The Saffron Revolution Diary

The Saffron Revolution Diary
Recently the military junta of Burma told the UN envoy that the September 2007 monk-led political unrest as only confined to Rangoon, Mandalay and Akyab, down playing the fact that it was a wide-based mass display of discontent. The truth is that the Saffron Revolution was joined by students and poeple of all walks of life and it was not confined to a few cities. The following is the list of cities from various States and Divisions across the country that joined the uprisings and the number of monks and lay people involved.

SEPTEMBER
1 Sept.
2 Sept.
Buthitaung (Arakan State): 1 (solo demo)
3 Sept.
Lapwatta: 1000
Kyaukse: 15 Writers and Poets
Pakokku: 10 NLD members
Myitkyina (Kachin State): Students waged Poster war.
4 Sept.
Hakha (Chin State): 25 NLD members
Taunggyi (Shan State): 17 NLD members
Taunggoke: 3000
5 Sept.
Pakokku: 600 monks (The Junta responded with violence and brutal beatings of the monks)
Bogalay: 5 NLD members / 1000 others
6 Sept.
The monks burnt 3 police cars and took hold of 13 authorities and destroy a house and a shop belonging to supporters of
the military junta.
Myao Thit: 5 NLD members
Hlaing Thaya Zone 1 (Rangoon): Taw-win Myanmar Textile Factory, 200 workers
7 Sept.
Myit-Che: 30 AIDS victims
Gu: 4 NLD members
Hlaing Thaya Zone 1 (Rangoon): Taw-win Myanmar Textile Factory, 200 workers
Hlaing Thaya Zone 3 (Rangoon): Baw-ga Textile Factory, 200 workers
8 Sept.
Dawpong: 12 NLD members
Myitkyina (Kachin State): Students waged poster war
9 Sept.
All Burma Sanga Allaince gave momentum to the junta that the monks will boycott the military junta if there is no formal apology for the Pakkoku incident, where some monks were brutally beaten on 5 September.
Akyab (Arakan State): 200 students celebrated U Otama Day and lay wreath at U Otama Park.
Nyaung Tone: 2 monks
10 Sept.
11 Sept.Taunggoke: A solo demo
12 Sept.
13 Sept.
14 Sept.
15 Sept.
16 Sept.
Chauk: 60 monks
Myingyan: 300 monks boycott junta's alms
17 Sept.
Kyaukpantaung: 700 monks
Kyopinkauk: 250 monks
18 Sept.
Rangoon: 1000 monks and 20,000 lay peoples
Bago: 2000 monks
Kyobinkauk: 250 monks
Myingyan: some monks (number unknown)
Kyaukpantaung: 250 people
Chauk: 100 monks
Aunglan: 100 monks
Pakkoku: 600 monks
Akyab (Arakan State): 500 monks, 10,000 people. The army shot at the crowds and beated them. Dispersed with tear gas.
Kyaukphyu: 100 monks, 200 lay people
Sri Lanka: Burmese monks scholars
19 Sept.
Rangoon: 1500 monks, 10,000 lay people
Rangoon: 600 Dagon University students
Rangoon: Students from Ywathagyi Institute of Economics walked out from the examination and boycott.
Mandalay: 1000 monks, 5000 lay people
Amarapura: 150 monks
Mogoke: 200 monks
Bago: 2000 monks from Kya Khat Waing and 100,000 lay people
Prome: 600 monks
Kyopinkauk: 250 monks
Nyaungdon: 10 monks
Kalaymyo: 200 monks
Akyab: 2000 monks and 10,000 lay people took over the State Administrative Office
Pongna Kyun: 400 monks
India-Bodagaya: Burmese-scholar monks
20 Sept.
Rangoon: 2000 monks, 30000 lay people at Shwedagon Pagoda
Kwanchangone: 60 monks
Amarapura: 100 monks
Bago: 2000 monks, 5000 lay people
Shwe Taung: 41 monks
Kyopinkauk: 500 monks, 5000 lay people
Mongywa: 800 monks, 2000 lay people
Yezagyo: 200 monks
Yathetaung: 20 people
21 Sept.
Rangoon: 4000 monks and 800 Kabaaye Sasana University students, 10,000 lay people
Syriam: 100 monks
Mogoke: 500 monks and 10,000 lay people
Amarapura: 1000 monks
Pakokku: 1000 monks, 50000 lay people
Chauk: 400 monks
Minbu: 40 monks
Sagaing: 1000 monks
Mongywa: 2000 monks, 4000 lay people
Shwebo: 100 monks, 1000 lay people
Bago: 500 monks
Daik-Oo: 200 monks, 500 lay people
Prome: 500 monks
Letpandan: 100 monks
Kengtung (Shan State): 600 monks
Bahmo (Kachin State): 100 monks, University students waged poster war
Myitkyina (Kachin State): University students waged poster war
22 Sept.
Rangoon: 5000 monks, 5000 lay people
Kwanchankone: 500 monks, 5000 people
Kaw-hmu: 100 monks, 1000 laypeople
Mandalay: 10,000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Magwe: 300 monks
Minbu: 40 monks
Yenanchaung: 200 monks, 3000 lay people
Taungdwingyi: 100 monks, 10,000 lay people
Shwebo: 200 monks, 2000 lay people
Monywa: 300 monks
Kalemyo: 500 monks
Sagaing: 200 monks
Henzada: 800 monks
Taungoo: 250 monks
Minpya: 400 monks
Mrauk Oo: 200 monks
Kyauktaw: 60 monks
India: Nalanda University, Burmese-scholar monks
23 Sept.
Rangoon: 10,000 monks and nuns, 10,000 lay people
Mandalay: 10,000 monks
Kyaukpandaung: 500 monks
Sagaing: 1000 monks
Mongywa: 1000 monks, 5000 lay people
Kalemyo: 600 monks and unknown number of Kalay University Students (CNN)
Shwebo: 250 monks, 2000 lay people
Myitkyina: 300 monks, 1000 lay people
Bahmo: 300 monks
Minbu: 40 monks
Magwe: 300 monks
Taungdwingyi: 120 monks, 3000 lay people
Henzada: 800 monks, 2000 lay people
Minbu: 4000 monks
Yathetaung: 50 monks, 600 lay people
24 Sept.
Rangoon: 10,000 monks, 300,000 lay people
Hmawbi: 1000 monks
Kwanchangone: 400 monks, 1000 lay people
Mandalay: 10,000 monks
Pakkoku: 2500 monks, 200 nuns, 100,000 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State) : 20,000 monks, 200,000 lay people
Minpya: 200 monks, 5000 lay people
Yathetaung: 70 monks, 2000 lay people
Kyaukphyu (Arakan State): 100 monks
Mrauk Oo (Arakan State): 300 monks, 5000 lay people
Kyauk Taung: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Pongnakyun: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Maungdaw (Arakan State): undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Bago: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Prome: 3000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Natalin: 50 monks
Tharawaddy: 10 monks
Letpandan: 400 monks
Sagaing: undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Daik Oo: 400 monks, 2000 lay people
Taungoo: 600 monks, 5000 lay people
Kyaukme (Shan State): 40 monks
Myitkyina (Kachin State): 300 monks, 10,000 lay people
Bahmo (Kachin State): 300 monks
Mogoke: 2000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Mawlamyaing (Mon State): 1500 monks, 5000 lay people
New Mon State Party ( a cease fire group) issued a statement supporting the Saffron Revolution
Kawkariek: undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Phyapone: 200 monks, 2000 lay people
Bassein: 400 monks, 3000 lay people
Henzada: 800 monks, 5000 lay people
Tavoy: 200 monks
Kawthaung: 30 monks, 500 lay people
Yenanchaung: 700 monks, 30000 lay people
Sinphyukyun: 150 monks, 1000 lay people
Yesagyo: 250 monks
Natmauk: 275 monks
Taungdwingyi: 150 monks, 5000 lay people
Aunglan: 200 monks, 15,000 lay people
25 Sept.
Rangoon: 50,000 monks, 300,000 lay people
Mandalay: 20,000 monks, 20,000 lay people
Amarapura: 2000 monks
Taungtha: 37 monks
Myingyan: 500 monks, 40,000 lay people
Patheingyi: 40 monks
Mogoke: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Nyaung Oo: 100 monks, 100 lay people
Kyaukpantaung: 1500 monks, 10,000 lay people
Sagaing: 150 monks
Kalemyo: 600 monks, 10,000 lay people
Mongywa: 400 monks, 10,000 lay people
Shwebo: 400 monks, 10,000 lay people
Magwe: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Chauk: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Taungoo: 100 monks
Prome: 87 monks
Myitkyina: 180 monks, 1000 lay people
Bahmo: 200 monks
Mohynin (Kachin State): 100 monks, 5000 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State): 100,000 demonstrators
Taunggoke: 200 monks, 30,000 lay people
Kyaukphyu: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Minpya: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Mrauk Oo: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Yathetaung: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Mawlamyaing: 2000 monks, 1500 lay people
Ye: 150 monks, 1500 lay people
Kya-inn Seik-gyi: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Tavoy: 500 monks, 1000 lay people
Kawthaung: 30 monks, 150 lay people
26 Sept. (Taw-tha-lin Full moon day)
Rangoon: 30,000 monks, 300,000 lay people (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Mandalay: 30,000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Myingyan: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people (20 police joined the demo)
Kyaukpantaung: 1500 monks, 100,000 lay people
Pakokku: 2000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Mongywa: 700 monks, 40,000 lay people
Katha: 50 monks, 1500 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State): 4000 monks, 50,000 lay people
Mawlamyaing (Mon State): 2500 monks, 2000 lay people
Kawkareik: undisclosed number of demonstrators
27 Sept.
Rangoon: 150,000 lay people (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Mandalay: 10,000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Amarapura: 1000 monks
Myingyan: 3000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Chauk: 3000 demonstrators
Yenanchaung: 1500 monks, 4000 lay people
Tavoy: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Akyab (Arakan State): Crowd dispersed by shootings. Bloodshed (?)
Taunggoke: 10,000 demonstrators
28 Sept.
Rangoon: 50,000 demonstrators (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Mandalay: 500 monks, 100,000 lay people
Myingyan: 500 monks, 2000 lay people
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Mogoke: 100 monks
Taunggoke: 30 monks, 50,000 lay people
Rambree (Arakan State): 150 monks, 1500 lay people
29 Sept.
Rangoon: 70,000 demonstrators. (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Mandalay: 5000 demonstrators
Mogoke: 200 monks, 50,000 lay people
Kyaukpantaung: 1000 monks, 30,000 lay people
Pakokku: 2500 monks, 200,000 lay people
Yenanchaung: 200 monks, 30,000 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State): 6000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Taunggoke Twonship - Ywama Taik: 200 monks, 10,000 lay people
Taunggyi (Shan State): 400 demonstrators
30 Sept.
Rangoon: 10,000 (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Mandalay: 200 demonstrators with motorbikes
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Pakkoku: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Yenanchaung: 100 monks, 10,000 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State): 80 monks, 3000 lay people
Taunggoke: 1000 demonstrators
Maing-Phyat / Tachileik: 120 monks
Demawsoe: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Phrusoe: undisclosed number of demonstrators
OCTOBER 2007
1 Oct.
Rangoon: 2000
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Nyaung Oo: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Taunggoke Township - Sapyin village: 5000 demonstrators
Man Aung: 5000 demonstrators
2 Oct.
Rangoon: 100 students
Man Aung: 100 monks, 1000 lay people
Kyaukphyu: undisclosed number of demonstrators

(NOTE: There are still other cities not informed. The list will be updated as information is received)

SOURCE: Internet blogs and news

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SUMMARY (in alphabetical order)

Akyab (Arakan State): 200 students celebrated U Otama Day and lay wreath at U Otama Park.
Aunglan: 100 monks
Akyab (Arakan State): 500 monks, 10,000 people. The army shot at the crowds and beated them. Dispersed with tear gas.
Amarapura: 150 monks
Akyab: 2000 monks and 10,000 lay people took over the State Administrative Office
Amarapura: 100 monks
Amarapura: 1000 monks
Akyab (Arakan State) : 20,000 monks, 200,000 lay people
Aunglan: 200 monks, 15,000 lay people
Amarapura: 2000 monks
Akyab (Arakan State): 100,000 demonstrators
Akyab (Arakan State): 4000 monks, 50,000 lay people
Amarapura: 1000 monks
Akyab (Arakan State): 6000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Akyab (Arakan State): Crowd dispersed by shootings. Bloodshed (?)
Akyab (Arakan State): 80 monks, 3000 lay people

Buthitaung (Arakan State): 1
Bogalay: 5 NLD members / 1000 others
Bago: 2000 monks
Bago: 2000 monks from Kya Khat Waing and 100,000 lay people
Bago: 2000 monks, 5000 lay people
Bago: 500 monks
Bahmo (Kachin State): 100 monks, University students waged poster war
Bahmo (Kachin State): 300 monks
Bago: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Bahmo (Kachin State): 300 monks
Bassein: 400 monks, 3000 lay people
Bahmo: 200 monks

Chauk: 60 monks
Chauk: 100 monks
Chauk: 400 monks
Chauk: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Chauk: 3000 demonstrators

Dawpong: 12 NLD members
Daik-Oo: 200 monks, 500 lay people
Daik Oo: 400 monks, 2000 lay people
Demawsoe: undisclosed number of demonstrators

Gu: 4 NLD members

Hakha (Chin State): 25 NLD members
Hlaing Thaya Zone 1 (Rangoon): Taw-win Myanmar Textile Factory, 200 workers
Hlaing Thaya Zone 1 (Rangoon): Taw-win Myanmar Textile Factory, 200 workers
Hlaing Thaya Zone 3 (Rangoon): Baw-ga Textile Factory, 200 workers
Henzada: 800 monks
Henzada: 800 monks, 2000 lay people
Hmawbi: 1000 monks
Henzada: 800 monks, 5000 lay people

India-Bodagaya: Burmese-scholar monks
India: Nalanda University, Burmese-scholar monks

Kyaukse: 15 Writers and Poets
Kyaukpantaung: 700 monks
Kyopinkauk: 250 monks
Kyobinkauk: 250 monks
Kyaukpantaung: 250 people
Kyaukphyu: 100 monks, 200 lay people
Kyopinkauk: 250 monks
Kalaymyo: 200 monks
Kwanchangone: 60 monks
Kyopinkauk: 500 monks, 5000 lay people
Kengtung (Shan State): 600 monks
Kwanchankone: 500 monks, 5000 people
Kaw-hmu: 100 monks, 1000 laypeople
Kalemyo: 500 monks
Kyauktaw: 60 monks
Kyaukpandaung: 500 monks
Kalemyo: 600 monks and unknown number of Kalay University Students (CNN)
Kwanchangone: 400 monks, 1000 lay people
Kyaukphyu (Arakan State): 100 monks
Kyauk Taung: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Kyaukme (Shan State): 40 monks
Kawthaung: 30 monks, 500 lay people
Kawkariek: undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Kyaukpantaung: 1500 monks, 10,000 lay people
Kalemyo: 600 monks, 10,000 lay people
Kyaukphyu: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Kya-inn Seik-gyi: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Kawthaung: 30 monks, 150 lay people
Kyaukpantaung: 1500 monks, 100,000 lay people
Katha: 50 monks, 1500 lay people
Kawkareik: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Kyaukpantaung: 1000 monks, 30,000 lay people
Kyaukphyu: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Kyaukpantaung: undisclosed number of demonstrators

Lapwatta: 1000
Letpandan: 100 monks
Letpandan: 400 monks

Myitkyina (Kachin State): Students waged Poster war.
Myao Thit: 5 NLD members
Myit-Che: 30 AIDS victims
Myitkyina (Kachin State): Students waged poster war
Myingyan: 300 monks boycott junta's alms
Myingyan: some monks (number unknown)
Mandalay: 1000 monks, 5000 lay people
Mogoke: 200 monks
Mongywa: 800 monks, 2000 lay people
Mogoke: 500 monks and 10,000 lay people
Minbu: 40 monks
Mongywa: 2000 monks, 4000 lay people
Myitkyina (Kachin State): University students waged poster war
Mandalay: 10,000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Magwe: 300 monks
Minbu: 40 monks
Monywa: 300 monks
Minpya: 400 monks
Mrauk Oo: 200 monks
Mandalay: 10,000 monks
Mongywa: 1000 monks, 5000 lay people
Myitkyina: 300 monks, 1000 lay people
Minbu: 40 monks
Magwe: 300 monks
Minbu: 4000 monks
Mandalay: 10,000 monks
Minpya: 200 monks, 5000 lay people
Mrauk Oo (Arakan State): 300 monks, 5000 lay people
Maungdaw (Arakan State): undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Myitkyina (Kachin State): 300 monks, 10,000 lay people
Mogoke: 2000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Mawlamyaing (Mon State): 1500 monks, 5000 lay people
Mandalay: 20,000 monks, 20,000 lay people
Myingyan: 500 monks, 40,000 lay people
Mogoke: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Mongywa: 400 monks, 10,000 lay people
Myitkyina: 180 monks, 1000 lay people
Magwe: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Mohynin (Kachin State): 100 monks, 5000 lay people
Minpya: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Mrauk Oo: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Mawlamyaing: 2000 monks, 1500 lay people
Mandalay: 30,000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Myingyan: 3000 monks, 100,000 lay people (20 police joined the demo)
Mongywa: 700 monks, 40,000 lay people
Mawlamyaing (Mon State): 2500 monks, 2000 lay people
Mandalay: 10,000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Myingyan: 3000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Mogoke: 100 monks
Mandalay: 5000 demonstrators
Mogoke: 200 monks, 50,000 lay people
Mandalay: 200 demonstrators with motorbikes
Maing-Phyat / Tachileik: 120 monks
Man Aung: 5000 demonstrators
Man Aung: 100 monks, 1000 lay people
Mandalay: 500 monks, 100,000 lay people
Myingyan: 500 monks, 2000 lay people

Nyaungdon: 2 monks
Nyaungdon: 10 monks
Nyaung Oo: 100 monks, 100 lay people
Natalin: 50 monks
New Mon State Party ( a cease fire group) issued a statement supporting the Saffron Revolution
Natmauk: 275 monks
Nyaung Oo: undisclosed number of demonstrators

Pakokku: 10 NLD members
Pakokku: 600 monks (The Junta responded with violence and brutal beatings of the monks)
Pakkoku: 600 monks
Prome: 600 monks
Pongna Kyun: 400 monks
Pakokku: 1000 monks, 50000 lay people
Prome: 500 monks
Pakkoku: 2500 monks, 200 nuns, 100,000 lay people
Pongnakyun: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Prome: 3000 monks, 10,000 lay people
Phyapone: 200 monks, 2000 lay people
Patheingyi: 40 monks
Prome: 87 monks
Pakokku: 2000 monks, 100,000 lay people
Phrusoe: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Pakokku: 2500 monks, 200,000 lay people
Pakkoku: undisclosed number of demonstrators

Rangoon: 1000 monks and 20,000 lay peoples
Rangoon: 1500 monks, 10,000 lay people
Rangoon: 600 Dagon University students
Rangoon: Students from Ywathagyi Institute of Economics walked out from the examination and boycott.
Rangoon: 2000 monks, 30000 lay people at Shwedagon Pagoda
Rangoon: 4000 monks and 800 Kabaaye Sasana University students, 10,000 lay people
Rangoon: 5000 monks, 5000 lay people
Rangoon: 10,000 monks and nuns, 10,000 lay people
Rangoon: 10,000 monks, 300,000 lay people
Rangoon: 50,000 monks, 300,000 lay people
Rangoon: 30,000 monks, 300,000 lay people (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Rangoon: 150,000 lay people (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Rangoon: 50,000 demonstrators (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Rambree (Arakan State): 150 monks, 1500 lay people
Rangoon: 70,000 demonstrators. (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Rangoon: 10,000 (the Junta responded with violence and brutal killings. Bloodshed.)
Rangoon: 2000
Rangoon: 100 students

Sri Lanka: Burmese monks scholars
Shwe Taung: 41 monks
Syriam: 100 monks
Sagaing: 1000 monks
Shwebo: 100 monks, 1000 lay people
Shwebo: 200 monks, 2000 lay people
Sagaing: 200 monks
Sagaing: 1000 monks
Shwebo: 250 monks, 2000 lay people
Sagaing: undisclosed numbers of monks demonstrated
Sinphyukyun: 150 monks, 1000 lay people
Sagaing: 150 monks
Shwebo: 400 monks, 10,000 lay people

Taunggyi (Shan State): 17 NLD members
Taunggoke: 3000
Taunggoke: A solo demo
Taungdwingyi: 100 monks, 10,000 lay people
Taungoo: 250 monks
Taungdwingyi: 120 monks, 3000 lay people
Tharawaddy: 10 monks
Taungoo: 600 monks, 5000 lay people
Tavoy: 200 monks
Taungdwingyi: 150 monks, 5000 lay people
Taungtha: 37 monks
Taungoo: 100 monks
Taunggoke: 200 monks, 30,000 lay people
Tavoy: 500 monks, 1000 lay people
Tavoy: undisclosed number of demonstrators
Taunggoke: 10,000 demonstrators
Taunggoke: 30 monks, 50,000 lay people
Taunggoke Twonship - Ywama Taik: 200 monks, 10,000 lay people
Taunggyi (Shan State): 400 demonstrators
Taunggoke: 1000 demonstrators
Taunggoke Township - Sapyin village: 5000 demonstrators

Yezagyo: 200 monks
Yathetaung: 20 people
Yenanchaung: 200 monks, 3000 lay people
Yathetaung: 50 monks, 600 lay people
Yathetaung: 70 monks, 2000 lay people
Yenanchaung: 700 monks, 30000 lay people
Yesagyo: 250 monks
Yathetaung: undisclosed numbers of demonstrators
Ye: 150 monks, 1500 lay people
Yenanchaung: 1500 monks, 4000 lay people
Yenanchaung: 200 monks, 30,000 lay people
Yenanchaung: 100 monks, 10,000 lay people