Myanmar Protests

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Google News: Myanmar Protests
MSNBC: Dissident to co-operate with Myanmar junta (November 8, 2007)
The Observer: West unites in call to end Burma crackdown (October 7, 2007
New York Times: Myanmar Leader Willing to Meet Opponent (October 4, 2007)
The Observer: How Junta stemmed a saffron tide (September 30, 2007)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine: Covering Burma and Southeast Asia
Official Site: Myanmar.com

Myanmar Protests Recent News

Yahoo! News: Myanmar Protests
Reuters: Myanmar activist arrested during U.N. envoy visit (November 13, 2007)
MSNBC: Dissident to co-operate with Myanmar junta (November 8, 2007)
Washington Post: Burmese Refugees Recall How the Protests Evolved - (October 26, 2007)
BBC News: Suu Kyi meets Burmese minister (October 25, 2007)
BBC News: UN envoy set to return to Burma (October 23, 2007)
The Observer: West unites in call to end Burma crackdown Oct 7, 2007
New York Times: Myanmar Leader Willing to Meet Opponent (Oct 4, 2007)
Spiegel Online: Junta Takes Back Control in Burma (October 1, 2007)
Asia Times: Cracks emerge in Myanmar military unity (Oct 2, 2007)
BBC News: Burmese monks 'to be sent away' (Oct 1, 2007)
Financial Times: Burma generals keep envoy waiting (Oct 1, 2007)
Al Jazeera English: Un Envoy Seeks Myanmar Talks (Oct 1, 2007)
International Herald Tribune: joins calls for peaceful solution to Myanmar crackdown on protest (September 30, 2007)

Myanmar Protests - Crackdown and Internet Cut

Washington Post: Myanmar Blocks Internet, Cuts Off Phones (Sept 28, 2007)
New York Times: Myanmar Forces Fire On Protesters (Sept 27, 2007)
BBC News: Burma protesters defy crackdown (Sept 26, 2007)
Guardian Unlimited: Violent Crackdown Launched in Myanmar (September 26, 2007)
New York Times: Burmese Monks Protest, Defying Junta’s Warning (Sept 25, 2007)

Myanmar Protests - Monks Join Protests

VOA News: Burma Threatens Action Against Protesting Monks (Sept 24, 2007)
BBC News: Monks lead largest Burma protest (Sept 24, 2007)
CNN: Monks protest near Suu Kyi house (Sept 22, 2007)
Al Jazeera: Monks Step Up Myanmar Protests (Sept 22, 2007)

Myanmar Protests - Early Demonstrations

Guardian Unlimited: Myanmar Protests Enter 4th Day (Sept 21, 2007)
New York Times: Monks Pressure Myanmar Junta (Sept 20, 2007)
Asia Times: Myanmar protests verge on mass movement (Sept 13, 2007)

Myanmar Protests Background

Google Maps: Myanmar Location
BBC News: Q&A: Protests in Burma
The Telegraph: Burma protests: Q&A
Guardian Unlimited: Q&A: Burma
BBC News: Country profile: Burma
BBC News: Burma hits new low in corruption (2007)

Myanmar Protests Commentary and Criticism

TIME: Burma's Faceless Leaders
The Washington Times: ASEAN rebukes Burma (Sept 28, 2007)
The Nation: When Monks Get Mad
Times Online: The day Burma was silenced
Times Online: Burmese Days
BBC News: China silent on Burma protests (Sept 24, 2007)
Guardian Unlimited: Cornering the junta
BBC News: Burma's silent symbol of hope
BBC News: Accounts from inside Burma
Guardian Unlimited: Paranoid, insular and inept, the junta has no plan B (September 28, 2007)

Myanmar Protests Images and Video

BBC Video Search: Burma Protests
Guardian Unlimited: Burma protests
Guardian Unlimited: Monks march in Burma
BBC News: In pictures: Burma protests
YouTube: Monks Praying Soldiers Shooting in Burma
YouTube: Bloody crack down in Burma

Myanmar Protests Central Figures

Aung San Suu Kyi
- BBC News: Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi

TIME: Burma's Faceless Leaders

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Guide Note:

In August, 2007, sharp increases in fuel prices instituted by the Myanmar military junta sparked pro-democracy protests in Burmese capital of Rangoon. The protests, led by young Buddhist monks, grew in size through August and into September until the government ordered a military crackdown, resulting in several deaths.

Fast Facts:

August 5, 2007: Fuel prices rise
August 19: First protest marches in Rangoon
September 21: Burmese Buddhist Monks emerge to co-ordinate the protests
September 22: Monks enter the home of dissident Aung San Suu Kyi
September 24: Tens of thousands march on Rangoon. Violent clashes follow. 3 deaths
September 25: Dusk-to-dawn curfew introduced
September 26: UN urges restraint. China vetoes sanctions
September 27: At least nine are shot dead in Rangoon
Protests initially led by students and opposition political activists

Background

Since 1962, a military junta has ruled Burma by force. In 1989, the junta changed the name of the nation to Myanmar, claiming that Burma was a colloquial name given to the country by the British, who ruled Burma until 1947. Dissent and freedom of speech in Myanmar are highly restricted, and the results of democratic elections in 1990 were annulled by the military rulers. In 2007, after sharp increases in fuel prices, Buddhist monks, who are typically young men performing religious obligations for a number of years, began to help organize peaceful marches throughout the country.

Crackdown

For a time, it seemed as if the junta would permit the protestors to continue to march, even as they began to gather around the home of dissident pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. However, on September 27, 2007, tanks and troops were sent in to halt the protests, and in the resulting violence, at least nine protestors were shot dead. Images of the crackdown were televised around the world, resulting in an international outcry, but as of April 2008, no significant action. According to a December 2007 United Nations report, 31 individuals were killed, 74 remained missing, and 500 to 1000 people were still detained as a result of the protests.

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