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NOBEL LAUREATE APPEAL –
The peaceful, nonviolent marches by the Burmese Buddhist monks in 2007 asking for peace and dialogue towards a political settlement of the problems confronting that country galvanized the attention of the international community. They marched to support the lay population who publicly and bravely protested grievances against the regime. We watched in horror as their peaceful overtures were met with a violent crackdown by Burma’s military junta led by General Than Shwe. The subsequent dragnet he ordered has resulted in arrests, torture, and killings that continue to this very day.
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