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Sep 25, 2007 6:30 AM CDT

Burma's Monks Defy Crackdown

Junta warns of action against protests

(Newser) - Pro-democracy protests in Myanmar continued for an eighth day today, with tens of thousands of Buddhist monks, joined by students, taking to the streets in Yangon in defiance of government orders. The ruling junta threatened Monday night to crack down on the demonstrations, instructing the monks to return to their...

Monks Lead Largest Protest Yet

Sep 24, 2007 6:57 AM CDT

Monks Lead Largest Protest Yet

Tens of thousands fill streets as fears of crackdown grow

(Newser) - Protests by Buddhist monks in Myanmar continue to surge, with today's the largest against the ruling military junta in 20 years, Reuters reports. Tens of thousands of monks and residents packed the streets of Yangon and other cities. So far, military leaders have been quiet, but fears are growing of...

Burmese Protest Swells to 20K

Sep 23, 2007 2:41 PM CDT

Burmese Protest Swells to 20K

Citizens join monks and nuns in anti-government rallies in Rangoon

(Newser) - Buddhist monks and nuns are at the helm of Burma's 'largest' anti-government protest since the failed student uprising in 1988. An estimated 20,000 took to the streets today in the seventh day of demonstrations for lower prices, an end to the ruling military junta, and release of political prisoners....

Suu Kyi Greets Protesters
in Myanmar

Sep 22, 2007 10:34 AM CDT

Suu Kyi Greets Protesters in Myanmar

Detained Nobel laureate allowed to pray briefly with monks

(Newser) - The nonviolent protests that have rocked Myanmar got a boost from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today as she greeted Buddhist monks outside the house where she has been a prisoner for four years. Guards loosened up the roadblock that has been in place since the protests began and...

Burmese Monks Take to Streets

Sep 21, 2007 12:15 PM CDT

Burmese Monks Take to Streets

Vow to see military government 'wiped from the land'

(Newser) - Thousands of Buddhist monks are protesting in the streets of Burma, and they’ll continue to do so until they’ve “wiped the military dictatorship from the land,” their leaders said today. This is the first time the monks have explicitly challenged the government, the BBC reports, and...

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Sep 7, 2007 2:18 PM CDT

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Incident ends in release as protests of fuel price hikes rage

(Newser) - Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners only...