BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 18 – JUNE 2008

KEY STORY
• Survivors held ransom
• Relief workers arrested
• ASEAN assesses needs
• Conditions for survivors
INSIDE BURMA
• Daw Suu’s birthday
• Offensive in Karen State
• SPDC reshuffles
• Opium cultivation
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Ojea: No improvement
• HRC condemns SPDC
• UNSC Resolution 1820
• Forced labor widespread
• Arrests and releases
• Detention conditions
• Freedom of information
DISPLACEMENT
• Nargis survivors in Thailand
ECONOMY
• Business as usual
• Hunger spreads
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS