BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 19 – JULY 2008

KEY STORY
• Cyclone Nargis
INSIDE BURMA
• Martyrs’ Day
• At the monasteries
• Bombs
• Food shortages
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Arrests and sentencing
• Detention conditions
• Forced labor continues
DISPLACEMENT
• New Rohingya camps
• Karen offensive
• Safety in Thailand?
INTERNATIONAL
• ASEAN “disappointed”
• SPDC ratifies charter
• US sanctions
• Gambari to visit Burma
ECONOMY
• Foreign investment falls
• SPDC fundraisers
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS