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Bloody Crackdown In Burma [Images]
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 3:18 pm | Terry Evans
In downtown Rangoon soldiers fired shots over the heads of a gathering crowd who were awaiting the arrival of a column of around 10,000 protestors marching towards Sule Pagoda in central Rangoon. More >>
Burmese Army Fire on Innocent Civilians
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 2:48 pm | Terry Evans
Soldiers moved in on the crowd and began beating monks and civilians indiscriminately with riot batons. The civilians did their best to defend the monks, but many sustained minor head wounds. More >>
Images from Second Huge Rangoon Demonstration
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 12:02 am | Terry Evans
A tide of protesters marched through the streets of Rangoon again on Tuesday, despite warnings from the generals that force could be used to halt the current wave of protests. Soldiers was deployed outside Shwedagon on Tuesday for the first time. More >>
Images From Huge Rangoon Demonstration
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 3:56 pm | Terry Evans
On September 24, 2007, 20,000 monks and nuns (the largest protest in 20 years) marched at the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon. More >>
Latest Images From Burma As Public Join Monks
Monday, 24 September 2007, 3:11 pm | Terry Evans
Buddhist monks icalled on members of the public to join with them in future public protests. An alliance between political activists and monks will encourage members of the public to take to the streets. The Burmese are desperate for change. More >>
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Makes Rare Appearance
Monday, 24 September 2007, 6:51 am | Terry Evans
Detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared at her front gate yesterday as several hundred courageous monks marched through barricades blocking access to her home in Rangoon. More >>
Burma At Crossroads As Monks Turn Up The Heat
Monday, 24 September 2007, 6:33 am | Terry Evans
An alliance between political activists and monks will encourage members of the public to take to the streets. Though such a move would be fraught with danger for civilians, the Burmese people are desperate for change. An escalation of the current protests ... More >>
Burmese Generals Play Waiting Game
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 9:43 am | Terry Evans
For now the generals are playing a waiting game, trying to find a way to control the deeply revered monks. A stand-off exists between the morally courageous monks and a morally bankrupt military junta. The next few weeks will prove decisive. More >>
Burmese Monks Demonstration In Rangoon [Images]
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 3:15 pm | Terry Evans
Monks across Burma demonstrated as they commenced a boycott of Burmese generals and their families. Tens of thousands of onlookers applauded the protesting monks as they marched. Witnesses said the marching monks were disciplined. More >>
Burmese Monks Defy Military Junta
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 2:03 pm | Terry Evans
Yesterday monks across Burma demonstrated as they commenced a boycott of Burmese generals and their families. More >>
Burmese Monks Step Up Pressure On Military Junta
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 2:54 pm | Terry Evans
Demonstrations by hundreds of Burmese Buddhist monks were staged yesterday in central and upper Burma. The protests are a warning to the Burmese generals that the monks will refuse daily donations from the families of military personnel commencing on ... More >>
Burmese Generals Gag Opposition
Monday, 17 September 2007, 10:04 am | Terry Evans
Yesterday the Burmese military junta cut all phone lines to the headquarters of Burma's main pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), in a move designed to stem the flow of reports and images broadcast to the outside world. More >>
Burmese Monks Threaten Military Boycott
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 2:22 pm | Terry Evans
A new organisation called "The Alliance of Burma Buddhist Monks" has emerged in troubled Burma. The Alliance has distributed leaflets giving the Burmese military until September 17 to apologise for the violent way protesting monks were treated ... More >>
Burmese Monks Threaten Military Boycott
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 11:47 am | Terry Evans
A new organisation called "The Alliance of Burma Buddhist Monks” has emerged in troubled Burma. The Alliance has distributed leaflets giving the Burmese military until September 17 to apologise for the violent way protesting monks were treated ... More >>
Unrest Spreads In Burma
Monday, 10 September 2007, 2:03 pm | Terry Evans
Late last week Buddhist monks took to the streets in Pakokku, 530 kilometres north of Rangoon, in a protest against the government's decision to double fuel prices last month and the recent arrests of more than 100 protestors in Rangoon. More >>
More Demonstrations Against Burmese Junta
Friday, 24 August 2007, 2:40 pm | Terry Evans
Today was such a tense day!!! More demonstrations were reportedly taken place in different areas in Rangoon following this morning peaceful march led by women activists. More >>
Burmese Refugees arrive in New Zealand.
Saturday, 2 September 2006, 1:08 pm | Terry Evans
Yesterday 98 Burmese refugees arrived at Auckland, Mangere Centre. There are 37 members from KL and 61 members from Bangkok (Bangkok arrivals are from three border camps). More >>
Last Minute Reprieve Saves NZ Government Red Faces
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 1:28 pm | Terry Evans
Mr Mang Za Khup, a Burmese asylum seeker whose final appeal had failed, was due to be deported back to Burma today. Clayton Cosgrove, the Associate Minister of Immigration, gave him a last minute reprieve. Mang Za Khup has been granted a two-year work permit, ... More >>
