After having allowed the demonstrations to take place for the first couple of days, the military regime has since Tuesday the 25th September declared nightly curfew in all the bigger towns.
Monks and prominent members of the opposition are being arrested and beaten, Buddhist temples are being blocked by the army. There are reports of several killed, including a foreign journalist.
DanChurchAid are preparing for two scenarios:
Worst case
If the situation should, like 1988, get out of control and result in the army arresting and killing a large amount of people, a great number will escape from the government-controlled areas.
If they should be lucky enough to escape to Thailand, DanChurchAid will be able to help them.
For more than 15 years we have supported the organisation Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), who runs 10 refugee camps along the Thai/Burma border. DanChurchAid will also be able to help those who want to stay inside Burma as internally displaced people, through the partners in Thailand that cross the border to Burma with food and medicine.
Best case
If the military regime surrenders and the power will be assigned to a civilian government, DanChurchAid will be among the first to help inside Burma.
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We will through our existing partners be able to provide support in reconstructing of the country
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We will through our knowledge about the minefields in the eastern part of Burma be able to take an active part in a mine removal programme
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DanChurchAid is considering making a liberated Burma a new focus country.