Friday, November 16, 2007

A Tale of Two Countries #2 - Burma

The junta has lifted a nighttime curfew, restored Internet access and ended a ban on assembly. But monks remain targets. The junta said recently it was still pursuing four monks who led rallies.

One of them, U Kovida, spoke to The Associated Press from the Thai border, asking that his location be kept secret for fear Thai authorities would send him back.

"At the moment you will hardly find a monk in Yangon. Monks are running away from danger. They are being arrested and sent to labor camps, tortured and killed," said U Kovida, 24.

The junta has not commented on allegations of abuse.

Taken from http://www.dassk.com/contents.php?id=1479

1 comment:

egalitarian said...

Awesome picture of see no evil e.t.c....

Sympathy for the Burmese, pity for the Thais. But as ever it's the controlling forces. They are brutally obvious in Burma, gracefully so in Thailand and deceptivly so in the west