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Technorati“Churches cannot meet,” he continued. “We are gathering quietly in small groups of no more than five to pray for our country and our people.’
The military has reportedly been using a 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew to move in and arrest suspected dissidents. According to the British Broadcasting Corp., military loudspeaker trucks have been blaring: “We have photographs. We are going to make arrests.”
A Christian leader who is running an unofficial church and Bible school told Release International that many shops are closed, making rice and other food more expensive.
“We dare not go out far to buy things,” the leader added. “There was a shooting downtown and people were killed. Many students dare not go to the school. Keep praying for us.”
Myanmar has been ruled by various military regimes since 1962. The current junta took over after crushing a 1988 democracy movement that led to the deaths of at least 3,000 people.
The junta is accused of persecuting ethnic minorities; squashing freedom of speech, assembly and worship; ordering the destruction of churches; instituting child labor and human trafficking; and holding thousands of political prisoners – including Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
It is also accused of sanctioning sexual violence against women of ethnic minorities, with gang rapes making up nearly half of the reported cases documented against women of the Chin ethnic minority – about 90 percent of which is Christian – according to a recent report by U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Furthermore, at least a third were committed by officers.
Christian Post reporter Michelle Vu contributed to this report.
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