Benedict Rogers: Burma's bitter remembrance of 8/8/88 | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk 
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/08/olympics2008.burma
The world's eyes are on China today, as the Olympic games begin. But as the athletes compete, our attention is divided. Media talk is not simply of sport, but of China's human rights record and murky foreign policy.
Meanwhile, the people of Burma remember the massacre of thousands of pro-democracy protestors on this day 20 years ago. On August 8 1988, after months of demonstrations, the military opened fire on civilians. In a single day, several thousand were killed, and "8/8/88" became etched in blood.
Act now
Here are some useful things to do. If you have...
