It’s amazing and unusual to see the plight of Burma displayed in the British Media. I think the fact that the British media are currently taking interest shows the magnitude of what is currently happening in this country.

You can see the reports from the BBC here.

For the last four weeks Monks have been protesting and recently members of the public have started to join them. Today in 25 cities people marched in protest and the turnout has been estimated at between 50 000 and 100 000 people. Last week they dared to march past Aung San Suu Kyi‘s house, and she dared to greet and wave to them from behind her barricaded garden.

This is revolutionary stuff. This does not happen in Burma. People are terrified of repurcussions, poverty is massive, corruption is rife. The military control is violent and predatory. For people to do what they are currently doing takes a massive amount of courage andis an indication of how desperate the Burmese people currently are.

There is real concern here that needs our prayers. The military generals have said they are ready to take action. The last time Burma saw riots like this the ‘action’ taken by the generals left 3000 unarmed citizens dead.

Plese pray.
Please write.