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Arrest continue in Burma

The Myanmar government accelerated continuous arrest since the September Uprising according to a recent Amnesty International report. They state that there have been 96 arrests since 1 November 2007. At least 700 were arrested in connection with the uprising adding to more than 1,150 arrest before the demonstrations

Western leaders will try to address the problem,

In a joint appeal, foreign ministers from the US, UK and France said the need for "progress towards a transition to democracy and improved human rights in Burma" would be a priority at this years' World Economic Forum in Davos.

After his last visit to Myanmar in early November, U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari said he had received assurances the crackdown which outraged the world and triggered tougher Western sanctions would stop.

During Ibrahim Gambari's last visit to Myanmar he was assured the arrest would stop under the threat of tougher Western sanctions but typically the junta continued their routine of arbitrary arrest and seeking out political activist to silence and voice of dissent.

Amnesty International has confirmed the following arrests in the months after the uprising

November arrests - 45 total

On 2 November, National League for Democracy (NLD) members Aung Kyaw Moe and Tin Yu were arrested.
On 4 November, NLD member Zaw Zaw was arrested at a coffee shop in Yangon's Kyeemyindaing Township.
On 4 November, U Gambira, head of the newly-formed All-Burma Monks Alliance and a leader of the protests, was arrested and reportedly charged with treason, while two of his family members previously detained as 'hostages' in an attempt to force him out of hiding, have been kept in detention.
On 5 November, U Khaymarwuntha, a 20-year-old monk from Yangon's Zantila Kamahtan monastery, was arrested for his involvement in the September demonstrations.
On 12 November, four women and an elderly man were arrested for campaigning against the dam project on the Irrawaddy River in Kachin State. They were freed from a police station two days later.
On 13 November, Su Su Nway, a member of the youth wing of the main opposition NLD party, was arrested during the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar to the country. Fellow youth activist Bo Bo Win Hlaing was arrested along with her while putting up anti-government posters.
On 14 November, at least three people were arrested in a fruit and vegetable market in Yangon for passing out anti-government pamphlets.
On 15 November, authorities raided a monastery in Sittwe, located in western Rakhine State, and arrested monk U Than Rama, wanted for his involvement in the September protests there. He was reportedly beaten during the raid and his whereabouts remains unknown.
On 15 November, a monk was beaten and taken into custody when the Aung Dhamma Pala monastery in Yangon was raided.
On 19 November, Ray Thein (alias Bu Maung), an NLD Secretary in Rakhine State, was re-arrested after being briefly detained in September for holding an anti-junta demonstration.
On 20 November, senior NLD member Myint Naing was detained.
On 20 November, politician Soe Win was arrested.
On 20 November, ethnic Arakanese leader U Tin Ohn was detained and his whereabouts remains unknown. Other ethnic leaders, including Arakanese Cin Sian Thang and U Aye Thar Aung; Naing Ngwe Thein from the Mon National Democracy Front; and Kachin political leader U Hkun Htoo, were rounded up as well on 20 and 21 November but were released after questioning.
On 24 November, eight members of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) were arrested, likely due to KIO's refusal to accede to the government's demand that they publicly renounce the November statement by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
On 26 November, Aung Zaw Oo, a member of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters group, was arrested while sitting in a teashop in downtown Yangon, likely on account of his involvement in planning events for International Human Rights Day on 10 December.
On 26 November, Rakhine State NLD chairman San Shwe Tun was re-arrested after being released from Akyab prison on 5 November after serving a three-year jail term.
On 27 November, Win Maw, lead guitarist in the popular Shwe Thansin band, Myat San, a former long-term political prisoner and a member of the Tri-Colour Students Group and Aung Aung, a friend of the two men, were arrested in a Yangon tea shop.
On 27 November, Win Maung, an SPDC village secretary from Rakhine State, was arrested for his involvement in the September protests.
On 28 November, U Tin Hla, member of the Federation of Trade Unions-Burma (FTUB) and the Burma Railway Union, was arrested along with his family for allegedly organising railway workers and encouraging them to join the rallies in September. His wife and two children were released after five days.
On 28 November, U Khin Hla, an NLD secretary in Rakhine State, was arrested.
In November, a Burmese rapper was arrested for paying tribute at a concert to the monks who led September's demonstrations.

December arrests - 29 total

On 2 December, Hajee Amir Hakim, a 52-year-old man from Rakhine State, was arrested for writing a letter to the BBC detailing SPDC human rights abuses against Rohingya minority. He was released the following day after his relatives bribed a police officer.
On 2 December, Aung Zaw Win, a lay person, was arrested while inquiring about evicted monks.
On 14 December, Khin Moe Aye, Kyaw Soe, Zaw Min, Min Min Soe, Htun Htun Win and Myo Yan Naung Thein, all former political prisoners and current members of the 88 Generation Students groups, were arrested for being linked to the activists who filmed the September protests and spoke to exiled media.
In mid-December, seven activists, including former political prisoners Aung Aung, Aung Gyi, Myat Hsan and Win Maw, were arrested for trying to send video footage of the September demonstrations to international media.
On 17-18 December, five NLD members were arrested in Rakhine State for organizing poster and graffiti campaigns against the government.
On 18 December, nine members of the Shan State Nationalities Liberation Organisation, including battalion commander major Bar Pray (alias Ye Naing), were arrested, reportedly for political reasons.

January arrests - 22 total

On 2 January, former student activists Ko Ko Maung and Ko Min Han was arrested.
On 2 January, NLD members Dr. Aung Moe Nyo, Htay Myint, Sein Win, Than Htun, U Ko Oo and Nay Myo Kyaw were arrested in Magwe division, reportedly to stop them from attending independence day celebrations in a nearby township.
On 3 January, two NLD youth members were arrested.
On 3 January, a monk and two laymen were arrested in Yangon during a house raid in search of an activist.
On 4 January, Htet Htet Aung, Ko Kyaw Kyaw and Kyaw Zin Win, all NLD youth members, were arrested.
On 13 January, U Par Lay and U Maung Soe were arrested.
On 15 January, two NLD youth wing members, Soe Min Oo and Kalar Shae, were arrested in Rakhine State after shouting slogans such as 'Restore Democracy', 'Release political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi', and 'Reduce Commodity Prices'.
On 15 January, Saw Wai, poet and leader of an organization established by artists to care for orphans of AIDS victims, was arrested after authorities deciphered part of his "February 14" poem that contained a hidden message criticizing Senior General Than Shwe.
In January, Ko Aung Gyi, former editor of the sports magazine 90 Minutes, was arrested in Yangon.


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Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for:


12 of the last 18 years

Aung San Suu Kyi is now serving her third term of house arrest. She was arrested on 30 May, 2003 after the regime's militia attacked her convoy and killed up to 100 of her supporters.

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