08Aug08
20 years since “8888”
20 years ago, millions of people participated in mass demonstrations in cities all over Burma, demanding democracy after decades of economic mismanagement and oppressive politics. The demonstrations were crushed by the army on 18th September with thousands being killed. Around 10,000 student activists fled to the Thailand/Burma border where the first alliances were made between ethnic and pro-democracy movements. Today, most of these students have left the border areas. Yet, the 140,000 refugees from ethnic areas in eastern Burma living in nine refugee camps along the Thailand/Burma border reminds us of the brutality of this regime that still hasn’t changed.
TBBC has compiled a collection of clippings from the Bangkok press from 88 and it displayed at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand throughout August.
Read more: Brief history of the Thailand Burma Border situation.
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