Che’s anniversary - El aniversario del Ché
Speaking about the Communist-Islamist alliance…
More in Fausta.
Más en En Defensa de Occidente y en MSV (este lo pongo porque así no me llevan otra vez a un cursillo de re-educación 
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Burma: the crackdown continues - Birmania: la represión continúa (+)
(en español al final)
From webindia:
In talks on Oct 2 with UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, Myanmar’s junta head Senior General Than Shwe agreed to personally meet with Suu Kyi on the preconditions that she drop calls for “confrontation” with the regime and end her support for Western sanctions, imposed on the country since 1988 in the aftermath of the military’s brutal crackdown on its own people that left an estimated 3,000 people dead.
Observers fear the preconditions are a manoeuvre to place blame on Suu Kyi if the dialogue fails to take place.
More about the detention centers built after or during the “saffron revolution” h/t to Enzo, Kate and John:
According to Western diplomats and at least one Burmese government official, the Yangon’s technical institute has become a temporary concentration camp for 1,700 of the victims of last week’s brutal suppression of the democracy uprising. It provides a partial answer to one of the lingering questions about the Burmese junta?s crackdown: where are the monks, democracy activists and journalists who have been rounded up and spirited away over the past six weeks?
The only thing of which one can be sure is that somewhere in the country large numbers of people are being held in an invisible prison camp, without charge, without legal recourse and without the ability to communicate.
Image: hurt arm by a police batton. From Ho htike.
Or their bodies are cremated to ensure that the actual death toll is never known:
The Burmese army has burnt an undetermined number of bodies at a crematorium sealed off by armed guards northeast of Rangoon over the past seven days, ensuring that the exact death toll in the recent pro-democracy protests will never be known.
The secret cremations have been reported by local people who have seen olive green trucks covered with tarpaulins rumbling through the area at night and watched smoke rising continuously from the furnace chimneys.
They say they have watched soldiers in steel helmets blocking off roads to the municipal crematorium and threatening people who poke their heads out of windows overlooking the roads after the 10pm curfew.
Their accounts have been volunteered to international officials and aid workers in Rangoon, Burma’s main city. The consensus in the foreign community is that the consistency of the stories makes them credible.
The Government has begun making false accusations on the monks:
The article defended security officers who had rounded up all the monks during the monastery raids, claiming that they were unable to distinguish between the real monks and imposters and so had to arrest everyone.
Among the items that had reportedly been found during the raids were alcohol, pornographic and sexual materials, women’s clothing, anti-government literature and a variety of weapons.
[Oh, yeah, and plans to build a nuclear weapon… This people thing we are all idiot. Even if that was the case, it does not justify such a crackdown…].
U Gambira, a spokesperson for the People?s Movement Leader Committee, dismissed the claims.
“People of Burma and the whole world know whether these accusations being made about monks by the junta are really true or not. Monks are peaceful people and we don’t need to give any answer to the government’s claims as everyone knows the truth. But still, I would like to say this is a very bad thing the [Burmese government] has done,” he said.
And has continued with the massive detentions:
Even as the Burmese military junta continues its crack down, the number of Burma?s opposition political party members who are being arrested has risen to over 400, an activist group said today.
The Thailand based Assistant Association for political Prisoners - Burma (AAPP-B) said despite the regime’s announcement that it had released several protesters, rampant midnight raids on the residence of activists and opposition party members (the National League for Democracy) continues.
K Bo Kyi, Secretary of the AAPP-B said the junta has categorized those arrested into three groups: activists, those joining in the protests and bystanders or onlookers applauding the protesters.
“Those released are mainly bystanders or onlookers who had cheered the demonstrators,” Bo Kyi said.
But people are speaking about what really happened:
The violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Tamwe Township and Sule Pagoda in Rangoon on September 27 was the most brutal of all, according to witnesses.
The crackdown took place near State High School No 3 a witness recalled to The Irrawaddy. “They [the security forces] rammed into the middle of the crowd in a truck. Two women were killed immediately. At least 30 people died in the incident.”
The witness added that the two women were mothers of students and they had just come to pick up their children from school.
“It was disgusting,” said the witness, adding that security forces used rubber bullets when they opened fire into the crowds, as well as teargas and batons.
Another witness said that the truck was full of troops and they opened fire at the protesters. One student who held the flag at the front of the rally was the first to be shot, he said.
A resident who was involved in the protest on September 27 said that soldiers blockaded the demonstrators from both ends of the street and then opened fire into the crowd. Protesters ran in different directions. Some climbed on the buildings and some jumped into doorways.
Right: injured monk in one of the protests.
And the people are flying Burma and arriving in the neighbour countries, speaking about more brutality by the Burmese military:
A group of four women, one carrying her baby daughter, stopped by in front of a restaurant near the ?Friendship Bridge? that links Myawadi in Myanmar and Mae Sot in Thailand on Saturday morning.
Myawadi is located around 400 kilometers east of Yangon while Mae Sot is Thailand?s westernmost city, some 400 kilometers northwest of Bangkok
Looking exhausted and frightened, one of the women said that they had come from Shan State, hundreds of kilometers north of Myawadi, and wanted to cross the bridge to go to Thailand
“Our village was burned down by soldiers, and the men were killed or taken away by them. We can’t go back,” the woman, who said her name was Naw Ester, said through an interpreter
“But we heard that there is a place across the bridge that can give us free medication and shelter. My sister was wounded in her leg from a soldier’s bullets during the attack,” she said
, pointing at another young woman who was wearing a bandage on her leg.
Ho-htike has posted several videos on the repression and several drawings about the boycott of Beijing Olympics to save Burma. Something which should be done only considering Chinese situation:
It’s a fantasy to expect the regime that produced the Tiananmen Massacre to stop its Burmese friends from killing protesters.
Countries should boycott the Beijing Olympics. They should do so not because of what has been unfolding in Rangoon or in Darfur, but for what has been happening in China itself. The Chinese Communist Party should never have been awarded the Olympics in the first place.
And the worst of all, which proves that the UN is totally unable to handle this type of crisis h/t Theo Spark:
UN staff were thrown into panic over the weekend after Burmese police and diplomats entered its offices in Rangoon and demanded hard drives from its computers.
The discs contain information that could help the dictatorship to identify key members of the opposition movement, many of whom have gone underground. UN staff spent much of the weekend deleting information.
The stream of dramatic images of tens of thousands of monks parading through Rangoon inspired condemnation of the Government across the world. On Saturday, demonstrations denouncing the regime were held as far apart as Sydney, Singapore, London and Washington.
Others writing: Roger L. Simon.
(+) There is an attempt to send Gral Than Swe to International Criminal Court.
- dijo que quería reunirse con Aung San Suu Kyi, pero la única Premio Nobel que está en arresto domiciliario (se ha pasado en esta situación 11 de los últimos 18 años) ya le ha contestado que no. La oposición teme que es una maniobra para echarle la culpa a ella de que no haya diálogo.Mientras se van conociendo más datos de cómo se ha producido la represión. En Yangún hay 1.700 personas detenidas en el Centro Politénico, por lo que podemos hacernos una idea de dónde han ido al menos algunos de los 6.000 detenidos que, se considera, lo han sido durante la represión. Lo peor es que están siendo retenidos -además de torturados, con una probabilidad del 99,9 periódico %- sin cargos, sin recursos legales y sin poder comunicarse con el exterior.También se sabe que la policía ha quemado un número indeterminado de cadáveres en el crematorio de Rangún, que está cerrado a cal y canto. Los testigos dicen haber visto cómo llegaban camiones militares cubiertos que se dirigían al crematorio cuyas chimeneas funcionaban continuamente. Otra causa más de por qué no hay cadáveres y por qué nunca habrá una cifra oficial de muertos en esta represión [Especialmente dedicado, Patroclo].Pero la bajeza del régimen va a más. El régimen ha hecho redadas por los monasterios budistas y ha acusado a los monjes de tener alcohol, material pornográfico y sexual, ropa de mujer, literatura anti-gubernamental y variedad de armas. Y yo soy Muhammad Ali, no te digo. Imaginemos que esto fuera verdad: ¿el que unos monjes tuvieran alcohol y literatura pornográfica y anti-gubernamental justifica lo que hemos estado viendo? Para mí, que no.
Claro, que como dice U Gambira, el portavoz del Movimiento del Pueblo, “el mundo ya ha visto lo que ha pasado aquí”. O sea que las acusaciones son más falsas que un duro de cuatro pesetas.
Y siguen las detenciones: ayer 400, a pesar de que, según el gobierno del carnicero birmano, habían soltado a muchos. Incluso eso tiene truco: han soltado a los que sólo pasaban por allí, se quedaban mirando o aplaudían.
Según los testigos el día más brutal fue el pasado 27 de septiembre, cuando los soldados cercaron a los manifestantes al lado de la pagoda de Rangún y abrieron fuego sobre la multitud. Los primeros asesinados fueron dos mujeres y un estudiante que enarbolaba una bandera al principio de la manifestación. Cuando la gente vio que disparaban, intentó escapar como pudo, subiéndose por las fachadas o metióndose en los portales.
Los refugiados están empezando a llegar a los países de alrededor. A Tailandia están llegando la mayoría. Muchos cuentan la dura represión que está teniendo lugar en sitios apartados. Dos mujeres -una de ellas con un pie vendado- y con una niña en brazos, declararon que venían del Estado Shan y que su ciudad había sido completamente quemada por los soldados. Los hombres habían sido asesinados o hechos prisioneros. Añadieron: “por eso no podemos volver atrás. Pero hemos oído que pueden darnos medicinas y cobigo gratis. Mi hermana ha sido herida en un pie de un disparo de un soldado durante el ataque“.
Así, los blogueros birmanos siguen pidiendo con insistencia el boicot a los Juegos Olímpicos chinos, sin darse cuenta de que lso chinos están sufriendo en silencio lo que hemos visto estos días en Birmania. También en China hay represión de las pequeñas revueltas campesinas que se producen cada vez más a menudo.
Por último, la Junta birmana está intentando tener acceso a los ordenadores de la ONU, que contienen información sobre los activistas que han tomado parte en las manifestaciones. Los trabajadores de la ONU vivieron momentos de pánico cuando policías y militares birmanos entraron en sus dependencias y exigieron que se les entregaran los discos duros de los ordenadores. Los discos pueden ayudar a identificar a opositores que ahora están viviendo a escondidas. Los trabajadores de la ONU han borrado los discos duros para impedir que la información caiga en manos del Gobierno.
No tengo palabras.
Post relacionados: el Movimiento Stalin Vive, con su peculiar sentido del humor, nos trae las “noticias sobre Myanmar”, incluyendo un un poster de homenaje al Generalísimo Than Shwe (¿por qué todos estos tiranos serán tan refeos -como dirían en Sudamérica-? ).
(+) Actualizo el post para señalar que hay una proposición para llevar al General Than Shwe (el carnicero birmano) al Tribunal Penal Internacional. Yo la apoyo.
Etiquetas de Technorati: Birmania, Burma, abusos a los Derechos Humanos, Human Rights’ abuses, UN, ONU, China
Burma: More protests and more repression - Birmania: más protestas y más represión
A day of global protests against Myanmar’s junta began in cities across Asia Saturday, after the military regime admitted detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks when troops turned their guns on pro-democracy demonstrators last week.
Hoping to send a message to the generals that the world is still watching the situation, rights group Amnesty International organized marches in more than two dozen Asian, European and North American cities.Hundreds marched in the Australian city of Melbourne behind a banner demanding “No More Bloodshed.” A smaller crowd of about 50 turned out in Bangkok, Thailand.
In Malaysia’s biggest city, Kuala Lumpur, 300 people attended a candlelight vigil Friday evening outside the city’s tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers.More rallies were planned in New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland, the U.S. and Canada.
The junta’s treatment of the Buddhist monks — who are revered in this deeply religious nation and led the street protests — is a key issue that could further inflame the people of Myanmar and anger soldiers loyal to the military rulers.
The government insisted most of the monks it detained had already been freed, with only 109 still in custody, according to an official statement broadcast Friday night on state TV. The report noted the junta was still hunting for four more monks it believed were ringleaders of the rallies.
Demonstrations that began in mid-August over a fuel price increase swelled into Myanmar’s largest anti-government protests in 19 years, inspired largely by the thousands of monks who poured into the streets.Television images last week showed soldiers shooting into crowds of unarmed protesters — but the government described the troops’ reaction as “systematically controlling” the protesters.
Protests pile pressure on Myanmar - CNN.com
As my Spanish friend Aquiles, I’m also appaled by the statements UN is supporting not to impose sanctions or other measures on Burmese Junta:
Both China and Burma oppose sanctions, arguing that the situation in Burma is an internal cuestion and that it is not a menace for peace and international security.
That was precisely the defense of the Burmese ambassador in UN, Kyaw Tint Swe.
From BBC:
Diplomats have circulated a draft statement at the UN denouncing the “violent repression” of pro-democracy protests.
I want the EU to impose further sanctions on the regime to make it absolutely clear we will not tolerate the abuses that have taken place
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
The US, France and the UK called for immediate dialogue with opposition leaders, while the US suggested it would push for sanctions on Burma.
But China and Russia remain opposed to sanctions, saying the situation in Burma is an internal affair that does not threaten international peace and security.
On Saturday, Mr Brown said that he would push for European Union sanctions as he met Burmese exiles and campaigners at Downing Street as part of the global day of protests: “I want the EU to impose further sanctions on the regime to make it absolutely clear we will not tolerate the abuses that have taken place,” he told the delegation.
Solidarity
Demonstrations were scheduled to take place at noon local time in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, the UK and the US.
Capuchin and Carmelite monks join protests in Dublin, Ireland
There were no reported demonstrations in Burma’s largest city Rangoon, though, according to a Buddhist monk interviewed on the Burmese service of Radio Free Asia, people were praying in their homes.
Red headbands will be tied onto government buildings, religious shrines or key landmarks.
Myo Thein, of the Burma Campaign UK which is organising the London event, said the marches “are designed to show the people of Burma that we stand with them and the generals that we are watching their every move”.
By the way, the UN worker has been released - I’m sure this is not the result of the UN’s strength.
Ho-htike asks why we don’t boycott the Olympics… Yes, we should. 
RWB:
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association today condemned the continuing detention of a total of six journalists who have been arrested since the start of the pro-democracy demonstrations. They also condemned the crackdown that has followed the protests and said they feared that more journalists could be arrested.
“Now that United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has failed to get the repression stopped, it is important that the international community should continue to call for the release of the hundreds or possibly thousands of people, including six journalists, who have arrested since mid-August,” the two organisations said.
“We are appalled by the methods used by the police, who are arresting many people, especially young demonstrators, on the basis of photos taken by plain-clothes police who were in the demonstrations,” Reporters Without Borders and the BMA added.
Kate was at yesterday’s demonstration in Washington DC.
I didn’t know there was a protest in Madrid. 
Next week I will read the page for protests in Spain… 
There has been more protests held in Burma today:
Myanmar’s military has arrested 78 more people in its continuing crackdown on anti-government protests.
The latest arrests on Sunday bring to at least 1,000 the number of people currently being detained by the government, according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
But dissident groups and foreign governments claim more than 6,000 people, including 135 Buddhist monks, are being held after last month’s protests against 45 years of military rule, the highest number in nearly two decades.
The New Light of Myanmar quoted investigators as saying the authorities have also detained 533 monks for questioning “to differentiate between real monks and bogus monks.”
I agree completely: if the UN does not do more, it should be dissolved…
Military’s Myanmar is the Nation’s Driving Force @ NYT (what an asshole this NYT to name the country as Myanmar… this is the name the Military Junta stated to make the people forget about their country…). Their motto:
?Crushing all enemies, on land, underground and at sea, all enemies, we will crush them totally, until they are uprooted, decimated.?
El mundo.es publishes today that:
[…] according to witnesses, they believe that a lot of corpses have been incinerated in Rangoon’s funeral parlous after been conveyed there by military trucks from the Insein’s maximum security prision, in the outskirts of the city.
More from LD:
The official number of detainees and the treatment they are receiving from them, haven’t been treated by Red Cross’ International Committee, as this organization is forbidden by the Military Junta both in prisons and in the arrest facilities which have been located in military and Government’s buildings.
Las potencias occidentales intentaban el sábado mantener la presián sobre la junta militar de Birmania, después de que el emisario de la ONU Ibrahim Gambari advirtiera de “consecuencias internacionales graves” tras la represión de protestas populares en ese país.
Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña y Francia, los tres miembros permanentes occidentales del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas, hicieron circular el viernes un proyecto de declaración que condena “la represión violenta” ejercida contra los manifestantes por la junta militar birmana.
Además, la administración estadounidense, a través de su embajador en la ONU, Zalmay Khalilzad, mencionó la posibilidad de nuevas sanciones.
“Estados Unidos está dispuesto a proponer al Consejo de Seguridad una resolución que imponga sanciones”, dijo Khalilzad al estimar indispensable que Gambari regrese a la región, “lo más rápidamente posible para continuar sus esfuerzos diplomáticos”.
“Ha llegado la hora de que el Consejo haga más que simplemente escuchar un informe”, insistió el embajador estadounidense.
“El Consejo de Seguridad condena la violenta represión del gobierno de Birmania contra manifestaciones pacíficas, incluyendo el uso de la fuerza contra figuras e instituciones religiosas”, dice el borrador del texto que debe ser discutido el lunes por un panel de expertos en el Consejo de Seguridad.
El proyecto de declaración pide “la liberación inmediata de las personas detenidas y (…) que las que resultaron heridas tengan acceso a cuidados médicos”.
Olé por Gordon Brown: (qué diferencia con nuestro bienamado líder…)
El primer ministro británico, Gordon Brown, prometió hoy en Londres “mantener la presión para lograr el cambio” en Birmania (Myanmar), en coincidencia con el día de acción internacional, en el que miles de personas en varias ciudades del mundo se manifiestan contra la situación de represión de ese estado.
El jefe del Ejecutivo señaló hoy que las protestas contra el régimen de Myanmar “quieren repetir un mensaje firme: el mundo no ha olvidado y no olvidará a la gente de Myanmar“.
Brown mostró su compromiso para asegurar que la Unión Europea impone sanciones más duras contra las autoridades de Rangún y reiteró su apoyo a los esfuerzos que realizan las Naciones Unidas para resolver la situación de crisis.
Alicia… digo… Ghambari en el país de las Maravillas:
“A partir de mi propia conversación, ella parece estar muy ansiosa por tener un diálogo adecuado” siempre y cuando no hayan condiciones previas, sostuvo Gambari.
El general Than Shwe, quien indignó al mundo al enviar soldados para reprimir manifestaciones pacíficas lideradas por monjes, ha ofrecido negociaciones directas si Suu Kyi abandona la “confrontación” y su apoyo a las sanciones y a la “total devastación“.
Analistas especializados en Myanmar advirtieron a los optimistas que las esperanzas de cambio han sido frecuentemente frustradas en el pasado durante los 45 a?os de ininterrumpido gobierno militar, marcados por la matanza por parte del Ej?rcito de 3.000 personas en un levantamiento de 1988.
No quepo en mí en una mezcla de asombro e indignación: “A pesar de los trágicos eventos recientes, la situación en Birmania no es, repito: no es, una amenaza para la paz y la seguridad ni regional ni internacional. No se justifica una acción del Consejo de Seguridad”. Este es el argumento con el que tanto China como Rusia pretenden impedir que el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU imponga nuevas sanciones al régimen sanguinario de la junta militar socialista birmana, sanciones que impulsa EEUU.
Hoy ha habido aún más manifestaciones en Birmania y más detenciones: 78, para ser exactos. El periódico “La Nueva Luz de Myanmar” ha señalado que las autoridades han detenido, además, a 533 monjes para distinguir “entre los verdaderos y los falsos”. Se considera que hay encarceladas más de 6000 personas, de los que 155 son monjes budistas (no me salen las cuentas 
), el más importante número desde que hace 45 años comenzó la dictadura militar (o sea, que vamos a peor… 
).
Del anterior link del mundo.es:
Entretanto, camiones del Ejército seguían el domingo aparcados en torno a las pagodas de Shwedagon y de Sule, aunque la presencia de soldados era menor en las calles de Rangún, y habían sido levantadas las barricadas de espinos, según dijeron testigos a radio Mizzima.
La disidencia birmana estima que la cifra de víctimas mortales se aproxima a los dos centenares, y según relatos de testigos, creen que muchos cadáveres han sido incinerados en el tanatorio municipal de Rangún después de sacarlos en camiones militares de la prisión de máxima seguridad de Insein, situada a las afueras de la ciudad.
O sea, después de haber sido asesinados mientras estaban torturándolos. Y la ONU, tocándose toooooooodo lo tocable…. Uaghhhhhhhh!!
Más de LD:
La cifra oficial de detenidos y el trato que reciben no han sido asuntos examinados por el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, organismo al que la Junta Militar prohíbe el acceso a las prisiones y centros de detención montados en recintos militares y edificios gubernamentales.
Kate (
???qué pasa, peladaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!) fue a la manifestación en Washigton contra la dictadura birmana. A ver si me acuerdo yo de mirar si hay protestas aquí y voy la semana que viene, que esta no lo miré y no fui. 
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Etiquetas de Technorati: Birmania, Burma, represión, repression, dictatorship, dictadura, UN, ONU, Derechos Humanos, abusos a los Derechos Humanos, Human Rights, Human Rights’ abuses, Ghambari, Military Junta, Junta Militar birmana
Burma: More protests and more repression - Birmania: más protestas y más represión
A day of global protests against Myanmar’s junta began in cities across Asia Saturday, after the military regime admitted detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks when troops turned their guns on pro-democracy demonstrators last week.
Hoping to send a message to the generals that the world is still watching the situation, rights group Amnesty International organized marches in more than two dozen Asian, European and North American cities.Hundreds marched in the Australian city of Melbourne behind a banner demanding “No More Bloodshed.” A smaller crowd of about 50 turned out in Bangkok, Thailand.
In Malaysia’s biggest city, Kuala Lumpur, 300 people attended a candlelight vigil Friday evening outside the city’s tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers.More rallies were planned in New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Ireland, Spain and Switzerland, the U.S. and Canada.
The junta’s treatment of the Buddhist monks — who are revered in this deeply religious nation and led the street protests — is a key issue that could further inflame the people of Myanmar and anger soldiers loyal to the military rulers.
The government insisted most of the monks it detained had already been freed, with only 109 still in custody, according to an official statement broadcast Friday night on state TV. The report noted the junta was still hunting for four more monks it believed were ringleaders of the rallies.
Demonstrations that began in mid-August over a fuel price increase swelled into Myanmar’s largest anti-government protests in 19 years, inspired largely by the thousands of monks who poured into the streets.Television images last week showed soldiers shooting into crowds of unarmed protesters — but the government described the troops’ reaction as “systematically controlling” the protesters.
Protests pile pressure on Myanmar - CNN.com
As my Spanish friend Aquiles, I’m also appaled by the statements UN is supporting not to impose sanctions or other measures on Burmese Junta:
Both China and Burma oppose sanctions, arguing that the situation in Burma is an internal cuestion and that it is not a menace for peace and international security.
That was precisely the defense of the Burmese ambassador in UN, Kyaw Tint Swe.
From BBC:
Diplomats have circulated a draft statement at the UN denouncing the “violent repression” of pro-democracy protests.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
The US, France and the UK called for immediate dialogue with opposition leaders, while the US suggested it would push for sanctions on Burma.
But China and Russia remain opposed to sanctions, saying the situation in Burma is an internal affair that does not threaten international peace and security.
On Saturday, Mr Brown said that he would push for European Union sanctions as he met Burmese exiles and campaigners at Downing Street as part of the global day of protests: “I want the EU to impose further sanctions on the regime to make it absolutely clear we will not tolerate the abuses that have taken place,” he told the delegation.
Solidarity
Demonstrations were scheduled to take place at noon local time in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, the UK and the US.
Capuchin and Carmelite monks join protests in Dublin, Ireland
There were no reported demonstrations in Burma’s largest city Rangoon, though, according to a Buddhist monk interviewed on the Burmese service of Radio Free Asia, people were praying in their homes.
Red headbands will be tied onto government buildings, religious shrines or key landmarks.
Myo Thein, of the Burma Campaign UK which is organising the London event, said the marches “are designed to show the people of Burma that we stand with them and the generals that we are watching their every move”.
By the way, the UN worker has been released - I’m sure this is not the result of the UN’s strength.
Ho-htike asks why we don’t boycott the Olympics… Yes, we should.
RWB:
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association today condemned the continuing detention of a total of six journalists who have been arrested since the start of the pro-democracy demonstrations. They also condemned the crackdown that has followed the protests and said they feared that more journalists could be arrested.
“Now that United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has failed to get the repression stopped, it is important that the international community should continue to call for the release of the hundreds or possibly thousands of people, including six journalists, who have arrested since mid-August,” the two organisations said.
“We are appalled by the methods used by the police, who are arresting many people, especially young demonstrators, on the basis of photos taken by plain-clothes police who were in the demonstrations,” Reporters Without Borders and the BMA added.
Kate was at yesterday’s demonstration in Washington DC.
I didn’t know there was a protest in Madrid. Next week I will read the page for protests in Spain…
There has been more protests held in Burma today:
Myanmar’s military has arrested 78 more people in its continuing crackdown on anti-government protests.
The latest arrests on Sunday bring to at least 1,000 the number of people currently being detained by the government, according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
But dissident groups and foreign governments claim more than 6,000 people, including 135 Buddhist monks, are being held after last month’s protests against 45 years of military rule, the highest number in nearly two decades.
The New Light of Myanmar quoted investigators as saying the authorities have also detained 533 monks for questioning “to differentiate between real monks and bogus monks.”
I agree completely: if the UN does not do more, it should be dissolved…
Military’s Myanmar is the Nation’s Driving Force @ NYT (what an asshole this NYT to name the country as Myanmar… this is the name the Military Junta stated to make the people forget about their country…). Their motto:
?Crushing all enemies, on land, underground and at sea, all enemies, we will crush them totally, until they are uprooted, decimated.?
El mundo.es publishes today that:
[…] according to witnesses, they believe that a lot of corpses have been incinerated in Rangoon’s funeral parlous after been conveyed there by military trucks from the Insein’s maximum security prision, in the outskirts of the city.
More from LD:
The official number of detainees and the treatment they are receiving from them, haven’t been treated by Red Cross’ International Committee, as this organization is forbidden by the Military Junta both in prisons and in the arrest facilities which have been located in military and Government’s buildings.
Las potencias occidentales intentaban el sábado mantener la presián sobre la junta militar de Birmania, después de que el emisario de la ONU Ibrahim Gambari advirtiera de “consecuencias internacionales graves” tras la represión de protestas populares en ese país.
Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña y Francia, los tres miembros permanentes occidentales del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas, hicieron circular el viernes un proyecto de declaración que condena “la represión violenta” ejercida contra los manifestantes por la junta militar birmana.
Además, la administración estadounidense, a través de su embajador en la ONU, Zalmay Khalilzad, mencionó la posibilidad de nuevas sanciones.
“Estados Unidos está dispuesto a proponer al Consejo de Seguridad una resolución que imponga sanciones”, dijo Khalilzad al estimar indispensable que Gambari regrese a la región, “lo más rápidamente posible para continuar sus esfuerzos diplomáticos”.
“Ha llegado la hora de que el Consejo haga más que simplemente escuchar un informe”, insistió el embajador estadounidense.
“El Consejo de Seguridad condena la violenta represión del gobierno de Birmania contra manifestaciones pacíficas, incluyendo el uso de la fuerza contra figuras e instituciones religiosas”, dice el borrador del texto que debe ser discutido el lunes por un panel de expertos en el Consejo de Seguridad.
El proyecto de declaración pide “la liberación inmediata de las personas detenidas y (…) que las que resultaron heridas tengan acceso a cuidados médicos”.
Olé por Gordon Brown: (qué diferencia con nuestro bienamado líder…)
El primer ministro británico, Gordon Brown, prometió hoy en Londres “mantener la presión para lograr el cambio” en Birmania (Myanmar), en coincidencia con el día de acción internacional, en el que miles de personas en varias ciudades del mundo se manifiestan contra la situación de represión de ese estado.
El jefe del Ejecutivo señaló hoy que las protestas contra el régimen de Myanmar “quieren repetir un mensaje firme: el mundo no ha olvidado y no olvidará a la gente de Myanmar“.
Brown mostró su compromiso para asegurar que la Unión Europea impone sanciones más duras contra las autoridades de Rangún y reiteró su apoyo a los esfuerzos que realizan las Naciones Unidas para resolver la situación de crisis.
Alicia… digo… Ghambari en el país de las Maravillas:
“A partir de mi propia conversación, ella parece estar muy ansiosa por tener un diálogo adecuado” siempre y cuando no hayan condiciones previas, sostuvo Gambari.
El general Than Shwe, quien indignó al mundo al enviar soldados para reprimir manifestaciones pacíficas lideradas por monjes, ha ofrecido negociaciones directas si Suu Kyi abandona la “confrontación” y su apoyo a las sanciones y a la “total devastación“.
Analistas especializados en Myanmar advirtieron a los optimistas que las esperanzas de cambio han sido frecuentemente frustradas en el pasado durante los 45 a?os de ininterrumpido gobierno militar, marcados por la matanza por parte del Ej?rcito de 3.000 personas en un levantamiento de 1988.
No quepo en mí en una mezcla de asombro e indignación: “A pesar de los trágicos eventos recientes, la situación en Birmania no es, repito: no es, una amenaza para la paz y la seguridad ni regional ni internacional. No se justifica una acción del Consejo de Seguridad”. Este es el argumento con el que tanto China como Rusia pretenden impedir que el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU imponga nuevas sanciones al régimen sanguinario de la junta militar socialista birmana, sanciones que impulsa EEUU.
Hoy ha habido aún más manifestaciones en Birmania y más detenciones: 78, para ser exactos. El periódico “La Nueva Luz de Myanmar” ha señalado que las autoridades han detenido, además, a 533 monjes para distinguir “entre los verdaderos y los falsos”. Se considera que hay encarceladas más de 6000 personas, de los que 155 son monjes budistas (no me salen las cuentas ), el más importante número desde que hace 45 años comenzó la dictadura militar (o sea, que vamos a peor… ).
Del anterior link del mundo.es:
Entretanto, camiones del Ejército seguían el domingo aparcados en torno a las pagodas de Shwedagon y de Sule, aunque la presencia de soldados era menor en las calles de Rangún, y habían sido levantadas las barricadas de espinos, según dijeron testigos a radio Mizzima.
La disidencia birmana estima que la cifra de víctimas mortales se aproxima a los dos centenares, y según relatos de testigos, creen que muchos cadáveres han sido incinerados en el tanatorio municipal de Rangún después de sacarlos en camiones militares de la prisión de máxima seguridad de Insein, situada a las afueras de la ciudad.
O sea, después de haber sido asesinados mientras estaban torturándolos. Y la ONU, tocándose toooooooodo lo tocable…. Uaghhhhhhhh!!
Más de LD:
La cifra oficial de detenidos y el trato que reciben no han sido asuntos examinados por el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, organismo al que la Junta Militar prohíbe el acceso a las prisiones y centros de detención montados en recintos militares y edificios gubernamentales.
Kate ( ???qué pasa, peladaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!) fue a la manifestación en Washigton contra la dictadura birmana. A ver si me acuerdo yo de mirar si hay protestas aquí y voy la semana que viene, que esta no lo miré y no fui.
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Stefania is beginning a mail-bombing to send these and other photos to Michael Moore.
No wonder the Cubans are leaving in thousands…
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Lo que veis arriba son fotos del sistema sanitario cubano. Mi amiga italiana Stefania está iniciando un mail-bombing para mandar estas y otras fotos a Micheal Moore (link de arriba), lo que no estaría mal considerando su película Sicko…
No me extraña que, como posteé el otro día, estén huyendo del “paraíso robolusionario” a miles…
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At least 18.000 Cubans have fled the island in the last year
En el último año fiscal, más 10.000 cubanos han llegado a Estados Unidos a través de la frontera mexicana, en su mayoría utilizando mafias de ilegales que cobran unos 10.000 dólares a cada emigrante.
Además, la emigración a través del estrecho de la Florida alcanzó un nuevo récord, con 7.693 ilegales cubanos, entre ellos 2.868 interceptados en aguas del estrecho.
El 70 por ciento, explicaron los funcionarios estadounidenses, llegan a Florida en lanchas rápidas y el 30 por ciento restante en balsas de fabricación casera.
El aumento de la emigración, apuntó Murphy, se debe a las buenas condiciones meteorológicas del último año y a la falta de motivaciones y de expectativas de los cubanos.
Uyy, pero ahí tenemos a Zapatero dando ayudas a Castro… y Moratinos sonriendo a Raúl Castro. 
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In the last year, more than 10.000 Cubans have arrived in the USA through the Mexican border, most of them using gangs of illegals who ask for $10,000 approx.per person.
Also the immigration through the strait of Florida had a new record, with 7,693 Cuban alliens, among them 2.868 intercepted in the strait.
70%, according to US civil servants, arrived in Florida in quick motorboats and the 30% in home-made rafts.
The raise in immigration is caused by the good metereological conditions which happened last year and the lack of motivations and expectations of the Cubans.
But, hey, Zapatero continues to give money to Castro and Spanish FM Moratinos keeps on smiling to murderer and tyrant Raúl Castro…
Un apunte rápido: MSN NOticias:
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU condenó hoy la “represión violenta de manifestantes pacíficos” por parte de las autoridades de Birmania y pidió una investigación inmediata sobre la situación de Derechos Humanos en el país.
El Consejo, formado por 47 países, “deplora enérgicamente la continua represión violenta de manifestantes pacíficos en Birmania, incluidos los golpes, homicidios, detenciones arbitrarias y desapariciones forzosas”.
Vale y ¿ahora qué van a hacer?
[Aunque esto era menos de lo que se pensaba que iban a hacer…].
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The Council, formed by 47 countries, “has condemned the violent repression of peaceful demonstrators” by the Burmese authorities and asked for an immediate investigation about the situation of HUman Rights in the country.
The Council “finds deplorable the continuous repression of peaceful demonstrators in Burma, including the beatings, homicides, arbitrary detentions and forced disparitions”.
OK, so now, what???
[But this was less than they were going to do…].
At the same time, Burmese play tense waiting game.
In the UN (that @#€@#€ of organization) tx to Kate:
Myanmar’s foreign minister has accused “political opportunists” backed by foreign powers of trying to derail its move towards a “disciplined democracy”.
Nyan Win defended the crackdown on anti-government demonstrators he called an “unruly and provocative” mob, as essential to restore order.
“Normalcy has now returned in Myanmar,” he said.
He told the UN General Assembly’s ministerial meeting on Monday that “neo-colonialists” - a reference to the US and other Western nations – were spreading disinformation that Myanmar’s government was committing gross human rights violations and imposing economic sanctions.
“Recent events make clear that there are elements within and outside the country who wish to derail the ongoing process [towards democracy] so that they can take advantage of the chaos that would follow,” he said.
“They have become more and more emboldened and have stepped up their campaign to confront the government.”
At last, the Junta has agreed to receive the UN Envoy (4 days later) but with this statement I am not very optimistic…
The left side of the blogosphere has jumped into action, mainly by deifying bloggers and signing petitions. Neither of these things will stop the Junta’s Holocaust against Buddhists, only action will. But the left will never call for action, they’re happy to allow the bloodshed to continue for another generation while shaking their head ruefully and wishing someone else would do something.
Yes, because then they could blame other one for their errors, while they would be at home just doing nothing for others. But, ohh, how well we feel, eh??
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: 1974 monks and nuns being arrested at Insein GTI are now scheduled to be sent to Bawathit Prison, Kabaw Valley, Sagaing Division. Details unknown. Activists encourage for possible reporters to keep an aye on all these detention centers. Current satellite images requested.
More from BBC:
Thousands of monks have been arrested since the weekend and many of them are now locked up in the government technical college on the outskirts of the city - a windowless hall which has three military vehicles stationed outside.
Local people are well aware that the monks have been locked away, and they are afraid that they themselves could be next.
“I’m really scared,” a woman told us quietly when she was sure no-one else could hear.
If the Burmese military wanted to silence the protesters through fear, they seem to have largely succeeded. But they know they cannot keep the monks locked up for ever, and people are waiting anxiously to see what happens next.
Don’t have words enough. But, hey, it’s too early to draw conclusions..
The Moderate Voice: Hey, General, Show us these little monks are Alive and Unharmed.
Yes, show them, you torturers… 
West eyes China to influence Burma’s junta | csmonitor.com
[The West] hopes that China will arm-twist Burma’s generals into making concessions to defuse the crisis are probably wishful thinking and run counter to Chinese political and business interests, say analysts.Harder to gauge, say analysts, is how far the writ of such allies extends in Burma. “China has very little influence. It is stuck with an advisory role. The basis of Burma’s policy has been to shut itself off,” says William Overholt, head of RAND Corp.’s Asia-Pacific research center.A broader question, with ramifications for dealings with Sudan, Zimbabwe and other regimes, is whether China will abandon its policy of noninterference and play a role closer to that of Western powers, even if it ultimately opts for engagement over opprobrium.
China has begun to adopt a critical tone on Burma, saying it hoped the Burmese government could “properly deal with its domestic social conflicts.” Premier Wen Jiabao called Sunday on Burma to seek a peaceful solution. Breaking with protocol, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last week roundly condemned Burma, a member state, as did Japan, which said it was suspending major aid.
But in Beijing’s eyes, propping up an unpopular regime on its borders may be preferable to seeing it collapse and risk being shut out by an unfriendly new government. “If the military government does not survive, a pro-Western regime will be established that would inevitably turn from China to the West for political and economic support,” says Du Jifeng, a Burma analyst at the China Academy for Social Sciences.
The timing is awkward for Beijing. The Communist Party is gearing up for a crucial congress and wants a united front on policy choices, not dissension over Burma. The sight of peaceful protesters confronting an authoritarian state also has uncomfortable parallels, says Russell Moses, an analyst in Beijing. “Events in Burma raise the specter of peaceful political change in China, and that makes a lot of officials in Beijing nervous,” he says
From Saffron Revolution Updates: Massacre at School:
photos taken at State High School No.2, Tamwe in Rangoon, after the killing of students by soldiers. Estimated 50-100 students and parents killed.
One is photo of brain got out from a student and one is a crowd looking dead bodies lying in the drain.
The Belmont club posts the letter they have received from a Burmese gentleman:
Matter of fact, I just learned that a Japanese life is worth more than thousands of Burmese lives. It is evident from the reaction of the Japanese government after a Japanese journalist was killed in Rangoon. The Japanese government has long been aware of the fact that Burmese people go through these abuses at junta’s hand everyday. Summary executions, forced labor, forced relocation, forced conscription of child soldiers and many other atrocities. But Japanese government has been indifferent in their policy of engaging with the military junta and supporting them.
Suddenly, even the Deputy Foreign Minister is going to Burma for an investigation for the death of the Japanese journalist. Please don’t misunderstand me, myself along with all the Burmese appreciate the efforts of Nagai San to expose the living hell that the Burmese live day in day out, to the outside world. Our condolences go to his family. It is sad that an innocent Japanese life had to be lost because the government of Japan had ignored all the facts for decades knowingly.
Of course, but as Daewoo’s spokerperson said, some days ago, to support their inversions in Burma, “Politics is politics, economy is economy”.
And hypocrisy is hypocrisy…
(By the way, Spanish leftist blogger Judas has posted about the subject -in Spain-, calling for a united action of all Spanish blogosphere against the Junta and in favour of Burmese opposition. Answer from another leftist blogger: “The denounce is good, but you could have disregarded the anti-communist ranting“. Yeah, of course…]
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Así que Nyan Win, otro repeinado, este en pijo (debe ser lo de la “vía birmana al socialismo” que si estás con el régimen eres un potentado; si no, hasta puedes ser violado por un perro, para regocijo de los guardas borrachos de la prisión) el enviado de Birmania en la ONU (¿para qué demonios sirve esta #@€#@€ de organización?) ha dicho que “han sido oportunistas políticos” apoyados por poderes extranjeros los que han intentado “descarrilar” sus movimientos hacia una “democracia disciplinada”.
Nyan Win defendió la represión de los manifestantes anti-gobierno porque eran una pandilla “sin orden y provocadora”, y era “necesario restaurar el orden.
“La normalidad ha vuelto a Myanmar,” dijo.
Asimismo añadió ante la Asamblea General de las NNUU que los “neo-colonialistas” -en referencia a EEUU y otras naciones occidentales (China, India o Tailandia que se están “llevando” sus recursos sin considerar los abusos a los DDHH, esos no son colonialistas…) - estaban expandiendo rumores que el gobierno de Birmania estaba cometiendo graves violaciones de DDHH e imponiendo sanciones económicas.
“Los recientes hechos han dejado claro que hay elementos dentro y fuera de nuestro país que quieren descarrilar el proceso que se ha puesto en marcha [hacia la democracia -¿matando monjes en los conventos? ¿torturando y quemando vivos a manifestantes pacíficos? Venga ya, no me haga reír, o llorar de la maldad absoluta de sus palabras] para tener ventajas en el caos que seguiría,” he said.
“Han ido enroscándose cada vez más y han hecho una campaña para enfrentarse al Gobierno.”
Aquiles, tenías razón al estar preocupado por las noticias de ayer.
Y claro, con esto, es normal que hayan tardado los de la Junta Militar (socialista) CUATRO días en recibir al enviado de las NNUU:
no se aportaron más detalles de lo tratado en la cita, aunque la ONU ya ha mostrado su preocupación por el estado de las personas detenidas en los últimos días, más de 6.000, según los medios de la disidencia.
Muy preocupada está la ONU. La veo tannnnnnnnn preocupada como con la represión en tantos otros sitios del mundo: Corea del Norte (donde a los disidentes les usan para probar armamento), Arabia Saudí, Irán, Siria, China (hasta el logo de los JJOO tiene pinta siniestra), etc.
Pero claro, a nadie se le va a ocurrir pedir una intervención armada. Primero, porque EEUU ya está en Irak y Afganistán, principalmente, y China le tiene compradas la tercera parte de la renta pública USA y porque Europa no quiere ni loca pringarse no vaya a ser que a) digan que somos unos “warmongers” y además b) porque si se pringa algún otro siempre se le puede criticar. Eso sí, todos en nuestros sillones diciendo que maravillosos somos porque, ooops, hemos criticado a la Junta Militar -los que lo hemos hecho, otros ni eso: ¿dónde están los titiriteros del “no más sangre por petróleo“? Ahh, que no es Bush, entonces, hale, a buscar unas cuantas subvenciones más y ya está… -. Y sin hacer nada…
Sobre China, escribe el Christian Science Monitor:
China ha comenzado a adoptar un tono crítico con Birmania, diciendo que esperaba que el Gobierno birmano “pudiera resolver sus conflictos sociales domésticos.” El PresidenteWen Jiabao dijo el Sábado en Birmania que quería que se llevase a un solución pacífica. Rompiendo el protocolo, la Asociación de las Naciones del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN) condenó a Birmania la semana pasada, al tiempo que un estado miembro, Japón decía que iba a suspender la ayuda más importante.
Pero a los ojos de Pekín, apoyar a un régimen impopular en su frontera puede ser preferible a verle que colapsa y con el riesgo añadido de que puede echarle un nuevo gobierno hostil. “Si la Junta Militar no sobrevive, un régimen pro-Occidental sería establecida e inevitablemente volvería la espalda a China y miraría hacía Occidente para obtener apoyo político y económico,” dice Du Jifeng, un analista birmano de la Academia China de Ciencias Sociales.El momento es muy incómodo para Pekín. El Partido Comunista está a punto de comenzar un momento crucial y quiere un frente unido en las elecciones políticas, no disensión sobre Birmania. La visión de los manifestantes pacíficos que se enfrentan a un estado totalitario también tiene paralelos incómodos, dice Russell Moses, un analista en Pekín. “Los hechos en Birmania han incrementado el espectro de cambio político pacífico en China, y eso pone a los políticos de Pekín muy nerviosos,” dice.
Las fotos que se ven arriba son el resultado de una masacre en un Colegio Superior Público, donde se cree que hubo entre 50 y 100 asesinados entre estudiantes y profesores.
The Belmont Club posteó una carta que recibió wretchard de un birmano (no la traduzco entera si no sólo un trozo):
La cuestión es, que acabo de saber que la vida de un japonés vale más que las vidas birmanas. Es evidente considerando la reacción del gobierno japonés después de que fuera asesinado en Rangún. El gobierno japonés ha conocido los abusos a los que la Junta sometía al pueblo birmano todos los días. Ejecuciones sumarias, trabajos forzados, traslados forzosos recluta forzosa de niños y muchas otras atrocidades. Pero el gobierno japonés ha sido indiferente en su política de relacionarse con la Junta militar y apoyarles.
De repente, incluso el Viceministro de Exteriores va a Birmania a investigar la muerta de un periodista japonés. Oh, por favor, no me malinterprete, yo y todos los birmanos apreciamos los esfuerzos de Nagai San para exponer el infierno en vida birmano, a la luz, al mundo exterior. Nuestras condolencias a su familia. Es triste que la vida de un japonés inocente ha tenido que acabarse violentamente porque el gobierno japonés ha ignorado los hechos por décadas, conociendo que pasaban.
Burmese Bhuddist monks continue the revolt as mass slaughter happens
From Emol.com tx to Kate:
In Kyaukpadaung, in the province of Mandalay (north), aroung 1.000 monks headed a protest yesterday with more than 30.000 persons, while in Sittwe, in the province of Arakan (west), around a hundred bonozos mobilised aroung 5.000 protestors in a march that happened with no incidents, according to witnesses who spoke to the Burmese radio “The Irrawaddy”.
The situation is different in Rangoon and Mandalay, the two main cities of the country after in the new capital , Napydaw, the security corps are controlling every intent of protest since last Wednesday, after the Military Junta imposed a curfew and forbid the public meetings.
Since then, around 16 people have died -among them two foreigners and several monks- by the shootings and the beatings of the soldiers and anti-riot policemen.
Anyway, the monks continue their opposition against the military regime from prison. Nearly 30 monks, out 108 imprisoned last Tuesday in the prison of Bamaw, in the state of Kachin (west), are in their 5th day of a hunger strike.
But as I said yesterday, there has been a mass slaughter in a Rangoon’s monastery:
For one instance, the monastery at an obscure neighborhood of Yangon, called Ngwe Kyar Yan (on Wei-za-yan-tar Road, Yangon) had been raided early this morning.
A troop of lone-tein (riot police comprised of paid thugs) protected by the military trucks, raided the monastery with 200 studying monks. They systematically ordered all the monks to line up and banged and crushed each one’s head against the brick wall of the monastery. One by one, the peaceful, non resisting monks, fell to the ground, screaming in pain. Then, they tore off the red robes and threw them all in the military trucks (like rice bags) and took the bodies away.
The head monk of the monastery, was tied up in the middle of the monastery, tortured , bludgeoned, and later died the same day, today. Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the monastery, warded off by troops with bayoneted rifles, unable to help their helpless monks being slaughtered inside the monastery. Their every try to forge ahead was met with the bayonets.
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De Emol.com h/t Kate:
En Kyaukpadaung, en la provincia de Mandalay (norte), unos 1.000 monjes encabezaron ayer una protesta que congregó a más de 30.000 personas, mientras que en Sittwe, en la provincia de Arakan (oeste), medio centenar de bonzos movilizó a unos 5.000 manifestantes en una marcha que transcurrió sin incidentes, según declaraciones de testigos a la radio birmana “The Irrawaddy”.
La situación es diferente en Rangún y Mandalay, las dos principales ciudades del país después de la nueva capital, Napydaw, donde los cuerpos de seguridad controlan cualquier intento de manifestación desde el miércoles pasado, después de que la Junta Militar impusiera el toque de queda y prohibiera las reuniones públicas.
Desde entonces al menos 16 personas han muerto -entre ellos dos extranjeros y varios monjes- por los disparos y los bastonazos de los soldados y los agentes antidisturbios.
No obstante, a pesar de la represión algunos religiosos continúan su oposición contra el régimen militar desde la cárcel. Es el caso de cerca de 30 monjes, de un grupo de 108 arrestados y encarcelados el martes pasado en la prisión de Bamaw, en el estado de Kachin (oeste), que hoy cumplen cinco días en huelga de hambre.
Como ya dije ayer se ha producido un asesinato masivo de monjes en uno de los monasterios de Rangún:
El monasterio situado en una de las vecindades más oscuras de Rangún , llamada Ngwe Kyar Yan (on Wei-za-yan-tar Road, Yangon) ha sido atacado esta mañana.
Una tropa de policías antidisturbios (que no son sino vándalos pagados por el Gobierno) protegidos de camiones militares atacó e invadió el monasterio donde había 200 monjes estudiando. Sistemáticamente se les obligó que se pusieran de cara a la pared y se les golpeó y aplastó la cabeza contra la pared de ladrillo del convento. Uno por uno, los pacíficos monjes sin oponer resistencia, cayeron al suelo, gritando de dolor. Después se les desnudó rompiendo sus ropas y se les tiró a los camiones militares (como bolsas de arroz) y se llevaron los cuerpos.
El monje jefe del monasterio, fue atado en el centro del monasterio, torturado, y murió ese mismo día. Centenares de miles de personas se concetraron fuera del monasterio, guardadas por tropas con rifles y bayonetas, sin poder hacer nada para ayudar a los monjes que estaban siendo masacarados dentro del monasterio. Cada vez que intentaban entrar se encontraban con una fila de bayonetas.
Japundit has how the Chinese Olympic Games’logo was created was created.
PS: Oh, and Cox&Forkum are just leaving the scene. A pity for all the people who have been seeing their cartoons on a regular basis as me… 
Hey but there is no crying on cartooning.
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Japundit (link arriba) tiene cómo se hizo (son sólo imágenes así que no hace falta que lo traduzca… 
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Y Cox&Forkum se van. LGF también se ha hecho eco. Pero John Cox seguirá haciendo viñetas en su web.
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