19 years in the expectation of a revolution (35 photos)

Well done, the monks.
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Aung San Suu Kyi lived under house arrest 12 of the past 18 years. She - the leader of the National League for Democracy, has achieved a decisive victory in the last elections, held in 1990. The junta refused to recognize the legitimacy of the vote.



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Rise of "8888" - August 8, 1988 (8/8/88), the one in which thousands of people died.



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At the demonstration "8888».



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The protest in 1988 was violently suppressed. According to various estimates, several thousand people were killed.



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General Than Shwe (Than Shwe), the leader of the military junta in the parade this spring.



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The junta moved the capital from Rangoon (now Yangon, they call it) in a new city Naypyidaw (Naypyidaw), which means "city of kings.»



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That very "junta" in the government of their military ones.



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In addition to the opposition, the junta is also struggling with a variety of ethnic groups, some of which maintain their own army. Pictured Union soldiers «Karen National Union», who is fighting for the independence of their autonomy from the time of World War II.



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Student demonstration in December 1996.



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Student demonstration in 1996.



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Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize and the Sakharov Prize.



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This undated photo of the meeting of the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (Suu Kyi) with General Than Shwe (Than Shwe). Despite the apparent kindness to the opposition, the government has repeatedly punish their leader. When her husband, the British fed, ill with cancer, she was refused a visa. He died and she had not even had time to see him.



08.08.07 Khin Maung Win / AFP / Getty

Members of the uprising in 1988, perform religious rites with the Buddhist monks on the 19th anniversary of the uprising.



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And this is the eve of the riots - a peaceful protest of the monks.



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The demonstration in August 2007, Yangon.



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The monks ignored the warnings and continued junta marches.



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The temple «Shwedagon» in Yangon.



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The military fired tear gas.



27.09.07 Mandalay Gazette / AFP / Getty

After the dispersal of a demonstration in Yangon.



































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