Full Coverage: Myanmar

29.08.2007 Condemnation of the methods used by the military government in Myanmar to prevent journalists from covering a wave of unrest in response to fuel price increases has been made by the Burma Media Association and an international media freedom organisation.

23.08.2007 The Burmese military's presence in Rangoon is being stepped up as protests continue despite government attempts to suppress demonstrations.

22.08.2007 Democracy activists in Myanmar (Burma) have reportedly been arrested in midnight raids on the eve of planned protests in the wake of fuel price increases of up to 500 percent.
* Solidarity demonstration in London

16.08.2007 Kansainvälinen painostus burmalaisen rauhannobelistin Aung San Suu Kyin ja muiden poliittisten vankien vapauttamiseksi laajenee. Muun muassa Yhdysvaltain entiset presidentit Jimmy Carter, George Bush vanhempi ja Bill Clinton sekä Britannian entiset pääministerit John Major ja Margaret Thatcher ovat allekirjoittaneet sotilasjuntan johtaja kenraali Than Swelle osoitetun kirjeen, kirjoittaa Kalle Sysikaski Pax-lehdessä.