Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Campaigns, News, Research
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Amnesty International
Date of entry/update:
2016-06-30
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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"Responding to news that three members of the Peacock Generation poetry troupe were convicted and sentenced to six months in prison for “online defamation” today for sharing their performances on social media, Amnesty International’s Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin said:
“It beggars belief that these young, brave people are behind bars for sharing videos and photos online. Their performances are all about aspirations for a better future. The fact they’ve been subjected to these outrageous trials and convictions shows just how vindictive the Myanmar military is.
“The authorities would rather punish the youth than reflect on the criticisms presented peacefully through their performances. These convictions and sentences should be quashed, detained members of the group immediately and unconditionally released, and all further charges against them dropped.
“With elections around the corner, Aung San Suu Kyi and the ruling NLD party are running out of time to repeal or amend draconian laws and fully protect freedom of expression. It is time to consign these laws to history once and for all.”..."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (UK)
Date of publication:
2020-02-17
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-17
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Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Politics, Government and Governance - Burma/Myanmar - general studies
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Myanmar Army Conflict
Topic:
Myanmar Army Conflict
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"The decades-long conflict in northern Shan State has escalated in recent months following attacks by three ethnic armed groups on military installations and other locations in the country on 15 August 2019. The government stated that the attacks were likely to have been carried out in retaliation for recent successful anti-drug trafficking operations in the region. According to the three ethnic armed groups – calling themselves the “Brotherhood Alliance” – the attacks were launched in response to a military offensive in Rakhine State in the west of the country as well as repeated military operations in northern Shan state, despite a military ceasefire in the area. Civilians in northern Shan State, who have borne the brunt of these previous operations, looks set to endure fresh abuses, conflict, and displacement.
This report examines international human rights abuses and violations of humanitarian law committed since mid-2018 by parties to the ongoing internal armed conflicts in northern Shan State. On 21 December 2018, the Myanmar military announced a unilateral ceasefire in northern and eastern Myanmar, however, as this report shows, while there may have been a reduction of the number of clashes involving the military, Myanmar soldiers have continued to commit serious violations against ethnic minority civilians. The declared ceasefire period has also seen a continuation, and in some areas an escalation, of fighting among ethnic armed groups, some backed by the Myanmar military. Amnesty International undertook research missions to northern Shan State in March and August 2019. In total, Amnesty International interviewed 88 people, including victims and direct witnesses to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. The organization also met with local and international humanitarian officials, human rights defenders, community leaders, journalists, and political analysts, and analysed satellite imagery and photographs related to specific documented incidents. Amnesty International wrote to the Myanmar civilian government and military, and to four ethnic armed groups, outlining the organization’s findings, requesting information, and expressing readiness to discuss the situation in northern Shan State. At the time of publication, none had replied..."
Source/publisher:
"Amnesty International" (UK) (ASA 16/1142/2019)
Date of publication:
2019-10-24
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-31
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles, Non-Ceasefire Groups, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Internal displacement/forced migration of Shan. Palaung and Wa villagers
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"“The Myanmar military is as relentless and ruthless as ever, committing war crimes against civilians in northern Shan State with absolute impunity,” said Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southeast Asia. “Soldiers – and more importantly commanders – are subjecting civilians to the military’s hallmark brutality in the absence of any form of accountability.”
Amnesty International documented war crimes and other military violations against ethnic Kachin, Lisu, Shan, and Ta’ang civilians during two field missions to the region in March and August 2019.
Civilians who spoke to Amnesty International repeatedly implicated the military’s 99th Light Infantry Division (LID) in many of the violations. Units from the 99th LID were implicated in some of the worst atrocities against the Rohingya in Rakhine State since August 2017, as well as in war crimes and other serious violations in northern Myanmar in 2016 and early 2017.
“Wherever the 99th Light Infantry Division is deployed we see similar patterns of abuse and the commission of horrific crimes unfold. This highlights the urgency of international action to hold Myanmar’s military – not least its senior generals – accountable.”..."
Source/publisher:
"Amnesty International" (UK)
Date of publication:
2019-10-24
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-31
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles, Non-Ceasefire Groups, Internal displacement/forced migration of Shan. Palaung and Wa villagers
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Myanmar, Censorship and freedom of expression
Topic:
Myanmar, Censorship and freedom of expression
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"Five members of the Peacock Generation—Kay Khine Tun, Zayar Lwin, Paing Pyo Min, Paing Ye Thu and Zaw Lin Htut—were arrested in April 2019 after they performed Thangyat, a traditional performance art akin to slam poetry. They were wearing military uniforms and criticized the authorities.
On 30 October 2019, they were convicted under Section 505 (a) of Myanmar’s Penal Code at Mayangon Township Court in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, and sentenced to one year in prison.
For livestreaming performances on Facebook, Zay Yar Lwin, Paing Phyo Min and Paing Ye Thu also face charges under Section 66 (d) of the Telecommunication Act for “online defamation.” An additional member of the troupe, Su Yadanar Myint, also faces these charges.
All six of them and another member, Nyein Chan Soe, also face charges under Section 505 (a) of the Penal Code at Yangon’s Botahtaung Township Court.
Members of the Peacock Generation are facing the same charges in a number of other townships outside Yangon where they have performed Thangyat..."
Source/publisher:
"Amnesty International" (UK)
Date of publication:
2019-10-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-31
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations
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"The massacre of ethnic groups in Myanmar’s Rakhine state hasn’t ended, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Now the group wants the UN Security Council to refer the crimes to the International Criminal Court.
The report claims that since January the Myanmar military has launched random attacks killing or wounding people.
“The new operations in Rakhine State show an unrepentant, unreformed and unaccountable military terrorising civilians and committing widespread violations as a deliberate tactic,” says Nicholas Bequelin, regional director for East and Southeast Asia at Amnesty International.
News of the killings comes just days after a report by Reuters found that the soldiers jailed for the slaughter of 10 Rohingya during a 2017 military crackdown had be set free. The military members served less than one year of a 10-year prison sentence..."
Nicholas Bequelin
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2019-06-04
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Armed conflict in Burma -- offensives
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English
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Executive Summary: "Early in the morning of 25 August 2017, a Rohingya armed group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation
Army (ARSA) launched coordinated attacks on security force posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. In
the days, weeks, and months that followed, the Myanmar security forces, led by the Myanmar Army,
attacked the entire Rohingya population in villages across northern Rakhine State.
In the 10 months after 25 August, the Myanmar security forces drove more than 702,000 women, men, and
children—more than 80 per cent of the Rohingya who lived in northern Rakhine State at the crisis?s outset—
into neighbouring Bangladesh. The ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya population was achieved by a relentless
and systematic campaign in which the Myanmar security forces unlawfully killed thousands of Rohingya,
including young children; raped and committed other sexual violence against hundreds of Rohingya women
and girls; tortured Rohingya men and boys in detention sites; pushed Rohingya communities toward
starvation by burning markets and blocking access to farmland; and burned hundreds of Rohingya villages
in a targeted and deliberate manner.
These crimes amount to crimes against humanity under international law, as they were perpetrated as part
of a widespread and systematic attack against the Rohingya population. Amnesty International has evidence
of nine of the 11 crimes against humanity listed in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court being
committed since 25 August 2017, including murder, torture, deportation or forcible transfer, rape and other
sexual violence, persecution, enforced disappearance, and other inhumane acts, such as forced starvation.
Amnesty International also has evidence that responsibility for these crimes extends to the highest levels of
the military, including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services.
This report is based on more than 400 interviews carried out between September 2017 and June 2018,
including during four research missions to the refugee camps in Bangladesh and three missions to
Myanmar, one of which was to Rakhine State. The interviews were overwhelmingly with survivors and direct
witnesses to crimes. Amnesty International sought out people from different ethnic and religious
communities from northern Rakhine State, including Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim group; ethnic
Rakhine, Mro, Khami, and Thet, all predominantly Buddhist groups; and Hindu.
In addition to survivors and witnesses, Amnesty International interviewed humanitarian aid workers in
Bangladesh and Myanmar; medical professionals in Bangladesh who had treated violence-related injuries
among Rohingya refugees; analysts of the Myanmar military; diplomats; journalists; and local administrative
officials in Myanmar, known as Village Administrators. The report also draws on an extensive analysis of
satellite imagery and data; forensic medical examination of injury photographs; authenticated photographic
and video material taken by Rohingya in northern Rakhine State; confidential documents, particularly on the
Myanmar military?s command structure; and open source investigations and analysis, including of Facebook
posts related to the Myanmar military..."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/8630/2018)
Date of publication:
2018-06-27
Date of entry/update:
2018-06-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
International Criminal Court (Myanmar), Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Atrocities against Groups - documents, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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"The situation in Myanmar has deteriorated dramatically in the last year, and across the country the military has committed wide-ranging human rights violations. The severity of the situation cannot be understated. Myanmar today increasingly ? and alarmingly ? resembles the Myanmar of old. The civilian government, while holding no formal power over the military, has failed to curb the violence, and instead has often fostered rather than challenged impunity and discrimination. The country risks regressing still further unless there is a major change in course. This not only necessitates a fundamental change from Myanmar?s civilian and military authorities, but also much more effective action from the international community. At the upcoming session, the UN Human Rights Council must send a clear message to Myanmar?s leaders that human rights violations ? both past and ongoing ? will not go unpunished."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/7915/2018)
Date of publication:
2018-02-16
Date of entry/update:
2018-02-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Written statements on Myanmar by NGOs to regular sessions of the Human Rights Council, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups
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"Over the last seven months, fighting has intensified between the Myanmar Army and ethnic armed groups in Kachin and northern Shan States, areas with long-running conflicts as ethnic minorities have sought greater autonomy and respect for their rights. This report documents war crimes and other human rights violations by the Myanmar Army, including extrajudicial executions, torture, forced labour, and indiscriminate shelling. Most victims are civilians from ethnic minorities in the region, continuing a legacy of abuse that has rarely led to accountability for the soldiers or commanders responsible.".....TOPICS:
Myanmar...
Asia and The Pacific...
Armed Conflict...
Armed Groups...
Child Soldiers...
Impunity...
Disappearances...
Unlawful Killings...
Internally Displaced People...
Torture and other ill-treatment...
Racial Discrimination...
War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity...
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/6429/2017)
Date of publication:
2017-06-14
Date of entry/update:
2017-06-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Armed conflict in Burma - attacks on civilians
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English (full report); Burmese & Chinese - executive summary
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"The conflict in Myanmar?s Kachin and northern Shan States has now entered its seventh year, pitting the Myanmar Army against a range of ethnic armed groups in areas near the border with China. An escalation in fighting since November 2016 has seen a rise in the Army?s violations against civilians, which in some cases amount to war crimes. Ethnic armed groups have also committed serious abuses."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International
Date of publication:
2017-06-09
Date of entry/update:
2017-06-15
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Individual Documents
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Conclusions: "Amnesty International?s latest research shows that hundreds of people close to the giant Letpadaung mine continue to face the risk of forced eviction from their farmland, and in the case of four villages, from their homes as well. In addition, thousands of people living in the area are at risk from Myanmar Wanbao?s inadequate management of environmental risk at the Letpadaung mine, which is situated in a flood and earthquake-prone area. The ESIA for the mine contains fundamental gaps and weaknesses, which Myanmar Wanbao has still not addressed.
In 2015, Amnesty International concluded that the Myanmar government must halt the development of the Letpadaung mine until the human rights and environmental concerns were addressed. In May 2016 the mine began producing copper, but those human rights and environmental concerns have still not been addressed. Amnesty International is repeating its call therefore for the mine?s operations to be suspended, while these concerns are dealt with.
Amnesty International is also repeating its call for the government of Myanmar to urgently act to prevent human rights abuses at the Letpadaung and S&K mines and provide effective remedy for the human rights abuses that people there have already suffered. The authorities must stop using draconian laws to charge and harass villagers participating in peaceful protests against the mine project.
More broadly, the Myanmar government needs to strengthen the legal framework, to improve the regulation of large projects, such as mines, and put in place an adequate framework for land acquisition that is based on international standards on the right to adequate housing and the prohibition of forced evictions. Both the government of Myanmar and Myanmar Wanbao must also ensure an effective remedy for the human rights abuses that people there have already suffered.
Foreign corporations doing business, or planning to do business, in Myanmar have a responsibility to ensure that their investments do not result in human rights abuses. All foreign corporations should conduct human rights due diligence on their planned business activities in Myanmar in line with international standards. The home state governments of companies investing in Myanmar, including China, which is the home state of Myanmar Wanbao, must ensure that their companies conduct human rights due diligence..."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/5564/2017)
Date of publication:
2017-02-00
Date of entry/update:
2017-02-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Copper mining, Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related), Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar
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English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"Two labour activists are currently on trial for providing striking garment workers in Myanmar advice on their rights. Two other union leaders have already been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for their role in leading and supporting the workers. All four are prisoners of conscience who must be released immediately and unconditionally."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International
Date of publication:
2015-09-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-29
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
All Labour Rights (violations), Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports
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English
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Executive Summary: "This report is the culmination of a one year investigation by Amnesty International into alleged human
rights abuses by companies, including multinational companies, operating in Myanmar. The
report focuses on the Monywa copper mine project and highlights forced evictions, substantial
environmental and social impacts, and the repression, sometimes brutal, of those who try to protest.
It also raises serious questions about opaque corporate dealings and possible infringements of economic
sanctions on Myanmar. The report calls on the Government of Myanmar to urgently introduce
strong measures for the protection of human rights, and on multinational companies and the home
governments of those companies to ensure that due diligence is carried out to international standards
for all investment in Myanmar...This report examines the issues in relation to one major mining operation - the Monywa project -
made up of the Sabetaung and Kyisintaung (S&K) and the Letpadaung copper mines. During an
extensive one-year investigation, Amnesty International examined incidents that are specific to the
Monywa project as well as some of the wider structural issues ? such as the processes for acquisition
of land and environmental protection ? that will affect other extractive projects in Myanmar. The
organization found that, since its inception and throughout its various changes in ownership, the
Monywa project has been characterised by serious human rights abuses and a lack of transparency.
Thousands of people have been forcibly evicted by the government with the knowledge, and in some
cases the participation, of foreign companies. Environmental impacts have been poorly assessed
and managed, with grave long-term implications for the health and livelihoods of people living near
the mine. Protests by communities have been met with excessive force by police...".....CONCLUSION:
The Government of Myanmar is responsible for the serious human rights violations that have taken
place at the Monywa project over many years. It has forcibly evicted people and has failed to put in
place safeguards to protect mine-affected communities from environmental pollution which can im-
pact their rights to water and health, amongst other rights. It has shown an unwillingness to monitor
corporate activity or to hold companies accountable for the harm their operations cause.
The companies involved also bear responsibility. Despite a history of human rights violations sur-
rounding the mine, a Canadian company, and subsequently a Chinese company, have invested
without undertaking appropriate due diligence to ensure that past abuses were remediated and
future abuses prevented. They have profited from abuses that they knew or should have known were
happening, and have, in certain cases, themselves abused rights by participating in forced evictions
or failing to remediate environmental pollution.
The system that enabled the transfer of the Monywa project to a business venture that involved My-
anmar military interests, without any transparency as to how such a sale occurred, is emblematic of
the lack of accountability that exists around allocations of concessions and contracts in the extractive
industry in Myanmar.
The people of Myanmar must not see a resource curse unfold as it has done in so many other
countries where powerful economic interests profit from a context in which regulation is weak,
the government is unwilling to hold powerful political interests accountable and there is little or no
transparency. The home states of multinational corporations must ensure that these corporations
do not unjustly enrich themselves at the expense of Myanmar?s poorest people. The home states of
companies involved in the Monywa project ? Canada and China ? have failed to do this...".....The report also contains critical analyses of Myanmar?s land legislation.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International
Date of publication:
2015-02-10
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar, Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related), Natural Resource Use, Burma/Myanmar - reports, articles etc., Copper mining, Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes
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Amnesty International said today (Wednesday, 11 May 1988) it has evidence of serious human rights violations in Burma by army units engaged in counter-insurgency operations.
The victims are mainly members of Burma?s ethnic minorities, civilian villagers living in remote and mountainous states where the Burmese army has been fighting various armed opposition groups.
In a new report Amnesty International includes testimonies describing nearly 200 cases of apparent unlawful killing, torture and ill-treatment by government forces. The evidence comes from some of the thousands of Karen, Mon, and Kachin ethnic minority people who have fled across Burma?s borders in search of safety.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/06/88)
Date of publication:
1988-05-11
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-19
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/000/65)
Date of publication:
1965-12-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-19
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English
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On 10 September 1985, six people were sentenced to death under the 1974 Narcotic Drugs Law by the Mandalay South-West Township Court No. 1. The six, named as Tun Nyan, Maung Lay (alias Tin Oo), Ma Shan Sein, Li Kya-Shin (alias Aung Pe), Ma Saw Yin and William (alias Ai Lin), were
accused of trafficking in heroin. According to Amnesty International?s information, these are the first persons known to have been sentenced to death in Burma for drug offences. In view of its unconditional opposition to the imposition and implementation of the death penalty, Amnesty
International is appealing for the commutation of these death sentences
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/02/85)
Date of publication:
1985-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-19
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This report provides compelling evidence that real or imputed critics of Myanmar?s military government continue to be imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their views. It contains graphic accounts of widespread torture, both of those detained for participation in the pro-democracy movement and of people held in connection with the activities of armed opposition groups representing Myanmar?s ethnic minorities. AI?s concerns about arrest, detention and judicial procedures under martial law are also described. Profiles of the following prisoners are given: Nay Min, Nan Zing La, Ba Thaw, Ma Theingi, Dr Tin Myo Win, U Aung Khin, Tin Nain Tun, and U Than Nyunt. Testimonies from former and current prisoners, relatives, friends or associates are also included.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/10/90)
Date of publication:
1990-11-07
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-10
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English
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This report describes some of the human rights violations which have taken place in Myanmar between May and September 1990, including the arrest of political activists and ill-treatment of political prisoners. It reports the continuing detention of members and leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD), namely: Aung San Suu Kyi, Tin U, Kyi Maung, Chit Kaing, Ohn Kyaing, Thein Dan, Ye Myint Aung, Sein Kla Aung, Kyi Hla, Sein Hlaing, Myo Myint Nyein, and Nyan Paw. Three leaders of the Democratic Party for a New Society have also been arrested: Kyi Win, Ye Naing, Ngwe Oo.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/28/90)
Date of publication:
1990-11-01
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar
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English
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This document reports the repression of peaceful opponents of Myanmar?s Military Government (SLORC), including political party activists and buddhist monks. Unofficial reports suggest that some 90 National League for Democracy (NLD) members were arrested in late October, along with the entire leadership of the Democratic Party for a new Society. Amongst those imprisoned for political activities are Ohn Kyaing, Thein Dan, Kyi Maung, Chit Kaing and Nita Yin Yin May. Among the buddhist monks and lay religious supporters arrested for involvement in a boycott of the military are: U Laba, alias U Layama, Ma Khin Mar Swe, Daw Nan, Maung Aye alias Khin Maung Aye and U Soe Myint. Ill-treatment of hunger-strikers is also reported, including the death of Maung Ko.
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/39/90)
Date of publication:
1990-12-01
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-08
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English
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"According to evidence gathered by Amnesty International in June and July 1991, the Myanmar
(Burma)1 armed forces, officially known by their Burmese name tatmadaw, continue to seize
arbitrarily, ill-treat and extrajudicially execute members of ethnic and religious minorities in rural
areas of the country. The victims include people who were detained or targeted for shooting
because soldiers suspect they may sympathize with or support ethnic minority guerrilla groups
that have been fighting the tatmadaw for many years. They also include people seized by the
tatmadaw and compelled to perform porterage - carrying food, ammunition and other supplies -
or mine-clearing work. Among those who allegedly have been killed or ill-treated are members
of the Karen, Mon and "Indian"2 ethnic minorities, which groups include people belonging to the
Christian, animist3 and Muslim religious minorities..."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/05/91)
Date of publication:
1991-08-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/03/92)
Date of publication:
1992-01-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/12/91)
Date of publication:
1991-12-10
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/11/91)
Date of publication:
1991-12-10
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/12/92)
Date of publication:
1992-10-28
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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Individual Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/05/92)
Date of publication:
1992-03-19
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/10/91)
Date of publication:
1991-12-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-06
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Individual Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International
Date of publication:
1993-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-03-08
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English
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Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 13/11/91)
Date of publication:
1991-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2012-03-08
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"Amnesty International has recently received new information about appalling conditions in
labour camps and prisons in Myanmar. Unofficial sources have provided details about the
treatment of prisoners, including torture, prolonged shackling, lack of proper medical care, and
insufficient food. Torture techniques include beatings, sometimes to the point of
unconsciousness; being forced to crawl over sharp stones; and being held in the hot sun for
prolonged periods. Such practices are used by Myanmar?s security forces to punish and
intimidate prisoners. Conditions in labour camps are so harsh that hundreds of prisoners have
died as a result. Many prisoners who have been forced to work as porters for the army have
also died as a result of ill-treatment.
In the material which follows, Amnesty International has omitted details which could
identify imprisoned individuals, for fear of placing them at even greater risk of torture and illtreatment.
Most of the information below concerns Insein Prison, Myanmar?s largest detention
facility, where at least 800 political prisoners are held along with thousands of people imprisoned
under criminal charges. Insein Prison is located in the outskirts of Yangon (Rangoon, the
capital). Thousands of other political prisoners are held in prisons throughout the country;
however it is much more difficult to obtain information about conditions in these facilities..."
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International (ASA 16/22/95)
Date of publication:
1995-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-03-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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English
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Amnesty International (ASA 16/20/95)
Date of publication:
1995-08-15
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2012-03-08
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"The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), Myanmar?s military rulers, continues to commit grave human rights violations against the Burmese people with impunity. Members of political opposition parties and ethnic minorities alike live in an atmosphere of fear which pervades all areas of the country. Some improvements have been made in the human rights situation, but the SLORC has not instituted more fundamental changes which would provide the population of Myanmar with protection from ongoing and systematic violations of human rights. Amnesty International welcomes these limited improvements, but it believes that the degree and scope of human rights violations in Myanmar continue to warrant serious international concern. In the material which follows, Amnesty International?s concerns in the period from September 1992 until July 1993 are described in detail.
Although over 1700 political prisoners have been released since April 1992, hundreds of others are believed to remain imprisoned after unfair trials or are detained without charge or trial. The rights to freedom of expression and assembly are still denied, although the tactics the SLORC uses to restrict them have changed. Because most perceived critics of the military have been silenced and remain behind bars, the SLORC now uses the Military Intelligence Services (MIS) to intimidate and harrass any real or impugned government critics who have been released or who remain at liberty. However, people who openly criticize the SLORC are still being arrested and sentenced to terms of imprisonment after unfair trials, and conditions of detention remain very poor, particularly for students and young people.
Gross human rights violations against ethnic minority groups systematically committed by the Myanmar armed forces constitute a pattern of repression and state-sanctioned violence which has been ongoing since at least 1984. The army, known as the tatmadaw, continues to torture, ill-treat, and extrajudicially execute members of ethnic minorities, including the Karen, Mon, Shan, and Kayah groups. Whole villages are subject to being arbitrarily seized as porters or unpaid labourers where they are routinely severely mistreated or even killed by the tatmadaw. Ethnic minorities are also accused of supporting insurgent groups and have been ill-treated and extrajudicially killed on the spot in their villages or fields. For the past two years women and children have been subject to a wide range of human rights violations, including rape and murder, as they have been left behind in their villages after men have fled in the face of tatmadaw abuses..."
Source/publisher:
Amnsty International USA (ASA 16/06/93)
Date of publication:
1993-08-00
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2005-03-09
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