Burma Partnership

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Burma Partnership is a movement of organizations and individuals that aims to develop a strong broad-based partnership of peoples of the Asia-Pacific advocating and mobilizing a movement for promoting freedom, democracy and human rights in Burma. This movement facilitates strategic linkages; coordinates activities; develops and shares its capacity and resources; channels information resources; and promotes dialogue towards unified approaches. Click HERE to learn more about Burma Partnership.

Burma Partnership comprises the following national and regional networks in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Burmese Alliances
• National Solidarity Coalitions
• Regional Solidarity Networks

Update (December 16, 2008): Activists arrested in Malaysia, calling for solidarity action

• Previous Updates and Briefers

• "Situation Updates" compiled by World Health Organization.
• "Situation Reports" compiled by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
• "Aid Gets In", List of aid arriving in Burma.
• "Aid to Burma!", List of already given/pledged aid and expertise to Burma's disaster from around the world.
• "Help for Burma's Cyclone Victims!", List of organizations and NGOs collecting donations for people from Cyclone devastated areas.
• "Burma Under Cyclone Nargis!", Compilation of photos from DVB, The Irrawaddy, Xinhua News, AP, AFP and Reuters.
• "Burma Library Sources of Nargis", Sources of Information about the Burma Cyclone.

Since peaceful protests began in Burma on August 19, 2007, over 250 protests have been taken place and hundreds of activists and monks have been detained. Click HERE to see detailed list of detainees to date.