Saffron Revolution
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2007 Burmese anti-government protests
series of economic and political protests in Myanmar in 2007
Key facts
- Date
- 15 August 2007 – 26 September 2008
- Location
- Myanmar
- Caused by
- Stratocracy Political repression Political corruption Human rights violations Removal of fuel subsidies State terrorism
- Goals
- Federal democracy Free elections Human rights Minority rights Release of political prisoners End of military involvement in politics
- Methods
- Civil resistance , demonstrations , nonviolent resistance
- Resulted in
- Uprising suppressed, political reforms and election of a new government
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Encyclopedic overview
The Saffron Revolution (Burmese: ရွှေဝါရောင်တော်လှန်ရေး, romanized: Shwaywarraung Tawlhaanrayy; [sw̥èi wà jàʊɰ̃ tɔ̀ l̥àɰ̃ jéi]) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September and October 2007 in Myanmar. The protests were triggered by the decision of the national military government to remove subsidies on the sales prices of fuel. The national government is the only supplier of fuels and the removal of the price subsidy immediately caused diesel and petrol prices to increase by 66–100% and the price of compressed natural gas for buses to increase 500% in less than a week.
The various protests were led by students, political activists, including women, and Buddhist monks and took the form of a campaign of nonviolent resistance, sometimes also called civil resistance.
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