Burmese Monks Demonstration In Rangoon [Images]
Pix of Monk-led Demonstration In Rangoon Earlier Today
Monks across Burma demonstrated as they commenced a boycott of Burmese generals and their families.
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The protests are the biggest challenge to the ruling junta since the mass uprising of August 1988.
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Tens of thousands of onlookers applauded the protesting monks as they marched.
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Witnesses said the marching monks were disciplined and didn't allow supporters and bystanders to join them.
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This is the first time in 18 years that monks have withheld their recognition of leading members of the military junta.
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Most of Burma's 500,000 monks are expected to join the boycott.
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A member of the Alliance of All Burmese Buddhist Monks has said: "This is a fight between dhamma and ah-dhamma (between justice and injustice)."
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Images Courtesy of
Terry
Evans