Acknowledgements = 5
Executive Summary = 6
Recommendations = 8
Introduction = 9
Background History = 10
Buddhist Monks and Burmese Society = 10
Buddhist Monks under the BSPP Regime = 12
Buddhist Monks under the SLORC Regime = 13
Overturning the Bowls = 14
SLORC’s Response to the Monks’ Boycott = 15
Disrobing = 16
Torture and Abuses in Prison and Prison Labor Camp = 17
The Regime’s Image as a Pious Ruler = 19
Recent Arrests of Monks in 2003 for “Overturning the Bowl” = 20
Appendices
Appendix 1-a - Photos and List of 26 Monks Arrested from Mahar Ghandaryone Monastery in 2003 for “Overturning the Bowl” = 25
Appendix 1-b - Photos of Monks Who Have Been Released = 29
Appendix 2 - Sangha Organization Law (as the SLORC issued on October 31, 1990) = 35
Appendix 3 - Analysis of the SPDC’s Sangha Organization Law by Burma Lawyers’ Council = 38
Appendix 4 - Pattam Nikkujjana Kamma (or) “Overturning the Bowl” = 42
Appendix 5 - Entreaty to All Monks and People- by Young Monks’ League (Lower Burma) and League of Monks’ Union from 4 Sides (Mandalay) = 43
Appendix 6 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Imprisoned for Involvement in the Monk Boycott = 45
Appendix 7 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Imprisoned and Sent to Prison Labor Camp = 50
Appendix 8 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Involved in the Monk Boycott and Evaded Arrest = 55
Appendix 9 - Firsthand Experience of a Former Political Prisoner who Observed Monks Who Were Taken to Myitkyina Prison and Forced Labor Camps = 58
Appendix 10 - Radio Interview with the Abbot of New Masoeyein Monastery, Mandalay = 63
Appendix 11 - Radio Interview with a Buddhist Monk Regarding the Arrests of Monks = 65
Appendix 12 - Interview with an Eyewitness about the Kyaukse Riot = 67
Appendix 13 - Account of a Monk Regarding the Mahar Ghandaryone Monk Boycott = 69
Appendix 14 - Relationship between Monks and the SPDC (An excerpt from a radio interview with monks inside Burma) = 71
Appendix 15 - (Article) Sons of Buddha in Prison by Naing Kyaw = 73
Appendix 16 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-I by Win Naing Oo = 77
Appendix 17 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-II by Win Naing Oo = 79
Appendix 18 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-III by Win Naing Oo = 81
Lists
Partial List of Monks Who Died in Prisons and Forced Labor Camps = 83
Partial List of Monks Who Are Currently in Prison = 84
Acronym, Glossary, and Bibliography = 92
Executive Summary = 6
Recommendations = 8
Introduction = 9
Background History = 10
Buddhist Monks and Burmese Society = 10
Buddhist Monks under the BSPP Regime = 12
Buddhist Monks under the SLORC Regime = 13
Overturning the Bowls = 14
SLORC’s Response to the Monks’ Boycott = 15
Disrobing = 16
Torture and Abuses in Prison and Prison Labor Camp = 17
The Regime’s Image as a Pious Ruler = 19
Recent Arrests of Monks in 2003 for “Overturning the Bowl” = 20
Appendices
Appendix 1-a - Photos and List of 26 Monks Arrested from Mahar Ghandaryone Monastery in 2003 for “Overturning the Bowl” = 25
Appendix 1-b - Photos of Monks Who Have Been Released = 29
Appendix 2 - Sangha Organization Law (as the SLORC issued on October 31, 1990) = 35
Appendix 3 - Analysis of the SPDC’s Sangha Organization Law by Burma Lawyers’ Council = 38
Appendix 4 - Pattam Nikkujjana Kamma (or) “Overturning the Bowl” = 42
Appendix 5 - Entreaty to All Monks and People- by Young Monks’ League (Lower Burma) and League of Monks’ Union from 4 Sides (Mandalay) = 43
Appendix 6 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Imprisoned for Involvement in the Monk Boycott = 45
Appendix 7 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Imprisoned and Sent to Prison Labor Camp = 50
Appendix 8 - Firsthand Account of a Monk Who Was Involved in the Monk Boycott and Evaded Arrest = 55
Appendix 9 - Firsthand Experience of a Former Political Prisoner who Observed Monks Who Were Taken to Myitkyina Prison and Forced Labor Camps = 58
Appendix 10 - Radio Interview with the Abbot of New Masoeyein Monastery, Mandalay = 63
Appendix 11 - Radio Interview with a Buddhist Monk Regarding the Arrests of Monks = 65
Appendix 12 - Interview with an Eyewitness about the Kyaukse Riot = 67
Appendix 13 - Account of a Monk Regarding the Mahar Ghandaryone Monk Boycott = 69
Appendix 14 - Relationship between Monks and the SPDC (An excerpt from a radio interview with monks inside Burma) = 71
Appendix 15 - (Article) Sons of Buddha in Prison by Naing Kyaw = 73
Appendix 16 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-I by Win Naing Oo = 77
Appendix 17 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-II by Win Naing Oo = 79
Appendix 18 - (Article) Imprisoned Monks-III by Win Naing Oo = 81
Lists
Partial List of Monks Who Died in Prisons and Forced Labor Camps = 83
Partial List of Monks Who Are Currently in Prison = 84
Acronym, Glossary, and Bibliography = 92