<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The Centre for Independent Journalism condemns the arrest tonight of demonstrators at the anniversary of the free and fair elections rally as well as a videographer from Malaysiakini.tv. We call for their immediate and unconditional release and to respect their fundamental right to gather and express themselves.</font></p>

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<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association are appalled by the combined sentence of 20 years and six months in prison that a special court in Insein prison passed today on a young blogger,<strong> Nay Phone Latt</strong>. A poet,<strong> Saw Wai</strong>, was sentenced to two years in prison for a poem containing a coded criticism of Gen. Than She, the head of the military junta.</font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span> Women&#39;s International Network of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN) will highlight the 16 days of activism against gender violence with an Internet campaign to Denounce Gender violence in the media and transform media into a catalyst to end violence against women.</span></font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The importance of the results of the United States election on this occasion is more a reflection of the overwhelming rejection of the way in which America has been run in the recent past, particularly during the Bush administration, than merely a victory for Barack Obama.</font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Mizzima recently got hold of a copy of a confidential document detailing the plan of the Burmese junta&#39;s information minister to improve the dissemination of information from various government agencies.</font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color: #333333">Announcement of ASEF Lecture on &quot;Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in Asia and Europe&quot; </span><span style="color: #333333">on 6 November 2008 from 13:30 &ndash; 16:00</span></font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Information Minister Brigadier General Kyaw San has notified all government departments to inform him in advance if there is any information that they wish to withhold so that his ministry can cooperate with the department concerned in controlling such information.</font></p>

<p><font><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Recently, two prominent members of the Democrat Party were invited to join a panel discussion at the Foreign Correspondents&#39; Club of Thailand (FCCT) on the &quot;new politics&quot; proposed by the People&#39;s Alliance for Democracy (PAD).</font></font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The international community should build on the unprecedented cooperation between the Myanmar government and humanitarian agencies following cyclone Nargis and reverse longstanding, counterproductive aid policies.</font></p>

<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font size="2">The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR), Thailand that another community radio station has been raided and had its equipment taken without warning or explanation, other than that it was allegedly operating without a permit. The matter is currently with the public prosecutor.</font></font></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma">The Network of Concerned Citizens on Thailand today submitted a petition letter to the Professor Saneh Chamarik, the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) at its office on Phraya Thai Road in downtown Bangkok. </span></p>