THAILAND: Myanmar dissidents living in exile gather to commemorate Myanmar's August 8, 1988 uprising, known as 8-8-88

Record ID: 376542

  • Title: THAILAND: Myanmar dissidents living in exile gather to commemorate Myanmar's August 8, 1988 uprising, known as 8-8-88
  • Date: 9th August 2010
  • Summary: CHILDREN
  • Embargoed: 24th August 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8J11A7XJKRTC2QLEUZ4X8GAWM
  • Story Text: About a hundred Myanmese political exiles took to the stage on Sunday (August 8) to read their statements of condemnation of Myanmar's military junta allegedly responsible for killing hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Yangon on August 8, 1988.
    The gathering took place at the clinic of a dissident in the town of Maesot, close to the Thai border with Myanmar.
    As a symbol of remembrance of the uprising actors staged a play showing a bloody crackdown on their comrades by the junta.
    On 8 August 1988, known as 8888, hundreds of thousands of people - monks, young children, university students, housewives, and doctors - demonstrated against the regime across the country, calling for democracy in the former Burma.
    The uprising ended on September 18 after a military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council, known as SLORC, led by General Saw Muang. The SLOC allegedly ordered a violent crackdown on the protest.
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