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This would be a good time to send wishes for safety and peace and justice in Burma (Myanmar). 3,000 were killed in a similar peaceful protest in 1988.

BANGKOK, Sept. 25 -- ...There were also concerns that the government might use provocateurs to stir violence and justify a crackdown, as it did in 1988. The Burma Campaign UK said its sources had reported the junta ordering large numbers of maroon monastic robes and telling soldiers to shave their heads, possibly to infiltrate the monks...

New York Times: Burmese Monks Protest, Defying Junta’s Warning

BANGKOK, Monday, Sept. 24 — The largest street protests in two decades against Myanmar’s military rulers gained momentum on Sunday as thousands of onlookers cheered huge columns of barefoot Buddhist monks and shouted support for the detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

New York Times: Protests Grow in Myanmar Against Junta