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Images From Huge Rangoon Demonstration
Images From Huge Rangoon Demonstration
On September 24, 2007, 20,000 monks and nuns (the largest protest in 20 years) marched at the golden Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.
On Monday, 30,000 people led by 20,000 monks marched from Shwedagon Pagoda and past the offices of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party.
Myanmar's comedian Zaganar and star Kyaw Thu brought food and water to the monks. On Saturday, monks marched to greet Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest.
On Sunday, about 150 nuns joined the marchers. By this time, the marchers' numbers had swelled to 100,000 protesters.
The march covered 5 miles in the first few hours, passing Rangoon University) to Sule Pagoda and past the U.S. Embassy, inter alia, with 100 white-robed nuns.
Condoleezza Rice said the Bush administration was watching the situation "very carefully" - she said the people of Myanmar "deserve a life to be able to live in freedom, just as everyone does." President George Bush would discuss the military regime's "brutality" at the U.N. General Assembly.
Images courtesy Terry Evans. Text Courtesy Wikipedia
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