Archive - Oct 1, 2007

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Burmese Military Junta Continues Crackdown
The governing military junta of Burma has, for now, succeeded in crushing popular dissent in the form of street demonstrations. At this time last week, the mobilizations led by Buddhist monks appeared to be headed towards a non-violent popular uprising. The government then cut internet and mobile phone networks to the outside world and began a series of violent raids targeting the monasteries in the commercial capital of Rangoon. The United Nations has sent special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma, but the junta has refused to meet with him for the past three days. Gambari met with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday.