2007 in Myanmar

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See also:	Other events of 2007 History of Myanmar Timeline

Events from the year 2007 in Myanmar:

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Soe Win (until October 12), Thein Sein (starting October 12)

Events

January

• January 10 - The United States has presents a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, calling on Myanmar to ease repression and free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
• January 11 - Five prominent dissidents jailed last September are released from jail. Forty political detainees were also released last week, as part of a mass release to mark the 59th anniversary of Myanmar's independence from Britain.

August

• August 22: The U.S. Campaign for Burma claims that Myanmar's military government has arrested at least nine leaders of the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students.

September

• September 22: Several hundred Buddhist monks marched through Burma's second largest city Mandalay as activists urged people to join the protests against the ruling military junta.
• September 29: Shortly after his scheduled arrival at Yangon, it was reported that Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Burma, had arrived in Naypyidaw to talk with the junta leaders.^[1]

October

• October 8: 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: Burma's junta announces that Buddhist monasteries have accepted US$8000 as well as food and medicine from its soldiers to signify the armed forces have not left the faith.^[2]
• October 14: Burma restores some Internet access but continues to deny access to foreign news services such as the BBC and CNN, blogs and dissident sites.
• October 31: Buddhist monks return to the streets of Burma for the first time since a crackdown on protests last month.^[3]

November

• November 15: United Nations human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro visits political prisoners, including Su Su Nway, in Burma's Insein Prison.^[4]
• November 18: 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong says Burma will not be suspended from the organization.^[5]
• November 19: The European Union imposes tougher sanctions on Burma, including an embargo on gemstones, metal and timber, and a tighter visa ban against members of the State Peace and Development Council.^[6]

Deaths

• October 12: Soe Win, 59, Prime Minister (2004–2007), leukemia.
• October 26: Khun Sa, 73, warlord.

References