With the Burmese government restricting visas to foreign journalists, and all internal media controlled by the state, the internet provides one of the few routes left for getting eyewitness reports from inside Burma to the outside world. Despite rumours that the junta intends to close down internet access, a few brave bloggers continue to report their experiences.

One of the soldiers was shooting into the crowd near by the Sualae Pagoda. People can see that the solider is not a professional, because so many of his bullets went up into the sky, and also into the restaurant and a man was hit.

From ko-htike.blogspot.com

A lot of rumours are flying around Yangon. I am getting awfully paranoid.

Yesterday, I saw many people marching along with the monks. It was probably thousands, but I'm not too sure, because I saw them marching on Shwedagon Pagoda Road, and they didn't come on to Bo Gyoke Aung San Rd, where I was watching.

I saw them again when I came back from work. This group was a smaller group of between 200 to 300. They were chanting the same prayers, and asking people to clap. The people on the bus clapped along with them. I think they were going back to their monastery.

Yesterday, Brig. Gen. Thura Myint Maung, Myanmar's religious affairs minister, was shown on state television delivering the "message" during a meeting with the senior Buddhist clerics, saying that young monks were "persuaded" by "external and internal elements", and that if the monks do not restrain themselves, they'll take action by legal means.

Some shops downtown closed down early, and some companies released their employees early.

My co-worker is deleting some of his posts on his blog. :P

Internet connection was down from 11:20am to 3:40pm. I don't know if it's an isolated case, or just in my office.

From weblog.xanga.com/dawn_1o9

We all, as a one of people will courageously refuse all the unlawful orders by the military regime. Therefore we will stand firm with patriotic spirit. All the people will come out to the street like the other days. I would like to request all other people to collaborate with us.

From seinkhalote.blogspot.com

Tomorrow...we need more strength and resistance, if we can stand tomorrow, I am 80% sure that our hope is coming right away

From koniknayman.blogspot.com

My duty time part is working on Emergency YGH... at about 2:00 pm 5 patients was coming to our Emergency ... for Gun Shot from Government militaries... 1 patients died on the spot on arriving Hospital... ( shot on Bladder ) 4 r still bad in Diagnosis... The patient's attendant said " the patient r not in the line of protest... they ( victims ) are just chatting and watching the protest line and sitting on Cafe Bar near Shawe Dagon Pagoda , some r pedestrians" when they watching.... Government military Car was crossing to the protest line and randomly shot all of them ... don't they have Family? don't they have Brain? ... I always ready to support Protest Monks and People... and wanna treat whenever they get injuries ... This PROTEST is our chance to get improving our country among neighbours ...

From ko-htike.blogspot.com

Another column of thousands of people are coming to their way to reinforce the peaceful demonstrators who are in confrontation with armed military troops.

A respectful old monk is in the vanguard of the column singing national anthem and holding flags of fighting peacock.

Despite peaceful demonstrators have been beaten to break up the crowd, the demonstrators are still together reciting “metta sutta”(A discourse on loving-kindness, about disseminating love to those who are aggressive)

From seinkhalote.blogspot.com

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