Jasmine Campaign

Jasmine Campaign
A pro-democracy movement in Burma.

The Democratic Voice of Burma reported that

a group of young people in Rangoon is planning a two-week campaign encouraging people to wear or display jasmine flowers to show support for political prisoners and opposition to the military regime. According to one of the campaign leaders, who did not wish to be identified,jasmine was chosen as the symbol for the campaign because the Burmese word for jasmine can also mean the removal of the reigning powers.


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