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Burma: Monk Leaders Call for Boycott


World  (tags: Burma, Military Dicktatorship, NO Democracy, NO Human Rights )

Ben
- 93 days ago - irrawaddy.org
Burmese monks across Burma are preparing to launch another boycott of military personnel and their families due to ongoing abuses against Buddhist doctrine and clergy by the ruling military junta...
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Joycey B. (693)
Wednesday August 26, 2009, 3:28 am
It is time to free Burma. Thanks Ben.
 

Ben Oscarsito (310)
Wednesday August 26, 2009, 5:46 am
Indeed, Joycey...
...and it has been since 1962...
"Let the world know that we are still prisoners in our own country"
(Aung San Suu Kyi)
 

Janet Solomon (251)
Wednesday August 26, 2009, 10:28 pm
So while the US was fighting the Vietnam War, the rest of that area was really the 'enemy', right?
WoW.
Thank you, as always Ben. xo
 

Rosemary AWAY NO FWDS PLS (294)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 12:02 pm
"We Buddhist monks, who Webb discounts as a "throng," marched for an end to military dictatorship in Burma not because we wanted marginal improvements in our economy. We marched because we believe in freedom and democracy and are willing to make sacrifices to reach those goals."
from the article Webb’s Misguided Views
By PYINYA ZAWTA
http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=16637#

May these courageous monks be protected during their protest...this "pattanikkujjana" ... ("Known as a “pattanikkujjana” in Pali, a Buddhist monks’ boycott involves refusing morning alms from those said to have violated religious principles.")
... against this military regime which ultimately will pay for their crimes against humanity.

Let the negotiations begin! we the world community are watching!
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (251)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 12:46 pm
I hope that there will be no more blood shed in that country.. shucks they need to let the people be people in their own country
 
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