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.
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 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]