3rd March 2015
“The sayadaw [reverent monks] declared a hunger strike and so we students have all agreed to join them,” he said. “We have been on
hunger strike for over one hour and will continue this if the police do not lift the barricade and if the local authorities do not
give in to our eight-point demand proposal.”
He last spoke to DVB at 1pm.
The eight points requested by the 500 protestors include: permission to continue their march to the next town, Tharawaddy; from
there, they would take transport to Rangoon, but would be allowed to fly banners and flags and campaign via tannoys and
loudspeakers. They also requested that security forces keep a distance from their convoy. If conditions for the demonstration were
met, they said, they would disperse in Rangoon.
ref:dvb.no
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