Has the Burmese junta crushed the anti-government protests and at what cost? As diplomatic efforts continue today to resolve the crisis there are unconfirmed reports that thousands protesters were killed last week.
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10.30am (BST)
The security forces are scaling back some of their crowd control measures in central Rangoon, according to the news agencies Reuters and Associated Press. The relatively quiet scenes in Rangoon today were a marked contrasts to last week which saw the biggest demonstrations in Burma since the 1988 uprising. Follow what happened last week here, here, and here.
The exiled Burmese blogger Soneseayar claims that thousands of protesters were killed last week. Citing Hla Win, a former intelligence office who defected, it reports that the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle.
"The bodies can be counted in several thousand," he is reported saying.
His claims are also reported in the Daily Mail, here and the Norway Post has the story of his defection.
Irrawaddy, the Thai-based news service, is using the phrase the "killing fields". It reports that 27-year-old journalist Win Ko Ko Latt is missing after covering the events last week with camera.
The security forces have been searching people with cameras today, it says.
Meanwhile, the UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has an appointment tomorrow to see Burma's top general Than Shwe in search of a compromise deal to end the crisis, according to AFP.
A Facebook group set up to in support of the demonstrators has grown to more than 220,000 members. It has details of scores of sympathy protest around the world, including a campaign to spray stencil-a-monk graffiti images as reminder to "people every where of the uprising in Burma".
11am
The Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma reports that the bodies of two protesters killed on Friday were not returned to their families but were instead buried in discreet government-organised funeral services, according to family members.
Mizzima has published a selection of anti-government cartoons including one depicting
Than Shwe as a rat gnawing through the phone lines linking Burma to the outside world. There's more on censorship here.
190 Monks have been bludgeoned to death in a monastery in Ngwe Kyar Yan, Rangoon according Sophie Lwin on Facebook. The claim is based on a call to her sister in Rangoon. Ko Htike has very disturbing images of a dead Buddhist monk face-down in water.
The British ambassador in Burma, Mark Canning told the BBC that the presence of 15,000 troops in Rangoon has prevented demonstrations.
"They've managed to stamp a picture of normality, but only with a heavy military presence," he said.
12pm
The Asia Times reports splits in the ruling military on how to handle the crisis. It claims that Than Shwe's deputy General Maung Aye opposed using force against the monks, and that some soldiers refused to shoot last week.
It quotes an analyst predicting that if there is more bloodshed this week, there could be a mutiny in the army. It also suggest that sympathy for the protests among troops was why demonstrators were allowed to see Aung San Suu Kyi last weekend.
The paper also repeats unconfirmed reports that Than Shwe's wife and and one of his daughters have fled Burma for the United Arab Emirates.
12.30pm
The free press campaign Reporters Sans Frontieres is calling for the immediate release of ten journalists that it claims have been arrested in Burma since the current unrest began.
1pm
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners names hundreds of protesters arrested in Burma since the end of the August 21. It also claims that more than 1,000 monks were arrested and beaten on Wednesday and Thursday last week.
People in Burma still seem to be dodging the censors via a Cbox chat room on Niknayman. One message sent by phone says 2,000 people marched today from Insien to ThaMine Junctions in Rangoon.
2pm
Around 70 people arrested last week were released today, according to Irrawaddy.
3.45pm
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that making contact with protesters in Rangoon is "like entering a scene from a John le Carre novel." Its reporter was told "Go to the corner of 43rd and Anawrather Street and call this number."
4pm
Major General Hla Htay Win of the Rangoon Division has been sacked amid speculation that he is being blamed for the killing of the Japanese photojournalist last week, according to the latest on soneseayar (our translator Mai Aung says).
Meanwhile, in Mandalay food deliveries to the monasteries has been banned and monks are not allowed to go out to collect food. The blog Mmedwatch also says the military are bringing in truck loads of people from the villages around Mandalay to mount pro-government protests.
4.10pm
Almost 2,000 monks and nuns who are currently being held in a Technology College are to be switched Ka Baw Valley (a kind of prison) in Sagaing, according to the latest on Niknayman.
4.50pm
The Burmese bloggers last stand? Curt on the Committee to Protect Bloggers claims that Niknayman is the only blogger still posting from Burma, via his/her cbox chatroom. Marshall Kirkpatrick pays tribute to Niknayman's bravery.
