Just when I was talking about world peace, I turn on the CNN news and was so disheartened by what I saw. My mum and I almost got all teary.It's concerning the anti-government protests by the monks in Myanmar. It's been reported that the monks have actually been beaten up and taken into custody. It's ridiculous. I mean it's just peaceful demonstrations, why is there a need for violence? It really gets on my nerves.
I mean the demonstrators are not armed and they just want to voice out their opinions. Where's the freedom of speech? The people have no defenses against the military junta. It's no sad. Look at opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She's been on house arrest for god knows how many years!!
Thank god for the Internet, or else the international community would never know about this. The last uprising was ages ago and I hope that this time around, something gets done fast or more will be killed. It's so upsetting to see people getting killed for wanting democracy..
For anyone who's not aware of this news, here's the link to read it up - http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/27/myanmar.protests/index.html
Labels: ~~ sad ~~