Lately a lot of news has been focusing on the state of the people living in Burma. I am very sad to hear all of the stories that are coming out; how the regime is treating its own people; treating the monks and other peaceful protesters where curfew was announced; and the leaders of these peaceful protests are suddenly 'disappearing'.
One thing that Burma can learn form the numerous atrocities that have occurred in India are; how to distract international attention.
Not that it's helped a lot (especially since China and other Asean countries have the capability to end it all with one phone call) - what India did during the genocide of SIkhs in 84 was, they banned the state from foreign journalists - they were totally banned into the state, and those who were inside were forced out in busses.
Recently there's been covering about a Japanese journalist being murdered, and a photo is showed of him lying on the street with a Camera.
I think Burma turned into the "news item" the newspapers needed for a few weeks; now it's over. Peace is yet to be restored in the country of turmoil, and hundreds are still suffering. Unfortunatly after the huge amount of covering, the media attention has gone to other places, such as Pakistan (emergency rule), and Bangladesh (floods); and no-one really cares about Burma anymore.
The Burmesen government is free to continue treating its people like sh*t; since no-one cares anymore.
Sad. But true.
My prayers go to the people of Burma.
3 comments:
Good writing you have done, thanks for your interest over our country.
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paaji im so sori for late reply! one of my paajis uploaded the kirtan from the sanjha smagam... i dnt no if bhai sahib wz meant to b there but if they did kirtan it would have been uploaded as all the kirtan has been put up.
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(p.s. sori i posted this on this post didnt no where else to do it lol )
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I found your posting from last year today. Thanks for praying for the people of Burma. I think Burma must be the worst country in the world. Just when we thought " How low the junta can go?", it has shown the world, once again, the bottomless pit of cruelty it possesses.
Btw, I hope you don't mind, I copied the prisoners picture from your site to posted on my site. Just wanted to effectively convey the reality of the situation there.
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