Kerry's statement during SFRC Hearing on Burma's Saffron Revolution

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SFRC Hearing on Burma's Saffron Revolution

Burma, or Myanmar, as it is now called, has gone through terrible bloodshed since KV last reported on the revolution. Monasteries were stormed and monks beaten and killed in an effort by the military to quell the uprising that has been going on for two weeks now.

In the latest report by BBC News we find that 4000 monks have been rounded up and are to be moved away. In protest, many of them are refusing to eat.

The clear human rights violations and many calls for the US and other nations to do something, have prompted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday afternoon. Senator Boxer chairs the committee, and Senator Kerry was ranking member in the 109th congress. Below is Kerry's opening statement:

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1. kick and thank you n/t

[karynnj]

2. Thank you for posting this. People really need to go to Kerryvision and hear this video

Kerry explains more of what is happening than any of the networks are. Until this year, Senator Kerry headed the committee dealing with this part of Asia. So, for 20 years, he has visited this area and knows all the leaders and the region very very well. There is also a video of him questioning the undersecretary of state for this area - who is hopeless and really couldn't get Kerry's sense of urgency.

This is well worth watching.

[karynnj]

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4. Thank you for posting the link to this video. n/t