-election military reshuffle
INSIDE BURMA
• NLD boycott campaign
• Junta stops aid visas
• DKBA splits over BGF
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Arrest and prison sentences
• Religious freedom
• Detention conditions
• Freedom of information
DISPLACEMENT
• Rohingya woes in Bangladesh
INTERNATIONAL
• US endorses CoI on Burma
• Int’l concerns over elections
ECONOMY
• Thailand hedges on gas
• US fines Barclays bank
• China investment
• SPDC suspends visa-on-arrival
• SPDC threatens workers
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS