YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders ...

One of Paignton Zoo’s best-loved animals - a 23-year-old orangutan called Gambira ,who was born at the zoo, has been put to sleep after suffering a severe leg fracture that did not heal. The Zoo said: ...

Animal experts have been battling to save the life of one of Paignton Zoo's most 'special characters'. Gambira the 22-year-old female orangutan, who was born at the zoo, has undergone a series of ...

Yangon: An activist monk who led a 2007 uprising against Myanmar's former military government has returned to his monastery after being taken for questioning by the authorities just weeks after his ...

Yangon: Shin Gambira, a Myanmar monk jailed for his role in protests in 2007 and released in a January amnesty, faces action by the authorities because he has "repeatedly broken Buddhist monks' code ...

A prominent Buddhist monk who was one of hundreds of political prisoners freed in Burma last month has been detained after a pre-dawn raid by authorities. Shin Gambira was one of the leaders of the ...

YANGON, Myanmar, July 1 (UPI) --A former Buddhist monk and activist who led the 2007 Saffron Revolution was released from prison Friday after last-minute criminal charges against him were dropped. Nyi ...

One of Myanmar's most famous activist monks has been released from prison in Yangon. U Gambira, a key figure in the 2007 "Saffron Revolution" was due to complete a six month jail sentence this week.

U Gambira was one of the most prominent monks during the Saffron Revolution One of Myanmar's most famous activist monks has been released from prison in Yangon. U Gambira, a key figure in the 2007 ...

YANGON (REUTERS) - A Yangon court, for the second time this week, laid additional charges dating from 2012 against a former monk and leader of Myanmar's Saffron Revolution, a member of his legal team ...