Inside Myanmar: The Crackdown [2007] 3,730 views

From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered was the Myanmar government's brutal crackdown on peacefully protesting monks.
News reaching the outside world at that time was scarce. But Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Birtley was one of the few international journalists who had managed to get into the country, and was able to film the unfolding events while working undercover at the very heart of the protests. From the archives, originally published in 2007. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UqQa...