Clad in maroon tapestries and with shaved heads, charming monks who usually utter prayers quietly, lead a hundred thousand infuriated Burma citizens on the large streets of Yangon in a spontaneous protest against the aggravating economic conditions and the dictatorship of the regime.
The protest actions, which was recorded as the largest in 20 years, was spurred by the sudden and distressing oil price hike. Reports described the demonstrators occupying an eight-lane road on a one-mile stretch.
In a desperate attempt of the Myanmar government to quell the protests, the military raids monasteries and abducts monks. The monks and other civilians are now subject of military harassment, detention and killings.
Gathering people in the streets might not be their usual routine, but through this radical move, they remain true to their virtue: they’re calling for peace and freedom.#
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