myanmar

please pray for the nation of myanmar.





this country (formerly called burma) has been a hot bed of chaos for the past few hundred years, but just in the last several months, protesters have rallied against the corrupt government to try and force, among other changes, a democratic nation. new york times reports that the protesters have "also called for the release of all political detainees, including daw aung san suu kyi, the pro-democracy leader who has been held under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years." yesterday, 9/27, the government's military forces opened fire on protesters in the streets of yangon as well as inside of a number of monasteries. the times also reports, "the violence of the past two days has answered the question of whether the military would fire on buddhist monks, the highly revered moral core of burmese society. for the past 10 days, the monks have led demonstrations that grew to as many as 100,000 before the crackdown began." the number of dead and injured cannot be accurately calculated at this time as many of the journalists covering the conflict have also come under attack. one japanese reporter was shot while photographing a street raid, continued taking pictures while lying on the ground, and died a short time later. other reports from the monasteries indicate that government forces entered the buddhist temples where a number of monks were beaten and between 70 and 150 more arrested. all told it is estimated that nine demonstrators were killed in a singular attack yesterday while 11 more were wounded.