BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 51 - MARCH 2011

KEY STORY
• New regime takes office
• Parliamentary debate a sham
• NLD still key political player
INSIDE BURMA
• SPDC offensives in Shan State
• Fighting in Karen & Chin States
• SPDC hinders aid delivery
• SPDC profiting from drugs
HUMAN RIGHTS
• UN: HR situation “serious”
• HRC condemns SPDC
• SPDC outlaws internet calls
• Ethnic persecution
DISPLACEMENT
• Rohingya in Bangladesh
INTERNATIONAL
• Int’l community urges reforms
• Denmark & Latvia support CoI
ECONOMY
• Price hikes
• Strikes in Rangoon
• Gem sales rake in US$2.8 bln
OTHER BURMA NEWS
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