Burma

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burma
(myanmar)

14 October 2007

butt AND IMMIGRATION AGENCY
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1. PREFACE3

2. latest DEVELOPMENTS6
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS6
FIRST WEEK: 19 TO 26 AUGUST 20076
sec calendar week: 27 to 2 phratry 20076
Third week: 3 to 9 September 20076
Fourth week: 10 to 16 September 20077
Fifth week: 17 to 23 September 20077
Sixth week: 24 to 30 September 20078
Seventh week: 1 to 7 October 20079
Eighth week: 8 to 16 October 20079


3. Background Information about Burma12
geographics12
RECENT HISTORY13
ECONOMY13
HUMAN RIGHTS14

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INDEX TO refer SOURCE DOCUMENTS16
KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHY16
MAP16
HISTORY16
political science AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS17
HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL18
HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIFIC ISSUES19
ABUSES BY NON-GOVERNMENT FORCES19
Arrest and detention legal rights19
Children20
Citizenship21
Corruption21
Death penalty22
Employment rights22
Ethnic groups22
Forced eviction23
Freedom of accomplishment23
Freedom of religion23
Freedom of speech and media24
Human Rights institutions, organisations and activists25
internally displaced persons (IDPs)25
Judiciary26
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons27
Medical issues27
Military service28
policy-making affiliation29
Prison conditions29
Security forces30
Terrorism31
Trafficking31
Women31


Annex A: Prominent people and organisations33
ANNEX B: REFERENCES TO SOURCE material39
1. PREFACE


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