{"id":374,"date":"2011-09-25T18:04:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T02:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=374"},"modified":"2011-09-25T18:04:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T02:04:25","slug":"seattle-candlelight-vigil-4th-anniversary-of-burmas-saffron-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=374","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Candlelight Vigil 4th Anniversary of Burma&#8217;s &#8220;Saffron Revolution&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International is proud to be a co-sponsor of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Seattle-Candlelight-Vigil-4th-Anniversary-of-Burmas-Saffron-Revolution\/170764199673405?sk=info\">4th Anniversary of Burma\u2019s \u201cSaffron Revolution\u201d\u00a0Candlelight Vigil, Peace Walk, and Prayer Service<\/a><\/strong>\u00a05:30 pm, Sunday, 2 October 2011,\u00a0Green Lake, Seattle, WA<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_375\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?attachment_id=375\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-375\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-375\" title=\"Saffron Revolution March\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SaffronMarch-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SaffronMarch-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SaffronMarch.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saffron Revolution March<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Seattle, WA) \u2013 Four years ago, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors led by monks took to the streets of Burma triggered by an overnight spike in fuel prices by the government of up to 500%. On September 26, the military regime launched a violent crackdown, arresting over 3,000 people and raiding monasteries.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, events will be held around the world to commemorate the 4th anniversary of Burma\u2019s 2007 \u201cSaffron Revolution.\u201d Please join us at 5:30 pm, Sunday, October 2, at the south end of Seattle\u2019s Green Lake for a reading of the Metta Sutra (loving kindness prayer), candlelight vigil, and peace walk around the lake.<\/p>\n<p>It has been four years since the Saffron Revolution took place, and nearly 2,000 political prisoners \u2013 including 222 monks \u2013 remain behind bars. Those responsible for the brutal crackdown in 2007 are still running the country and continued to commit serious human rights violations, especially in ethnic areas in Eastern Burma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease use your liberty to promote ours.\u201d \u2013 Aung San Suu Kyi<\/p>\n<p>Please demonstrate your support for genuine change in Burma by joining us at Green Lake on October 2, and by encouraging friends and colleagues to join you. We would like to invite everyone who believes in peace and justice, from all faiths and all walks of life, to participate in this commemorative event.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Seattle-Candlelight-Vigil-4th-Anniversary-of-Burmas-Saffron-Revolution\/170764199673405?sk=info\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Seattle-Candlelight-Vigil-4th-Anniversary-of-Burmas-Saffron-Revolution\/170764199673405?sk=info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International is proud to be a co-sponsor of the\u00a04th Anniversary of Burma\u2019s \u201cSaffron Revolution\u201d\u00a0Candlelight Vigil, Peace Walk, and Prayer Service\u00a05:30 pm, Sunday, 2 October 2011,\u00a0Green Lake, Seattle, WA (Seattle, WA) \u2013 Four years ago, hundreds of thousands of peaceful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=374\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}