Description:
Abstract: "This report includes translated copies of 94 order documents issued by State Peace and
Development Council Army and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army officers to village heads in
Karen State between January 2009 and June 2010. These documents serve as supplementary
evidence of ongoing exploitative local governance in rural Burma. The report thus supports the
continuing testimonies of villagers regarding the regular demands for labour, money, food and
other supplies to which their communities are subject by local military forces. The order
documents collected here include demands for attendance at meetings; the provision of money
and food; the production and delivery of thatch shingles and bamboo poles; forced labour as
messengers and porters for the military; forced labour on bridge repair, the provision of
information on individuals and households; and restrictions on trade. In almost all cases, such
demands are uncompensated and backed by an implicit or explicit threat of violence or other
punishment for non-compliance. Almost all demands articulated in the orders presented in this
report involve some element of forced labour in their implementation.
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2010-05)
Date of Publication:
2010-09-14
Date of entry:
2010-09-26
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English