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By Reuters Staff 6 Min Read (Reuters) - Myanmar’s powerful Buddhist monks’ association urged the military junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killings of innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said on Wednesday. In a condemnation of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the government-appointed organisation also said in a draft statement that its members intended to halt activities, the Myanmar Now news portal reported. Monks have a history of activism in Myanmar and were at the forefront of the 2007 “Saffron R...

March 17, 2021 Share Post Smoke billows from burning tyres set alight to create smoke cover during a crackdown at Bayint Naung Junction in Yangon, Myanmar March 16, 2021./ REUTERS (Reuters) – Myanmar’s most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said on Wednesday. In its most forthright condemnation of the military’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, the government-appointed organisation also said in a draft...

Crackdown in Myanmar: Buddhist group condemns junta UN investigators seek evidence of criminal orders by military Reuters Reuters Myanmar's most powerful Buddhist monks' association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an "armed minority" of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month's coup, media said yesterday. In its most forthright condemnation of the military's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, the government-appointed organisation also said in a draft statement its members intended to ...