"On Friday (9-28-07) , the government of Myanmar (originally known as Burma) attempted to cut all internet and news communication with the outside world. Under this cloak of silence it began to strike at the peaceful protesters, led by Buddhist monks, who had been demonstrating against the military government. Government troops stormed and occupied monasteries, siezed and beat civilians, and- if this NPR report is accurate, are burning and terrorizing rural villages."
"About 4,000 monks have been rounded up in the past week as the military government has tried to stamp out pro-democracy protests. They are being held at a disused race course and a technical college."
"Sources from a government-sponsored militia said they would soon be moved away from Rangoon. The monks have been disrobed and shackled, the sources told BBC radio's Burmese service. There are reports that the monks are refusing to eat."
"The country has seen almost two weeks of sustained popular unrest, in the most serious challenge to the military leadership for more than two decades."
Some people in the world are watching. Whether the world will do anything about this brutal oppression is another thing. Pray for the people of Burma, and for the souls of the the hundreds - possibly thousands of monks who sacrificed their lives.