Monks

Burmese Monks Depict Plight, Protest

In 2007, a group of Burmese monks led the Saffron Revolution, a series of anti-government protests in response to military oppression. On Tuesday evening, four rally participants addressed students in Earl Hall about the plight of Burmese citizens—from human rights abuses to a lack of freedom of speech to the dearth of international awareness.

Monks Celebrate Stay at St. John’s

Two Episcopal clergy members, three orange-clad Namgyal Tibetan monks, and a number of Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists paraded down 113th Street Sunday to mark the conclusion of a nine-day

Coalition Protests Burmese Junta

Fifteen students from Columbia’s Burma 88 Coalition, all clad in red, joined activists from across the region to protest the violence against dissidents in Myanmar Monday.

The Amnesty International rally in front of the Burmese mission on the Upper East Side was an attempt to gain supporters in the mounting opposition to the government’s actions in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Myanmar’s military junta violently attacked people protesting the country’s regime over the past week.