http://www.burma-center.org News on Burma from the NGO Burma Center Prague en-us Burma Center Prague Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:24 +0200 C.A. with PHP http://www.burma-center.org/left.jpg http://www.burma-center.org http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/05/thailand-investigate-killings-children The Thai government should promptly investigate the use of lethal force by Thai soldiers against Burmese migrants, which resulted in the death of three children, Human Rights Watch said today. The army said soldiers fired on a pick-up truck carrying 13 undocumented migrant workers from Burma on February 25, 2010, after the driver failed to heed a signal to stop for inspection. Human Rights Watch has obtained photos showing that the truck was riddled with bullet holes. 6E2NIMXg8s7JDQDX4dQp6nEOJhlRN4 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:42:44 +0200 Human Rights Watch http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17972 In the latest escalation of labor tensions in Burma, around 4,000 factory workers at an industrial estate on the outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in on Saturday to demand better pay, according to sources in the area. GNu8588ZM5PD35XQVH199N2Y5G28s0 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:13:49 +0200 The Irrawaddy http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17985 The Burmese military regime on Monday announced it had released the much-awaited election law, though it did not set a date for the general election, which is scheduled to take place this year. IL1X4N29NxZ0K8TU058EUH27d9CSGW Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:47:37 +0200 The Irrawaddy http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Rights-Group-Bangladesh-Forcing-Burmese-Muslims-into-Starvation-Camps-87105442.html A U.S.-based rights group says Bangladesh has forced tens of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Burma into makeshift camps where they face starvation. 34nbDKU902y3L6Wy644477Eq35Y60C Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:59:59 +0200 VOA News