BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 22 – OCTOBER 2008
KEY STORY
• Cyclone Nargis cleanup
INSIDE BURMA
• Daw Suu: detained 13 years
• SPDC Army killings
• Offensive in Karen State
• Bombs
• At the monasteries
• Chin food crisis
• Melamine still on sale
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Arrests
• Prison sentences
• Releases
• Detention conditions
• Freedom of information
• Ojea Quintana’s report
DISPLACEMENT
• 66,000 new IDPs in 2008
INTERNATIONAL
• Ban dissatisfied with SPDC
ECONOMY
• Energy deals
• India deals
• Bangladesh trip
• Rice trade and prices
• Sanctions and boycotts
• Gem Sale
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS