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Consult the web pages of these news services and you can find numerous photographs of student demonstrators confronting Burmese soldiers, riot police, tanks, and the accoutrements of Burmese urban warfare: flak jackets, bayonets, shields, and barricades. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, th...

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Published in:The Australian journal of anthropology 2007-01, Vol.18 (1), p.95
Main Author: Skidmore, Monique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Creative writing
Field study
Freedom of speech
Human rights
Politics
Scholarships & fellowships
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Summary:Consult the web pages of these news services and you can find numerous photographs of student demonstrators confronting Burmese soldiers, riot police, tanks, and the accoutrements of Burmese urban warfare: flak jackets, bayonets, shields, and barricades. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Thai Burma Border Consortium, the Backpack Medical Team, PEN International and a host of other rights organisations and NGOs have documented the ongoing human rights violations and the level of fear and terror that exist in Burma.
ISSN:1035-8811
1757-6547