U Gawsita, A leading monk during Saffron Revolution: Part I

A year ago the monks of Burma led half a million people in peaceful protests around the country, proclaiming to the military regime that peace and freedom must be finally restored to the people. The generals’ response to the non-violent calls was extremely brutal; hundreds were killed, thousands imprisoned, many monasteries raided, and many people are still missing.

U Gawsita was one of the leaders of the Saffron Revolution. He speaks about what happened and what he wants the world to do.

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U Gawsita, A leading monk during Saffron Revolution: Part II

A year ago the monks of Burma led half a million people in peaceful protests around the country, proclaiming to the military regime that peace and freedom must be finally restored to the people. The generals’ response to the non-violent calls was extremely brutal; hundreds were killed, thousands imprisoned, many monasteries raided, and many people are still missing.

U Gawsita was one of the leaders of the Saffron Revolution. He speaks about what happened and what he wants the world to do.

Made by US Campaign for Burma

Nobel Laureates on the Saffron Revolution

Nobel Peace Laureates speak out about Saffron Revolution and the sheer brutality used by Burma’s military regime against monks, nuns, and other peaceful protesters.

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Burmese Recall Their Saffron Revolution

At the end of September two years ago, Burma’s military government ordered troops to crush pro-democracy demonstrations led by Buddhist monks. As the second anniversary of the demonstrations approaches, security forces in Burma’s largest city, Rangoon, are on high alert to prevent a repeat of the Saffron Revolution, named after the robes worn by the monks who led the movement. But as we learn in the following report, some of which contains video smuggled to VOA from inside Burma, the country’s pro-democracy forces want to ensure that the Burmese people, and their government, remember what happened two years ago. Kaye Lin of VOA’s Burmese Service narrates the story.

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Inside the Saffron Revolution

On the one-year anniversary of Burma’s September uprising, when hundreds of thousands of monks caught the world’s attention by protesting for democracy, the country’s military junta continues to wage war against its own people and the crisis there has slipped back into obscurity. Frontline World reports.

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The March of the Saffron Robes: Part I

Burma’s Buddhist heritage and moving history of protest and subjugation laid the background for the 2007 Saffron Revolution which pitted monks against the military regime. This documentary by Channel News Asia explores the relationship between Burmese monks and the Burmese people and illustrates the events in Burmese history that lead up to the Saffron Revolution.

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The March of the Saffron Robes: Part II

Burma’s Buddhist heritage and moving history of protest and subjugation laid the background for the 2007 Saffron Revolution which pitted monks against the military regime. This documentary by Channel News Asia explores the relationship between Burmese monks and the Burmese people and illustrates the events in Burmese history that lead up to the Saffron Revolution.

Made by Channel News Asia

Images from the Saffron Revolution

This footage of the Saffron Revolution, showing the demonstrations of the monks in solidarity with the Burmese people, as well as the military regime’s violent crackdown, is both inspiring and heartbreaking.

Made by the International Burmese Monks Organization

Monks in Exile Speak about the Saffron Revolution

Three monks, leaders of the Saffron Revolution and now refugees in the US, openly discuss their participation in the 2007 Saffron Revolution. The monks belong to the All Burma Monks’ Alliance, (ABMA) Utica, NY, whose goal is to support the many monks currently being held as political prisoners in Burmese jails, refugee monks who have escaped incarceration and torture, and to promote human rights and democracy in Burma.

Made by Liza Béar, squaringoff.blip.tv.

Inside Myanmar: The Crackdown

For this extended special news programme, Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley went undercover in Myanmar to report exclusively on the people’s protests and resulting bloody crackdown by Myanmar’s military government, talking to the protesters, filming the bloody crackdown and gauging the mood of the nation.

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Shots Fired at Monks Protesting in Burma

Burmese Monks demonstrate peacefully and chanting prayers, until the brutal military regime armed with tear gas and semi-automatic weapons starts firing upon the monks and the crowd in this footage from the Saffron Revolution.

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