The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and Activism in Burma
- ISBN-10
- 156432544X
- ISBN-13
- 9781564325440
- Category
- Buddhism and politics
- Pages
- 115
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch
Description
This 99-page 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--Human Rights Watch web site.
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