BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 68 – AUGUST 2012

KEY STORY
• Arakan State situation tense
• Aid workers still detained
• Human rights abuses continue
• Regime fact-finding commission
• Int’l concern over unrest
• Bangladesh blocks aid effort
INSIDE BURMA
• New VP elected
• Conflict in Kachin State
• KNU & regime talk amid conflict
• Unhappiness over ceasefires
• Parliamentary session
• Severe floods hit Burma
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Ojea Quintana’s visit to Burma
• Arbitrary arrest & imprisonment
• Prior censorship ends
DISPLACEMENT
• China sends back refugees
INTERNATIONAL
• US extends import ban
• India’s military assistance
ECONOMY
• World Bank returns to Burma
• ADB highlights challenges
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS