BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 16 – APRIL 2008

KEY STORY
• Referendum
• “No” vote campaign
• SPDC campaign
• Rigging the vote
• Atmosphere of oppression
• International reactions
INSIDE BURMA
• Arms flowing into Burma
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Prison sentences
• Detention conditions
DISPLACEMENT
• Fifty-four die in Thailand
• Rohingya flee
• Riot in Bangladesh
• Riot in Malaysia
INTERNATIONAL
• UNSC presidential statement
• Pinheiro’s remarks
• EU sanctions
• Thai PM backs SPDC
ECONOMY
• India deal
• Rice exports and shortages
• Gas pipeline leaking
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS