Briefing on Burma at the UN Commission on Human Rights...Continued violations of human rights and widespread discriminatory practices against ethnic and religious minorities: "The Burma army continues to commit a wide range of human rights violations in the context of its counter-insurgency activities. All the violations of human rights and widespread discriminatory practices against ethnic groups and religious minorities have continued in the past year, particularly in the Tenasserim Division and in the Shan, Mon, Karenni, and Karen States in the east of the country. In the border areas of these states and division, the situation remains bleak with land confiscation, forced relocation, and forced labor continuing unabated. Low-intensity fighting between the Burma army and ethnic insurgent forces continues with ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and looting and burning of villages in those areas. These violations trigger large-scale displacement of persons and flows of refugees to neighboring countries, as well as an increasing number of internally displaced persons..."