The resistance of the monks : Buddhism and activism in Burma
This report written by longtime Burma watcher Bertil Lintner, describes the repression Burma's monks experienced after they led demonstrations against the government in September 2007. The report tells the stories of individual monks who were arrested, beaten and detained. Two years after Buddhist monks marched down the street of the detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hundreds of monks are in prison and thousands remain fearful of military repression. Many have left their monasteries and returned to their villages or sought refuge abroad, while those who remained in their monasteries live under constant surveillance--Publisher's website description
1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
9781564325440, 156432544X
465453412
I. Summary and key recommendations
II. Burma: a long tradition of Buddhist activism
III. The role of the Sangha in the 1988 uprising and after the 1990 election
IV. Aung San Suu Kyi and Buddhism
V. The SPDC and Buddhism
VI. The reemergence of Buddhist political activism in Burma
VII. The September 2007 crackdown
VIII. Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath
IX. International networks
X. Conclusion
XI. Recommendations
Title from PDF image of title page (viewed November 13, 2009)
"September 2009"--Page following title page
Written by Bertil Lintner--Acknowledgements (p. 109)
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