Myanmar is one of the most prolific abusers of Human Rights, according to the US State Department report on Human Rights violations for 2007. The report said that “Burma's abysmal human rights record continued to worsen…Throughout the year, the regime continued to commit extrajudicial killings and was responsible for disappearances, arbitrary and indefinite detentions, rape, and torture1.”

Myanmar’s Ministry of Information has brushed aside the news that Head of State Senior General Than Shwe's health is failing and that he is currently hospitalised2.
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej paid a one-day official visit to Myanmar on March 14. During the visit the two countries signed an investment accord aimed at protecting Thai investors in Myanmar, and helping to boost foreign investment in Thailand3.

• 1. “Junta slammed: Beijing offered slight reprieve,” Mizzima News, March 12, 2008 at http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2008/Mar/39-Mar-2008.html
• 2. “Than Shwe rumored to be hospitalized,” Mizzima News, March 12, 2008 at http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2008/Mar/43-Mar-2008.html
• 3. “Thailand, Myanmar sign investment protection agreement,” Xinhua, March 15, 2008 at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/15/content_7797877.htm