The 1988 Uprising in Burma

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:8888_Uprising
gptkbp:cause	authoritarian rule economic mismanagement demand for democracy
gptkbp:endDate	18 September 1988
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Myanmar Burma
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Mandalay Yangon
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	limited international coverage
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi students monks workers
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Burmese_military
gptkbp:precededBy	Ne Win's rule
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Saffron_Revolution 2007 Burmese protests
gptkbp:relatedTo	democracy movement in Myanmar
gptkbp:result	gptkb:revolutionary formation of State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
gptkbp:significance	formation of National League for Democracy (NLD) rise of Aung San Suu Kyi
gptkbp:startDate	8 August 1988
gptkbp:successor	military junta rule
gptkbp:suppressedBy	gptkb:military_crackdown
gptkbp:victim	estimated thousands
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Maung_Maung
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The 1988 Uprising in Burma