Hunted Myanmar monks flee monasteries
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_empty_monasteries
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The monasteries of Myanmar used to teem with saffron-robed Buddhist monks, revered as spiritual guides and moral authorities in a country in the grip of a repressive military regime.
Then the junta turned its troops on the monks, beating them in the streets for leading pro-democracy protests. They also raided their monasteries, leaving bloodstains on the floors, chasing anyone who had participated in the rallies.
Now, nobody knows how many of Myanmar's more than 500,000 monks are left in their monasteries.
Then the junta turned its troops on the monks, beating them in the streets for leading pro-democracy protests. They also raided their monasteries, leaving bloodstains on the floors, chasing anyone who had participated in the rallies.
Now, nobody knows how many of Myanmar's more than 500,000 monks are left in their monasteries.
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to enter its country for the first time in four years. He visited some of the prisons the monks were held in. He is hoping to find the true death toll and interview political detainees about their arrest and treatment.
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