Will Gandhian non-violence free Burma from army rule?

# The non-violent protests by Buddhist monks have threatened the very foundation of the twenty year military junta rule in Burma.

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# The army has ruled Burma for about 45 years and democracy hasn't been allowed to take root. Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the elections in 1990, wasn't handed power and has been kept house arrest, ever since.

# An earlier attempt to wrest power from the generals resulted in a bloodbath with estimated 3,000 people having died.

# Death toll in the present crackdown is rising.