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Burma: Leader of Monks' Alliance on the Saffron Revolution - Pt 1
By: BurmaCampaign
Posted: Sep 26 08
Witnessed: 1844 veces
Regions: Myanmar
Issues: Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression, Freedom of religion & belief
Tags: all-burma monks' alliance, burma, monks uprising, Protests, saffron revolution, torture
A year ago the monks of Burma led half a million people in peaceful protests around the country, proclaiming to the military regime that peace and freedom must be finally restored to the people. The generals' response to the non-violent calls was extremely brutal; hundreds were killed, thousands imprisoned, many monasteries raided, and many people are still missing.
U Gawsita was one of the leaders of the Saffron Revolution. He speaks about what happened and what he wants the world to do.
[Originally uploaded to Youtube by user uscampaignforburma]
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