A Myanmar nun said she was ready to die as she knelt in front of security personnel, pleading with them not to shoot unarmed civilians. “I thought today is the day I will die. I decided to die,” Sister Nu Tawng told the British newsgroup Sky News. As Myanmar security forces cracked down on street Read more
A Catholic nun stopped military forces from advancing on protesters by dropping to her knees and pleading with them to refrain from using violence. It has been described as a ‘Tiananmen moment’ in Myanmar. The scene was reminiscent of the 1989 images of a lone man blocking a path of tanks in Beijing. It followed Read more