This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
This series of archival images was on display at the Myanmar Convention Center in Rangoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising in August 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Silver Jubilee ’88 Uprising Exhibition)
Twenty-seven years ago today, demonstrations began across Burma demanding an end to the 26-year dictatorship of Gen. Ne Win. Eventually swelling to crowds of hundreds of thousands, the military government crushed the protests, killing thousands of people. The Irrawaddy revisits the pivotal 1988 pro-democracy uprising with this series of archival images, a heart-wrenching reminder of the country’s long and painful struggle for democracy that continues to the present day.
