The country of Burma is lush, rich in natural resources and home to dozens of peoples and cultures.

But due to a military government of isolationist economic mismanagement, the 45 million people there live without their human rights and in extreme poverty.

The country of Burma has been under military dictatorship since 1962.

Recent slideshow fron CNN (750k). These images of peaceful protesters running from baton weilding soldiers and sitting before blasting water cannons are from a video taken in late 1996, smuggled out, and shown on CNN. Reporters are now routinely denied visas by the military authorities so that you cannot see things like this. Thanks to the BurmaSong Page for collecting them.