Myanmar monks call for boycott of religious exams to protest military rule

Seng Yang/Human Rights/Thursday, March 20, 2008/6:14pm

Myanmar monks call for boycott of religious exams to protest military rule

A group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar called Wednesday for a nationwide boycott of upcoming religious exams to protest last year's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. The call came from the All Burma Monks Alliance, which helped organize the protests in September. At least 31 people were killed when the country's military rulers broke up the demonstrations.

Thousands of monks and nuns across the country take the examinations each year, usually in April. Doing well is considered a great honor. A successful boycott would likely be seen as a powerful symbol of resistance to the ruling junta.

Like I have been following on the Myanmar monks, they have not succeeded in gaining control or attention from the junta government. They have tried many less aggressive tactics in gaining what they believe they should have, a democratic state. They have been under military rule since 1962.

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