During this difficult and disturbing time in Burma we find that bloggers are doing their part. The military junta that controls Burma controls through fear and intimidation. People have been gunned down in the street such as the Japanese journalist whose murder by a Burmese soldier was caught on film. In is incumbent on the rest of the world to raise a collective voice to help keep this story on the forefront so that our respective governments will take notice and apply pressure.

From Spiegel Online:

The world has been watching as thousands of saffron-robed monks march through the streets of the Burmese captial Yangon in protest against the repressive military regime — thanks to the images seeping out of the country via the Internet. While foreign journalists are being refused visas and are forced to wait in Bangkok hotels, ordinary Burmese are taking huge risks by taking photographs and blogging to communicate with the outside world.

As the protests enter their 10th day, the military regime seems to be ignoring international pleas for restraint and is instead continuing its crackdown on the protestors. In the early hours of Thursday morning, troops raided a number of monasteries and dragged away hundreds of monks. Just a few hours later, images of the blood-spattered floor of the monasteries were posted on Internet news sites across the world.

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Tags: Burma, Myanmar, Military Junta, Monk Protest, Burma Cyber Rebellion