• Burmese
Sunday, June 22, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Irrawaddy
27 °c
Yangon
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
The Irrawaddy
No Result
View All Result
Home News Burma

Remembering the Saffron Revolution

Harn Lay by Harn Lay
September 27, 2016
in Burma
Reading Time: 1 min read
0 0
A A
Remembering the Saffron Revolution
3.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Nine years ago, Buddhist monks in Rangoon led street protests in what came to be known as the “Saffron Revolution.”

Burma’s security forces lost all sense of Metta (loving kindness) during the revolution, which happened in August and September 2007. Although there were reports that some soldiers had refused to open fire on or attack the monks, several thuggish assaults did take place on monks protesting on the streets. Additionally, told by their commanding officers that anarchists had shaved their heads and were pretending to be monks, troops marched into monasteries in the dead of night and dragged many monks away.

This year, as the nineth anniversary of the revolution is marked, The Irrawaddy posts a cartoon by Harn Lay that we first published in 2007.

RelatedPosts

Is The Buddhist Clergy’s Boycott of Myanmar’s Regime Gaining Momentum?

Is The Buddhist Clergy’s Boycott of Myanmar’s Regime Gaining Momentum?

June 28, 2024
3.2k
Kenji Nagai of the APF Tokyo lies dying after police and military officials fired on him in Yangon on Sept. 27, 2007. / Reuters

Years On, Family Still Demands Answers in Slain Japanese Journalist’s Death

September 27, 2020
14k
Buddhist monks march during the Saffron Revolution in Yangon in September 2007. / Khin Maung Win

Where There’s Struggle, There’s Hope

September 27, 2020
7.1k
Your Thoughts …
Tags: Saffron Revolution
Harn Lay

Harn Lay

Similar Picks:

Is The Buddhist Clergy’s Boycott of Myanmar’s Regime Gaining Momentum?
Analysis

Is The Buddhist Clergy’s Boycott of Myanmar’s Regime Gaining Momentum?

by Maung Kavi
June 28, 2024
3.2k

The boycott of the regime launched on Sunday after the killing of a revered monk is spreading in the resistance...

Read moreDetails
Buddhist monks march during the Saffron Revolution in Yangon in September 2007. / Khin Maung Win
From the Archive

Where There’s Struggle, There’s Hope

by Kyaw Zwa Moe
September 27, 2018
9.6k

In this commentary from November 2007, two months after the Saffron Revolution demonstrations, Kyaw Zwa Moe illuminates the power of...

Read moreDetails
Monks are filled with emotion after the violent crackdown on demonstrators. / Thierry Falise
From the Archive

Saffron Revolution: A Rangoon Diary

by Thierry Falise
September 20, 2017
10k

On the 10th anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, we revisit a journal recounting the bloody suppression of the peaceful protests...

Read moreDetails
Kenji Nagai of APF tries to take photographs as he lies injured after police and military officials fired upon and then charged at protesters in Yangon on Sept. 27, 2007. Nagai, 50, a Japanese video journalist, was shot by soldiers as they fired to disperse the crowd. Nagai later died. / Reuters
On This Day

The Day Myanmar’s Military Shot Dead a Japanese Photographer

by The Irrawaddy
September 27, 2019
11.8k

On this day in 2007, Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot dead in central Yangon, prompting requests from his family...

Read moreDetails
Monks are filled with emotion after the violent crackdown on demonstrators. / Thierry Falise
From the Archive

Saffron Revolution: A Rangoon Diary

by Thierry Falise
September 26, 2020
12.1k

To mark the 13th anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2007 account of the protests and bloody...

Read moreDetails
/ The Irrawaddy
From the Archive

The Saffron Revolution in Cartoons

by The Irrawaddy
September 15, 2017
8.6k

To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Myanmar’s Buddhist monk-led protests, we share some of the finest work by Irrawaddy cartoonists...

Read moreDetails
Load More
Next Post
A gold shop in downtown Rangoon. / Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy

Gold Price Highest on Record

Thai border guard soldiers and KNLA soldiers examine logs seized in KNLA Brigade 5 territory on the Salween River. / Mutraw Mobile Team

Illegal Log Trade Continues on Salween River

No Result
View All Result

Recommended

Trade and Traffic from Thai Border Region Dwindle as Checkpoints Multiply

Trade and Traffic from Thai Border Region Dwindle as Checkpoints Multiply

2 days ago
872
The Lady Myanmar’s Generals Can’t Defeat

The Lady Myanmar’s Generals Can’t Defeat

2 days ago
649

Most Read

  • Myanmar Junta Moves to Seize Sagaing Roads

    Myanmar Junta Moves to Seize Sagaing Roads

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Certifying a Chinese Security Invasion; Boosting Ties With Nuclear North Korea; and More

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta Changes Election Law Ahead of Polls

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Residents of Myanmar Ruby Hub Speak Out as TNLA Mining Takes Toll

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Trade and Traffic from Thai Border Region Dwindle as Checkpoints Multiply

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter

Get The Irrawaddy’s latest news, analyses and opinion pieces on Myanmar in your inbox.

Subscribe here for daily updates.

Contents

  • News
  • Politics
  • War Against the Junta
  • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
  • Conflicts In Numbers
  • Junta Crony
  • Ethnic Issues
  • Asia
  • World
  • Business
  • Economy
  • Election 2020
  • Elections in History
  • Cartoons
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Commentary
  • Guest Column
  • Analysis
  • Letters
  • In Person
  • Interview
  • Profile
  • Dateline
  • Specials
  • Myanmar Diary
  • Women & Gender
  • Places in History
  • On This Day
  • From the Archive
  • Myanmar & COVID-19
  • Intelligence
  • Myanmar-China Watch
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Food
  • Fashion & Design
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Photo Essay
  • Donation

About The Irrawaddy

Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.

  • Copyright
  • Code of Ethics
  • Privacy Policy
  • Team
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Burmese

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Business Roundup
  • Books
  • Donation

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.