The 1988 Uprising in Burma

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:8888_Uprising
gptkbp:cause authoritarian rule
economic mismanagement
demand for democracy
gptkbp:endDate 18 September 1988
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The 1988 Uprising in Burma
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 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 military crackdown
gptkbp:victim estimated thousands
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maung_Maung
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7