Sunday 5 December 2010

How the Burmese Monks gave the people hope

In  September 2007 the monks in Burma began the first uprising there in nearly 20 years in protest at rising fuel prices - but more importantly to try and let the rest of the world see how the people of Burma were being treated by their government. A cry for change. They were willing to loose their lives - and some did...

What can we learn here? How can we show support for the people of Burma?

Watch here bits of video footage put together by an underground team of camera men. This film captures the bravery of the young Burmese video journalists who, though risking torture and life in jail, live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country.

WATCH Burma VJ

In solidarity with the monks and the students and the people of Burma.

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