Myanmar junta fights against democracy by Nina Gotzmannova

Peaceful march of Myanmar monks and nuns for democracy had turned into a bloody bath. On Wednesday Myanmar security forces used guns against the demonstrationists and left several people dead. By this act Myanmar government showed they are not afraid to use power and violence against people. The anti-government protest started in the middle of August this year when junta announced the prices of gas will be increased as much as 500%. At first only opposition leaders and students protested, but on 18 September thousands of monks and nuns joined the march. Approximately 100.000 people demonstrated on 24 September in Yangon, making that the biggest anti-government action since 1988. Almost twenty years ago the democracy uprising failed and soldiers killed thousands of demonstrationists. It is still not clear, how many victims does the Wednesdays shooting have. The government said only one man was killed, but the witnesses said something else. According to dissidents outside Myanmar the shooting left eight people dead, five monks and three civilians. The information minister of Myanmar government-in-exile stated that there are only three victims, but seventeen injured people. The pictures and videos of the attack were spread all over the world by dissidents using internet and cell phone services. But the junta has already cut some cell phone service, so it will be harder for the monks to gain attention. Recently they had won one thing. The world is interesting about what's going on in Myanmar. The United States and European Union made a statement, saying junta should hear to Myanmar citizen voices. The U. N. is alarmed too. Ironic is, that Aung San Suu Kyi (prominent Myanmar Nobel Prize winner and pro-democracy activist) was put under the house arrest in 1989 by the military regime known as ‘State Peace and Development Council'.

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by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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