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100,000 Protesters March in Burma Against Military Junta

HeadlineSep 24, 2007

In Burma, as many as 100,000 anti-government protesters marched through Rangoon today in the largest protest against Burma’s military junta in almost 20 years. Thousands of Buddhist monks dressed in maroon robes led the march through Burma’s former capital. The monks have vowed to continue holding marches until they have “wiped the military dictatorship from the land.” On Saturday, monks marched to the home of Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest since 2003. Military authorities allowed Suu Kyi to briefly greet and pray with the monks. It was her first public appearance in more than four years. When monks tried to march to Suu Kyi’s home on Sunday, government security forces blocked access to her home by setting up barbed-wire barricades.

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