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Science | Geography | Citizenship | RE

The nun who became a symbol of resistance

Is moral courage stronger than physical force? A photograph of a nun pleading with police in Myanmar not to use violence against demonstrators reminds us of the power of peaceful protest. It is an image of extraordinary power: a 45-year-old Catholic nun dressed in a simple white habit kneeling in the dust in front of a group of heavily armed police. Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, who runs a clinic in the city of Myitkyina, was begging them not to shoot protestors behind her. “Just shoot me if you want to,” she said. And in response, two of them knelt down with her.

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