(HRNW) – Myanmar s most powerful Buddhist monks association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month s coup, media said on Wednesday.
In its most forthright condemnation of the military s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, the government-appointed organisation also said in a draft statement its members intended to halt activities, in an apparent protest.
The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee planned to release a final statement after consulting the religious affairs minister on Thursday, the Myanmar Now news portal said, citing a monk who attended a meeting of the committee.
Monks have a long history of activism in Myanmar and were at the forefront of a 2007 “Saffron Revolution” against military rule, an uprising that, although suppressed, helped usher in democratic reforms.
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