{"id":204631,"date":"2021-03-09T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204631"},"modified":"2021-03-09T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:00:23","slug":"shoot-me-instead-myanmar-catholic-nun-kneels-in-front-of-military-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-catholic-nun-kneels-in-front-of-military-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shoot Me Instead\u2019: Myanmar Catholic Nun Kneels In Front Of Military Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshoot-me-instead-myanmar-catholic-nun-kneels-in-front-of-military-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">photo<\/a> of a Catholic nun kneeling before police officers armed with weapons to protect children and protesters has gone viral. Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng pleaded with the law enforcement officials before they tried to shut down an anti-coup protest in the northern Myanmar city of Kachin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198504\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198504\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-198504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25A5CA7D-06B1-41F0-835D-E0AF9E80387F-300x216.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng pleading with the forces of the new junta not to shoot protesters in Myitkyina. Photograph: Myitkyina News Journal\/AFP\/Getty Images\" width=\"579\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-198504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">Screenshot<\/a>: Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng pleading with the forces of the new junta not to shoot protesters in Myitkyina. Photograph: Myitkyina News Journal\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI knelt down\u2026 begging them not to shoot and torture the children, but to shoot me and kill me instead,\u201d she told AFP on Tuesday, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nun received praise from many people in the country, which is predominantly Buddhist. Myanmar has experienced political unrest, violence, and turmoil since the military took over the government and ousted pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\">The Daily Wire<\/a> last week:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Violence escalated in Myanmar on Wednesday, resulting in at least 38 people losing their lives after protests began on February 1 following a military takeover of the government. Video footage and photos released on Thursday shows protesters violently attacked as they fight back against the anti-democracy military junta.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On February 20, The Daily Wire reported that two people had been killed due to the unrest in Myanmar, \u201cresulting in the most violent day since the military takeover of the government on February 1.\u201d On Wednesday, that number changed dramatically.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener confirmed in a briefing that Wednesday was \u201cthe bloodiest day since the coup happened on the first of February.\u201d According to CNN, Burgener continued, \u201cEvery tool available is needed now to stop this situation\u2026We need a unity of the international community, so it\u2019s up to the member states to take the right measures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several countries have spoken out against the unrest in Myanmar as the military continues to threaten journalists and citizens. On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/09\/asia\/myanmar-media-crackdown-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reported that members of the junta barricaded protestors in the city of Yangon before lifting a curfew and leaving the area, giving demonstrators the freedom to evacuate early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Protests continue every day throughout Myanmar and the military has responded violently. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/myanmar-politics\/myanmar-protesters-able-to-leave-yangon-district-after-being-trapped-idINKBN2B106V\">Reuters<\/a>, \u201cMore than 60 protesters have been killed and more than 1,800 detained, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an advocacy group, has said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, the 45 year-old Catholic nun, described confronting the members of the police as they positioned around a group of protestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police were chasing to arrest them and I was worried for the children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She got on her knees to beg them to be merciful, but as she was doing so, the police fired rounds into the throng of protestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children panicked and ran to the front \u2026 I couldn\u2019t do anything but I was praying for God to save and help the children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled how she saw a man fall to the ground after he was shot in the head. \u201cI felt like the world was crashing,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m very sad it happened as I was begging them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">The Guardian<\/a>, \u201cA local rescue team confirmed to AFP that two men were shot dead on the spot during Monday\u2019s protest, though it did not confirm whether live rounds or rubber bullets were used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kachin is Myanmar\u2019s northernmost state and is no stranger to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/may\/14\/slow-genocide-myanmars-invisible-war-on-the-kachin-christian-minority\">conflict<\/a>. For years, the largest Christian minority community has seen war play out in the region as the Kachin Independence Army fights against government military forces. Christian groups are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">reportedly<\/a> among the organizations that are helping the tens of thousands of people in the area who have been forced to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/09\/shoot-me-instead-myanmar-nuns-plea-to-spare-protesters\">acted<\/a> with comparable bravery when \u201cshe made a similar plea for mercy, walking slowly towards police in riot gear, getting on her knees and pleading for them to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have thought myself dead already since 28 February,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The nun said that she will continue to do what she has been doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-puzfbd\">\u201cI can\u2019t stand and watch without doing anything, seeing what\u2019s happening in front of my eyes while all Myanmar is grieving,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of a Catholic nun kneeling before police officers armed with weapons to protect children and protesters has gone viral. 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