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Feb 3, 2021
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On August 8th 1988 the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrators, killing hundreds possibly thousands of people. In the weeks of protest that followed, Aung San Suu Kyi rose to prominence as an opposition figure. The date 8.8.88 has come to symbolise the resistance movement in Myanmar at the time. Ma Thida was a medical student working at Rangoon General Hospital when the dead and injured began to arrive. In 2018 she spoke to Rebecca Kesby about treating gunshot wounds for the first time, and about her political activism and subsequent imprisonment.
This programme is a rebroadcast.
Photo: Demonstrators in Rangoon in 1988. Credit: Getty Images
This programme is a rebroadcast.
Photo: Demonstrators in Rangoon in 1988. Credit: Getty Images
Released:
Feb 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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