Monks March in Myanmar on Anniversary of Crackdown

[Coventina]

Source: New York Times

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — About 100 Buddhist monks in a western city in Myanmar staged a peaceful protest march on Saturday to mark the anniversary of last year’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.

The protest on Saturday was in the western port city of Sittwe.

Meanwhile, in the country’s biggest city, Yangon, recently released political prisoners helped celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the party led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained pro-democracy leader, while the police and other security personnel kept a close watch.

Last year’s demonstrations, which were led by monks, attracted as many as 100,000 people. The junta put down the protests with force, killing at least 31 people and detaining thousands, according to United Nations human rights specialists.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/world/asia/28myanmar.html?ref=asia

[otherlander]

1. Wow...

It's been a year already?