BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 61 - JANUARY 2012

KEY STORY
• Over 300 dissidents released
INSIDE BURMA
• ‘Peace agreements’ signed
• Military operations continue
• NLD prepares for by-elections
• Parliament reconvenes
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Regime tightens censorship
• Burma in int’l indexes
• Regime violates children rights
DISPLACEMENT
• Refugees pour into China
INTERNATIONAL
• UK sets benchmarks
• EU to respond to ‘reforms’
• US: More needs to be done
• US envoy exposes trafficking
• Sanctions eased
• Thailand & Burma cement ties
ECONOMY
• Electricity & gas prices rise
• 24-hour electricity campaign
• Uncertain foreign investments
• Cronies to profit from migrants
• IMF, Daw Suu highlight reforms
• International aid upped
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