Hundreds of Burmese activists and supporters protested outside of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco Friday October 5th, to confront the government's support of military oppression in Myanmar. Nyunt Than, President of Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) said the Chinese government should use its influence to stop the killings in Burma. Others called for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics that are scheduled to be held in Beijing.
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On September 27th, Burmese soldiers raided monasteries and fired at demonstrators. Authorities acknowledged that government troops shot dead nine demonstrators and a Japanese cameraman in Yangon. The U.S. Campaign For Burma says more than 100 people were killed in downtown Yangon after truckloads of government troops fired automatic weapons at thousands of demonstrators. It also claims that 100 students and parents were killed the same day at a high school in Tamwe, in northeastern Yangon, after troops shot at them as school let out.

138 Dead in Myanmar in a week | Thousands dead in massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle | Hundreds may be dead, as junta tries to keep brutality unseenMonks Killed by Soldiers for Peaceful Demonstrations 4 Democracy | American reporter shot - possibly dead - in Burma | More Dead in Burma as Troops Fire on Defiant Anti-Government Protesters | Burma Military Junta Cracks Down on Protesters; 8 People Killed, Hundreds of Monks Rounded Up | Burmese military cracks down on escalating protests

On September 25, tens of thousands of monks and protesters marched through the city of Rangoon in defiance of military orders. A day earlier Burma's military junta warned that it was ready to take action against the anti-government protests that had rapidly spread across the country. Buddhist monks dressed in maroon robes lead the marches, vowing to continue marching until they "wiped the military dictatorship from the land." The protests were the largest in Burma since 1988 when the military junta crushed a popular uprising by killing some 3,000 people.

Burma repeats the revolt of '88 - the outcome is unlikely to be any happier | Burma cyber-dissidents crack censorship | Burmese Protesters Defy Military Warning to Continue Marches Against Ruling Junta | Defiant monks resume street protests | Monks' Protests Target Burmese Generals

The French government and France's largest company, Total, are struggling to contain growing criticism of the oil company's record in Burma. Total and the French government have rejected pleas from Burmese opposition and French trades unions and human rights group for the oil giant to suspend its activities in the Yadana gas field in southern Burma.

China's Burmese days | France and Total under fire for 'financing' regime

Previous Coverage Of Burma On Indybay:

2007: HRW: Constitutional Convention Reinforces Military Rule

2006: Burma's Secret War

2005: AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF BURMA's Birthday and Women of Burma day Event

2004: Burma Human Rights Day Film Screening and Benefit

2003: Burmese Political Conditions Appaling, Says UN Envoy | Burma Freedom | Burma relief mission | War in Burma

2002: Burlington Coat Factory Wraps Up Burma Buys | Photos of war crimes in Burma | Action Alert! Burlington Coat Factory

2001: Benefit for Human Rights in Burma