Description:
"On 2 May 2008 the lower western regions of Burma were hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis.
The scale of the cyclone and the devastation it left in its wake made the task of identifying
victims and those affected very difficult to accurately gauge. Estimates vary in range,
however, most sources agree that around 140,000 people may have lost their lives, and
around 2.4 million people were directly affected by the event. The actual story of the cyclone
and its effects have been covered extensively by the international and exile media as well as
those groups operating on relief and reconstruction efforts in the Irrawaddy and Rangoon
Divisions, which bore the brunt of the cyclone?s impact. Therefore, it shall not be necessary
to herein repeat the details of the event. This chapter will look at how the disaster may have
served to facilitate human rights violations in the early phases of the relief effort, including
those abuses that were directly related to the cyclone, but not necessarily perpetrated in the
delta regions, where most examinations of the human rights element to the relief operations
have been focused..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Docmentation Unit (HRDU)
Date of Publication:
2009-11-23
Date of entry:
2009-12-05
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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pdf
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1.2 MB