In 2003, in Depayin Town of Burma, more than 300 innocent and peaceful followers of pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi were brutally attacked and bludgeoned to death by military regime's militiamen.
Burma's most prominent traditional Burmese music singer, as well as a great supporter of democracy, Daw Mar Mar Aye sang a Burmese song for Burmese new year celebrations in London.
More than 400 people led by prominent pro-democracy activists staged a rare protest in Myanmar's biggest city Sunday, marching against a massive recent fuel price hike. "We are staging this performance to reflect the hardship our people are facing due to the government's fuel price hike," said Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88 Generation Students' Group.
Successive military regimes in Burma has been committing Genocide, or at least attempted genocide on all ethnic nationalities. Shan State of Burma is one of many places where such atrocities have been occurring for more than half a century.
