Burmese Christians, many of whom have suffered severe persecution, are stepping forward to support the pro-democracy movement there:

Persecuted Christians in Burma are showing unequivocal support for Buddhist monks who have been leading pro-democracy marches against the country’s military Government, a leading human-rights activist who has just returned from the region has said.

Members of the predominantly Christian Chin tribe in western Burma have been holding pro-democracy rallies in the state capital of Hakha, mirroring those taking place across the country [...]

Baroness Cox returned last week from the India-Burma border, where she heard first-hand accounts from Chin Burmese crossing into India of torture, rape and forced labour at the hands of the ruling military junta. Similar atrocities have been well documented in recent years in the case of the mainly Catholic Karen people of eastern Burma by the charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide, which organised last week’s trip. The Chin were evangelised by Baptists in the nineteenth century.

(Via Andrew Sullivan.) Hard information on the Burma situation seems pretty hard to come by at the moment, but certainly prayer is important here. Update: the above article might require free registration; here’s another news story about a massive prayer campaign launched by Burmese Christians during the crackdown.

On the same subject, here’s a look at bloggers who risked their lives to keep the world informed about developments in Burma.