Shooting Monks In Burma
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Posted to Politics on Fri Sep 28, 2007 at 02:19:44 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When Burmese authorities cracked down on a protest movement in 1988 and killed 3,000 people, it took mainly after the fact reports for the world to understand what had already happened. As monks and civilians have protested together in the most recent upheaval, technology has allowed the world to watch nearly first hand from the beginning.
Protests began slowly at first and have since swelled to 10,000 more. After instituting a ban on gatherings of more than five people and a night time curfew, the military dictatorship moved forces into the city to back up police before confronting the masses. Since the confrontations began approximately ten people have died--including a Japanese journalist.
Japanese News Coverage of Journalist's Execution
Blogs, internet video, and even satellite imagery have given the world an up close look at the situation as it escalates. US President George Bush led the charge in calling for world condemnation of the Burmese establishment's handling of the protests, which have been organized by monks with civilian support. Other world leaders have since followed suit, although little action has occurred to this point--except that on the streets of Yangon.
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