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The Saffron Revolution (Burmese: ရွှေဝါရောင်တော်လှန်ရေး, romanized: Shwaywarraung Tawlhaanrayy; [sw̥èi wà jàʊɰ̃ tɔ̀ l̥àɰ̃ jéi]) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September, and October 2007 in Myanmar. The protests were triggered by the decision of the national military government to remove subsidies on the sales prices of fuel. The national government is the only supplier of fuels and the removal of the price subsidy immediately caused diesel and petrol prices to increase by 66–100% and the price of compressed natural gas for buses to increase 500% in less than a week.[1][2] The various protests were led by students, political activists, including women, and Buddhist monks and took the form of a campaign of nonviolent resistance, sometimes also called civil resistance.[3] In response to the protests, dozens of protesters were arrested or detained. Starting in September 2007 the protests were led by thousands of Buddhist m

Saffron Revolution - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Series of protests in Myanmar in 2007 This article is about the 2007–2008 protests in Myanmar. For other protests in Myanmar, see List of protests in Myanmar . Saffron Revolution Part of the Myanmar conflict and Protests against democratic backsliding Protesters in Yangon with a banner that reads "Non-violence: National Movement" in Burmese , in the background is Shwedagon Pagoda Date 15 August 2007 – 26 September 2008 Location Myanmar Caused by Stratocracy Political repression Political corruption Human right

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