Description:
Key Findings:
1.
Between 1995 and 2017, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
has
documented the widespread and systematic violation of human rights by the Burma
Army and Ethnic Armed Organizations
(
EAOs
)
in Mon S
tate and Mon areas of
southeast Burma
.
The majority of the perpetrators of these abuses have been able to
act with impunity and have not been held accountable for their actions
.
2.
During the reporting period, HURFOM has documented a minimum of 108 incidents
of arbitrary arrest, detention, or torture by Burma Army soldiers and EAOs, affecting
well over 3,300 individuals
.
Over 30 Burma Army battalions were implicated in these
abuses, the majority of which occurred in Ye Township, Mon State and Yebyu
Township,
Tenasserim Division
.
3.
From 1995 until 2017, HURFOM has documented over 57 incidents of extrajudicial
killings by the Burma Army and EAOs, for a minimum of 190 deaths of villagers
.
While
the majority of victims were male, HURFOM also documented the killing
of women
as well as children, some as young as ten months old
.
Over 27 different Burma Army
battalions have been implicated in these abuses
.
4.
Since 1995, HURFOM has documented over 67 separate incidents of sexual violence
committed by the Burma Army, aff
ecting over 106 women, children, and men
.
These
incidents ranged from rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, and forced participation in
beauty shows and over 27 Burma Army battalions were implicated as participating in
some form of sexual violence
.
5.
HURFOM has
documented the confiscation of over 100,000 acres of land by the
Burma government and the Burma Army, often directly related to militarization and
major economic projects in these areas
.
6.
Villagers in Burma expressed an inability to forget the violence inf
licted upon them,
and voiced desires for justice, including prosecutions, return of land, monetary
compensation, community development, demilitarization, guarantees of non
-
repetition, apologies, and peace"
.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of Publication:
2017-12-00
Date of entry:
2018-02-13
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
- Human Rights
- Discrimination
- Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
- Discrimination against the Mon
- HURFOM and other human rights material about the Mon
Language:
English, Burmese
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