of panties for peace

Panties for Peace: Lanna Action for Burma, a Burmese peace activist group based in Thailand has started the action dubbed "Panties for Peace" and the group has started sending out panties to embassies in Australia, Singapore and European countries.

The Panties for Peace campaign was launched by a group of women peace activists from a Burmese peace activist group called - Lanna Action for Burma which is based in Thailand. Since we initiated the panties for peace campaign for Burma, women’s panties (as well as male underwear) have been mailed out by activists to Burma’s foreign missions in Australia, Singapore, and European countries. Our act of delivering our underwear to the Burmese foreign missions across the globe is of immense importance and symbolic in protest of Myanmar junta’s violent crackdown of monks-led rallies in Yangon last month, and to oust the generals ruling the country from power.

Panties image via flickering pictures

It was also reported that even women in Singapore has sent in their panties. The first wave of panties was sent last year. The reason of sending out panties according to the site is

because the generals ruling Myanmar are superstitious and they believe that touching panties or the traditional women’s outfit sarong will eliminate their powers.

See the list of embassies here and send your panties.

Read more at AOL News ("Women's Underwear Needed in Fight For Democracy in Myanmar").