Buddhist Monks - Burma

Buddhist Monks - Burma, originally uploaded by Kathleen Andersen.

Buddhist Monks - Burma

One of the Flickr 500 for September 21, 2007.

I never make political comments on Flickr but I'll make an exception today. This photo is in support of the Buddhist monks' protest marches in Rangoon (Yangon) and other parts of Burma this week.

Sept 26th update. Sadly we're now getting news of monks' deaths. Let's hope this situation doesn't get totally out of control with even more deaths.

This photo was taken a few months ago at a Buddhist monastery in Rangoon and has nothing to do with this week's protests. However, the monks are now locked in this monastery, and guarded, along with all the other monks in the city.

This photo was linked to various Yahoo news articles hence the 7,000+ views.

Uploaded by Kathleen Andersen on 21 Sep 07, 2.41PM PDT.
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