| iReport From Inside Burma |
| Friday, 19 October 2007 | |
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CNN has an iReport of life in Burma (For those of you who don't know, an iReport is a user created story.) Excerpts: The military crackdown has been unbelievably severe, especially considering this country's deep reverence for Buddhist monks. To see monks attacked during peaceful demonstrations is disturbing, as is the vengeance with which the military attempts to cover up its abuse and prevent news from leaking to the outside world. .... Every day, I hear sad stories. A father is killed when trying to reach his son in a school that is cordoned off by the military. A young student in a village school is killed by overzealous military, but the family cannot obtain the body, which was conveniently cremated. If the family protests, the whole village suffers. .... A recent quote in the The New Light of Myanmar, a government publication, says it all: "National traitors will soon meet their tragic ends." |