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Burmese Resistance Movement  

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  • The Burmese resistance movement, otherwise known as the Burmese pro-democracy movement, has worked for democratic reforms inside and outside Burma since a military junta took control of the country in 1988. Facing severe repression in Burma, many pro-democracy activists have taken refuge in neighboring Thailand and the United States, where they have set up a government-in-exile in Rockville, Maryland. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Burmese Resistance Movement]

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