Burma's access to the world

Published: Friday, 28 September 2007, 5:12PM

Internet usage in Burma is still extremely limited but bloggers inside Burma and throughout the world are ensuring that a steady flow of information continues.

Here are a few of the latest reports that have emerged in the last day or so.
 
Reports emerging from Rangoon indicate that the temporary detention centres based in Yangon Institute of Technology and General Institute of Technology (GTI)  are currently detaining 500 monks.

Ko Htike
  
Reports from Bloomberg news say that Burma's military junta blamed Western "neo-colonialists'" for stoking the biggest anti-government protests in almost 20 years.

The Straits Times

A UN envoy is kept waiting to meet the leader of Burma's military junta, Senior General Than Shwe on Tuesday as barricades are removed from the holy shrine that's been the focal point of the uprising.

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Democratic activists sent out warnings that supporters of the military regime are trying to hack into emails, forums and websites. 

Burma News

This site claims "supporters of military regime are trying to prevent the distribution of the list of arrested people to the world by spreading rumours that the file contains virus. The file is in MS Excel format and the link above is the correct link. Please do not be fooled by their tricks." According to Burma News this is the list of 344 people who have been arrested by the junta so far. 

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Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). In the propaganda battle a maelstrom of information and disinformation rages. Here is a list that is notable in its brevity.

Nilkayman

The undertakers from "Yay-Way" cemetery, reported that the SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) cremates all the corpses as well as those injured protesters who are still alive. Now the world has seen the shooting of Japanese reporters and the floating body of a monk in the Hlaing river. The significance of the power of the number nine in Burmese popular superstition continues.

Khinminzaw.

"The Ninth Day. The Second and The Last Part of 8888," writes Khinminzaw.

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