If you haven’t been keeping up with the events in Myanmar (Burma) you must be living under a rock or in a cave near Tora Bora. There has been, for at least a week now, an uprising going on that is trying to over turn the current government. This uprising for the most part has been peaceful. Well, on the part of the uprisers anyway. There have been some lives lost, the exact number is probably never going to be confirmed as the State would rather keep it that way. Now, all internet service has been cut in an effort to quell the flow of news that the government does not want out spreads around the world through bloggers.

Ko Htike a Burmese student living in England at the moment has been sharing with the world news and photos from friends and family in Myanmar. Its a pretty good way to get news out and when the government doesn’t want it out, its perhaps the only way.

In a time where information flows like water (or electrons over copper) its hard to imagine a place where atrocities like this would happen. Imagine the outcry and public revolt if something like this happened in Canada, the US or England. People wouldn’t stand for it and from the looks of it they aren’t standing for it in Myanmar either.

Another Source for live Myanmar news…

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