PORTRAITS FROM EXILE

By THE IRRAWADDY DECEMBER, 2010 - VOL.18, NO.12

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In September 2007, hundreds of monks left the relative safety of their monastaries to lead street protests, which came to be known as the “Saffron Revolution.” Burmese government security forces killed, beat, tortured and violently dispersed peaceful protesters, including monks. In the ensuing crackdown, Burmese courts sentenced hundreds of political activists and monks to prison terms of up to 65 years. Many monks subsequently fled the country.

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) broadcast journalists Thiri Htet San, 30, a former newscaster in Burma, and Moe Myint Zin, 34. The DVB is a satellite radio and television news service, with highly professional reporters who risk their lives to report and record events inside Burma. One DVB video journalist was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 27 years in prison for filming interviews with monks.

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Kyi May Kaung Wrote:

29/12/2010

Excellent!

Good idea from Human Rights Watch -

Victims and dissidents are not statistics and "faceless."

Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)

kerry Wrote:

28/12/2010

Deeply, deeply moving. Impressive and powerful. I have circulated this worldwide.