Selection of blogs & websites - Audiences: international / local / MSM
- Representation of events, words used
The Irrawaddy had some balanced reporting
on its website.Moezack used to have a good archive
here but it's all disappeared since he went into hiding after the cyber-crackdown began.
Most of the posting from inside Burma was in Burmese, but here are some of those on September 30th, translated and aggregated by
Burma-Myanmar Genocide 2007:
KoHla: Now, Myanmar Police Force is tracing the blog owner of http://niknayman.blogspot.com. This blog has been reporting the most updated information on the web, that CNN and BBC had to watch updates on his blog.
It is reported from several different sources that about 200 unknown dead bodies. The worse part is some very badly wounded people were burned alive without medical treatment, nor contacting the victims' families. It was confirmed by a staff at the Yayway Crematorium.
Below is a transcript of a phone conversation with a Burmese in Yangon:
Er… they shot… people got killed. Er…but it seems like it wasn't as
bad as yesterday in terms of number of deaths, however we will know
the accurate picture tomorrow. Er… la another disturbing news is
that er… I would like to know if you would inform BBC and CNN about?
(sob!!!) They burned the injured protesters/civilian people in the
YaeWay Crematorium la la . Er… the staff from crematorium told this,
crying, to the people who went to the funeral service. Please let
this known to CNN and BBC.
NikNayman: Myanmar police force has given orders now to trace and arrest the famous blogger NikNayman, who has been reporting detail news about Myanmar.
Niknayman: Most monasteries in Yangon have difficulties of preparing food for monks and nuns, because they are not allowed to go out of monasteries all day long. Democratic activists urge people of Burma to donate and support monasteries in your neighborhoods.
Myo Thant: After the brutal attack at Ngwe Kyar Yan Buddhist Monastery by the dictator's troops 3 days ago, the Abbot (chief monk) has now passed away.
Now it has been urgently repaired, and even the Abbot (chief monk) position is replaced with an unknown monk, by the government authorities.
Multi-religional groups gathered at Dimawso
and Fruso Townships today and read their prayers. Junta is now forming informal organization called "Swan-Arr-Shin" (meaning, owner of strength) with 20 member per village in Kayah State.
Nearly 10,000 people are doing their demonstrations in the rain at Thamine junction.
Ko Hla: Today, there were about 10,000 people protesting near ThaMine junction at 2:00 pm (local time) under the rain.
Students gathered at the corner of 75th and 35th Streets, waving a red flag. There were almost 100 motorbikes there. They made a brief protest and disappeared.
Junta is hiring people for 1000 to 2000 kyats (US$0.80 to US$1.50 at market rates) per day for their pro-junta movements, such as attacking democrat activists and to eliminate evidences (such as collecting bullet shells and cleaning up bloodshed, etc.).
MyoThant: A responsible citizen informed our group of 8888-generation students that riot police have setup their detention centres at these locations:
1. Kyaikasan Horse Racing Ground,
2. Yay-Kyi-Eine former Military Intelligence headquarters,
3. GTI (Governmental Technical Institute), Insein
4. GTC (Government Technical College)
Blood and flip-flops seen in a street in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 September 2007 as riot police and soldiers crack down on a week-long barefoot rebellion in Myanmar's former capital. Security forces in Myanmar and have launched raids on monasteries and arrested scores of monks, as they try to stem a rising tide of protests.
MinZaw: People from ward-3 and 4 of Thaketa towhship blocked the roads with barriers so that dictator's troops can not get in. However, they came by boat to that area by Thaketa stream, raided the monastery, and arrested them. Where about of these monks are now unknown.
Burmese democratic activists have announced to inform and to take records and photographs of any corpses at the lower delta of Yangon River and Hlaing River in Yangon.
Ko Hla: A high school student was shot down in South Oakkalapa Township yesterday. The student’s parents managed to get his body but the military search the whole quarter and took back the body by force later.
KoHla: Myanmar military regime is arranging trip for Mr. Gambari to the town of Myit-Kyi-Nar. Pls help to convey msg that Mr. Gambari should remain in Ygn where most of the genuine protests are being carried out and see the actual situation of what is happening in Burma.
MinZaw: Public demonstration has started in Pakokku just now.
NikNayman: The crowd has enlarged up to 70,000 now in China town. Most demonstrators here are teenagers of high school age.
