Christian organisations are calling for prayers for Myanmar after last week’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protestors who stood against the country’s repressive regime.
U.S.-based Christian Freedom International, in a statement Monday, called on “Christians everywhere to pray for the perilous situation.”Since 1996, CFI has provided humanitarian aid in Myanmar, also known as Burma, where for decades Karen and Karenni Christians have been victims of the government’s brutal ethnic cleansing campaign.
The organisation also established schools, orphanages and hospitals along the Burma-Thai border for thousands of refugees that have been displaced by the country’s devastating civil war.
The United Methodist Church’s Global Ministries has also called on the Christian community to pray for all the people of Myanmar who have suffered greatly and for the small minority of Methodists and other Christians in Myanmar to remain safe.
Last week, violent showdowns between the military and thousands of peaceful protestors in the streets of capital city Yangon and other cities drew the world’s attention after human rights groups for years warned of the junta’s brutality.
The military fired gunshots, hurled batons, barricaded monks in temples and arrested protestors during the series of confrontations with tens of thousands of disgruntled citizens.
Dissident groups say some 200 people were killed during the crackdowns, but the junta claims only ten died.
