Monks, nuns, lead protest against brutal military government

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Monks Lead Protest in Burma


Posted on Sep 23, 2007



Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters have taken to the streets of Rangoon and elsewhere, as the biggest demonstration against Burma’s brutal military government in more than a decade continues to gain momentum.


Nuns in Burma anti-junta rallies
The protest is gaining strength, observers say

About 5,000 Burmese monks have been joined by nuns for the first time on the seventh day of protests calling for an end to the military government.

Cheered on by 10,000 onlookers, up to 150 nuns joined the march through the heart of Rangoon.

But unlike a day earlier, police barred a group of monks from entering the road that leads to the home of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The protest is the biggest public show of opposition since the 1988 uprising.

BBC South Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says the demonstrations are escalating because the monks are now urging civilians to join in, after advising them last week not to get involved.

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