Monks Exhorted To Relaunch Stir Against Myanmar Junta
Posters obtain ad hoc to clock in exhorting the Buddhist clergy to once further hit the streets of Myanmar on the country's Independence Time. Posters posses been empitic pasted influence Pakhokku place character central Myanmar, the Myanmarese media access exile reports.
The posters own exhorted monks to stage a mass rally of monks on the 60th anniversary of Myanmar's Independence Time on January 4, 2008. The posters were construct pasted on the northern gate of the Mahawihzayarrama cloister, and declared because the East abbey, agency Pakhokku, a accommodation influence Magwe Division footing the mutiny aboriginal took apartment agency September and snowballed across Myanmar. The police hurriedly removed the posters.
Agency September this age the monks took over the protests from the 1988 - genesis students and were joined by the individuals, anterior demanding a roll back ascendancy the hike ascendancy fuel prices and capital produce and then demanding change from military rule to democracy in a country plagued by economic and political deterioration.
The Myanmar military junta came down heavily on the protesting monks students and the people killing, beating and arresting large numbers. Though it officially claimed that 10 people died and 3,000 were arrested, human rights activists have gone on record as saying that the numbers were far higher. There has been international condemnation of the high handed and ruthless suppression of the peaceful movement by the Myanmar military junta.
What followed was worse for monks. Many were disrobed forcibly. The younger monks and novices were rounded up and sent back to their hometowns. Those detained were tortured and monasteries taken over. Monks all over Myanmar except those on the side of the ruling regime were publicly humiliated making a mockery of the Buddhist clergy who are held in highest esteem in Buddhist dominated Myanmar. The generals gave the lie to being Buddhists and scorning the clergy.
Now only one - third of the monks are visible in Pakhokku town after the regime drove away many monks and novices to their hometowns.
Monks in Pakhokku have boycotted the monks'examination being conducted by the junta administration to protest against the treatment of the monks by the junta during the protests and after.
December 29, 2007
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