Myanmar has one of the most relaxed and loving people in the world. However, it is ruled in the past 20 years by the most harsh dictatorship of military junta. The junta took control over the country some 20 years ago, following a democratic election where Burma's democratic party won 80% the votes.
Democratic party members (that won legally the power) were persecuted, prisoned, tortured and forced to stop their activities. We meet one such person, how lost one eye while tutored in prison for being democratic activist. Taking a Taxi around the house of the Democratic leader and Nobel peace prize winner, Aung San Suu kyi, (more) may result with the police stopping the taxi driver to investigate why he went there.
During our visit there we also saw Slaves - People forced to live their homes and work for the junta in building roads or whatever the junta finds proper. They do not know how long they will work as slaves, and if they ever return to their families. When we saw such a group of workers on the road, we were warned not to take any pictures, not of the group or the policeman guarding them, or we might get into serious trouble.
20 years ago, the junta killed some 3,000 protesters that demanded democracy back. Now there are 100,000 demonstrators in the streets and the junta start killing again (more and more).
We hope that this time, the will of the monks & people of Burma will be stronger than the bullets fired by the junta's soldiers, and that they will receive the international support they need to get their democracy back.
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