Burma – News Stories About Burma - Page 15

Sep 26, 2007 10:31 AM CDT

5 Monks Killed by Burma Police

Monks continue to march against military despite violence

(Newser) - Five monks are reported dead and many are wounded after riot police fired at pro-democracy demonstrators, beat them with rifle butts and arrested more than 100 today in continuing protests in Yangong, Myanmar. Security forces surrounded six monasteries; as monks approached troops fired tear gas and live rounds over the...

Shots Fired at Burma Protest

Sep 26, 2007 3:56 AM CDT

Shots Fired at Burma Protest

Monks continue march as tensions with police escalate

(Newser) - Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists clashed with riot police today as they continued their protest in defiance of the Myanmar regime's ban on public assembly. Police in Yangon fired warning shots and tear gas, chased and beat monks, dragged protesters into waiting trucks, and beat their shields with batons while...

Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

Sep 25, 2007 6:02 PM CDT

Junta Issues Curfew to Stem Protests

Monks vow to keep marching as government sends troops to rally sites

(Newser) - Burma issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew and warned it will crack down on any large meetings, but protesters still marched by the tens of thousands today. The junta also sent out armed troops and declared it time to "take action," raising fears that it will repeat its 1988 crackdown,...

Bush Unloads on Burmese Junta

Sep 25, 2007 1:40 PM CDT

Bush Unloads on Burmese Junta

Prez announces new sanctions, visa ban at UN

(Newser) - President Bush told the UN General Assembly today that the US will tighten economic sanctions on Burma and impose a travel ban on its military junta leaders. The US has long maintained an embargo against the country, which is now in its eighth day of anti-junta protests. “The people’...

Burma's Monks Defy Crackdown

Sep 25, 2007 6:30 AM CDT

Burma's Monks Defy Crackdown

Junta warns of action against protests

(Newser) - Pro-democracy protests in Myanmar continued for an eighth day today, with tens of thousands of Buddhist monks, joined by students, taking to the streets in Yangon in defiance of government orders. The ruling junta threatened Monday night to crack down on the demonstrations, instructing the monks to return to their...

Monks Lead Largest Protest Yet

Sep 24, 2007 6:57 AM CDT

Monks Lead Largest Protest Yet

Tens of thousands fill streets as fears of crackdown grow

(Newser) - Protests by Buddhist monks in Myanmar continue to surge, with today's the largest against the ruling military junta in 20 years, Reuters reports. Tens of thousands of monks and residents packed the streets of Yangon and other cities. So far, military leaders have been quiet, but fears are growing of...

Burmese Protest Swells to 20K

Sep 23, 2007 2:41 PM CDT

Burmese Protest Swells to 20K

Citizens join monks and nuns in anti-government rallies in Rangoon

(Newser) - Buddhist monks and nuns are at the helm of Burma's 'largest' anti-government protest since the failed student uprising in 1988. An estimated 20,000 took to the streets today in the seventh day of demonstrations for lower prices, an end to the ruling military junta, and release of political prisoners....

Burmese Monks Take to Streets

Sep 21, 2007 12:15 PM CDT

Burmese Monks Take to Streets

Vow to see military government 'wiped from the land'

(Newser) - Thousands of Buddhist monks are protesting in the streets of Burma, and they’ll continue to do so until they’ve “wiped the military dictatorship from the land,” their leaders said today. This is the first time the monks have explicitly challenged the government, the BBC reports, and...

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Sep 7, 2007 2:18 PM CDT

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Incident ends in release as protests of fuel price hikes rage

(Newser) - Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners only...

First Lady Prods UN Head on Burma Policy

Sep 6, 2007 7:35 PM CDT

First Lady Prods UN Head on Burma Policy

Laura Bush urges tougher stance on crackdown on protests

(Newser) - As part of her ongoing campaign to raise awareness about strife in military-led Burma, Laura Bush called on the UN to condemn recent arrests of political dissidents. The first lady made her passion clear with a phone call to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon last week, in which she called...