Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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"This News Bulletin describes three separate incidents of fighting that occurred on September 30th 2015, between Tatmadaw and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldiers in Day Wah and Kyaw Pah village tracts, Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District. This includes arbitrary arrest and detention, violent abuse of a villager, restrictions on the freedom of movement, and displacement of villagers...
The deputy commander of KNLA Company #4 reported that his soldiers engaged in a fight with Tatmadaw soldiers due to the Tatmadaw soldiers failing to abide by the ceasefire agreement and crossing over their delimited area...
Following one of the skirmishes, Tatmadaw soldiers violently abused a 61-year-old male villager, accusing him of providing them with false information regarding the whereabouts of KNLA soldiers. They then arrested him and ordered him to follow them for one day before finally releasing him...
Due to the fighting, approximately ten households in Meh K?Naw village, Kyaw Pah village tract temporarily fled to the area surrounding Myaing Gyi Nyu Town in Hpa-an District. At the time KHRG received this information, these villagers had not yet returned to their village...
Following the fighting, Tatmadaw and Border Guard Force (BGF) soldiers set up a checkpoint on the vehicle road between Hpapun and Ka Ma Maung towns and stopped all cars in search of Karen National Union (KNU) members.[1]"
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-13
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-21
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Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)
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English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District during the period between November 2014 to January 2015, including illegal logging, punishment, education, and livelihoods...
In C--- village, Pa Heh village tract, primary school students who did not pass the examinations were punished by their teacher who made them sit down and stand up 500 to 1,000 times...
Karen National Union (KNU) soldiers arrested two people found on a bamboo raft carrying logs which had been cut down on November 3rd 2014...
Saw A---, the representative of the Karen Office of Relief and Development (KORD), came to hold a meeting in B--- IDP camp regarding cuts to rations and how internally displaced persons (IDPs) can earn their livelihoods in the future."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-21
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-21
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Deforestation, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Pre-primary education, Forced relocation of Karen, Education in Karen (Kayin) State
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English
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"This Interview, with Naw A---, describes events and issues occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District, reported to KHRG in January 2015, including land confiscation, education, healthcare, and development projects...
Villagers heard that a company is coming to the area to implement a development project for which they will confiscate land in B--- village, as well as in nearby villages. The villagers submitted a complaint letter to the township administrators stating their objection to the project, as they were afraid that their lands for which they do not have land grants will be confiscated...
Students are receiving a poor education as school teachers are often absent, as they frequently leave the village to visit their homes, which can take up to two weeks per trip. Further to this, some of them have expressed that they do not want to teach at all...
As there is no health clinic in B--- village, villagers must travel to Toungoo Town for medicine or treatment whenever they are sick."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-15
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-21
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Education in Karen (Kayin) State, Kayin (Karen) State
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English
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"This Short Update describes the general situation in Nabu Township, Hpa-an District during the period between April and March 2015, including updates on health and education, as well as improvements to villagers? freedom of movement...
Since the preliminary ceasefire was signed in 2012, the villagers have been freer to work for their own living, rather than being subjected to forced labour. Villagers have also been able to travel more freely, as the number of landmines being planted in the area have also been decreasing...
Prior to the preliminary ceasefire, there were only Karen National Union (KNU) funded schools in Nabu Township. Since 2012, the Burma/Myanmar government has opened many of their own schools there, however villagers see this situation as unstable, as the nationwide ceasefire has not been signed yet and it is unclear if students will be able to depend on the Burma/Myanmar government teachers in the long term..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-08
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Situation Update provides information on villagers? livelihoods, healthcare, development projects, Burma/Myanmar government military bases, and the activities of wealthy businessmen in Thaton Township, Thaton District, during the period between January and February 2015.
Since the signing of the preliminary ceasefire agreement, organisations such as World Concern, the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), and United Nations agencies, such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have entered Thaton Township to conduct local development projects. Most of the projects are aimed at building schools, installing toilets, digging wells, distributing school materials, and conducting vocational training...
On February 5th 2015, Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #3, led by Battalion Deputy Commander Zay Ya Win, arrived in the area to stay in A--- monastery in order to observe the activities of the local village heads...
Burmese private companies have begun construction of a caustic soda factory in B--- village, Noh Ta Hsguh village tract, Thaton Township...
The villagers from Hpa-an and Thaton townships gathered together and held a meeting to discuss how to regain their land that was confiscated to make way for the construction of the caustic soda factory..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-05
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Photo Set depicts events and issues in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District reported to KHRG between December 2014 and February 2015, including militarisation, land confiscation, as well as military activity by both the Tatmadaw and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). Villagers report being concerned regarding the Tatmadaw?s resupply of rations into remote areas of Thandaunggyi Township during the ceasefire period, as well as the Burma/Myanmar government?s prioritisation of the construction and repair of roads used by the military over other public roads..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-08
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Situation Update describes issues occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District during the period between January and February 2015, including ethnic/religious discrimination, forced labour, education challenges, healthcare disparities, development projects, civilians? situation, administration, and military movements.
Sein Than Aung, a police officer in Thandaung Myo Thit Town, is an ethnic Rakhine and discriminates against his subordinates who are ethnic Karen and Muslim...
In Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District, teachers are reported to not be teaching effectively; they write down the lesson without explanation and then proceed to play games on their mobile phones. As a result, students find it hard to understand what they are supposed to be learning...
Rather than providing the community with the proper injection against elephantiasis, the healthcare workers in Thandaunggyi Township gave out pills to community representatives that they tasked with dispensing the pills to their communities. After ingesting the pills, many people suffered severe side-effects from the medication, including dizziness and vomiting, but there was no response to villagers? complaints from the health workers...
A private company affiliated with the Burma/Myanmar government that was tasked with erecting electrical infrastructure from Thandaung Myo Thit Town to Baw Ga Lee village in Toungoo District, used villagers? forced and unpaid labour to dig the holes for the electrical pylons..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-10-07
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Incident Report describes the shooting and subsequent death of Saw A---, a villager from B--- village, Htee Tha Daw Hta village tract, Bu Tho Township. Saw A--- was shot on March 15th 2015 between 7 and 8 pm. The perpetrator was Private Saw Kyaw Ka of Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1013 Company #3, led by Company Second-in-Command Hpah Yuh Khay. The villager was on his way to go spear fishing when he came across the BGF and was shot by accident, as it was already dark outside. When the injured villager protested the BGF shooting of villagers, he was shot twice more. The BGF left Saw A--- at the place where he was shot and he was only sent to Hpa-an Hospital when his fellow villagers came for him later that night. He was under treatment for two days before passing away in the hospital on March 17th 2015. He was buried in the graveyard of Hkaw Taw Town. As a result of Saw A---?s death, his family has been facing livelihood issues so his wife met with Battalion #1013 Commander Maung Hla Kyaing to demand that he compensate her by providing her with financial support for one month. Although the commander agreed, no compensation has been paid out yet..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-09-08
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-20
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Individual Documents
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English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Bu Tho and Dwe Lo townships, Hpapun District between April 2014 and February 2015, including the embezzlement of public funds, child labour, and fraudulent gambling.
Hpapun District administrator U Aung Than Zaw oversaw the construction of bridges in Bu Tho Township, paid for with government funds. He spent only 14,400,000 kyat (US $12,933.36) of the allotted 30,000,000 kyat (US $26,944.50) on actual bridge construction. The remaining 15,600,000 kyat (US $14,011.14) he used to fund his own business.
Two cases of child labour occurred in Hpapun District: one in S--- village, Ma Htaw village tract, Dwe Lo Township; and one in G--- village, Meh Klaw village tract, Bu Tho Township. The two underage workers were employed in construction work and the abuse occurred due to a lack of awareness regarding child labour rights.
On September 27th 2014, casino owner U Myint was arrested and taken into custody by Hpapun Township police for cheating people out of their money at the casino..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-09-11
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Shwegyin Township, Nyaunglebin District between October 2014 and January 2015, including gold mining, environmental damage, logging, militarisation, arbitrary taxation, and restrictions on villagers? freedom of movement. It also describes the changing human rights situation during the ceasefire period. According to the report, the overall human rights situation is improving in Shwegyin Township compared to before the signing of the Jaunary 2012 preliminary ceasefire agreement between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Burma/Myanmar government. However, villagers report still being concerned regarding ongoing human rights abuses, Tatmadaw presence in the area, and the stability of the current preliminary ceasefire..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-09-08
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"This News Bulletin describes the displacement of villagers in Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District as a result of fighting that took place during July 2015 between Tatmadaw and Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) soldiers over control of a recently completed section of the Asian Highway. This information was provided by monk U T---, in whose monastery many of the displaced villagers sought refuge. This News Bulletin also lists several specific incidents of fighting and the implications of these incidents on the surrounding villages.
As a result of the fighting, more than 1,000 villagers from more than five different villages in Kawkareik Township temporarily fled their homes and sought shelter at monasteries in Kawkareik Town. The schools in these villages were forced to close temporarily out of fears over the safety of the students, who were consequently unable to attend their lessons.
The displaced villagers struggled to maintain their farms and plantations, as well as to look after their livestock during the fighting. The villagers slept at the monasteries throughout the night, as they were afraid that they would be ordered to porter for the Tatmadaw soldiers if they had stayed in their villages.
On July 6th 2015, two villagers who were travelling on a path near to where Tatmadaw soldiers had taken up position for fighting were shot dead in Hlaingbwe Township, Hpa-an District, see more at ?Recent fighting between Tatmadaw and DKBA soldiers leads to killing and displacement of villagers in Hpa-an District, July 2015,” KHRG, August 2015.
On July 7th 2015, a primary school building in Kawkareik Town was hit and damaged by a grenade reported to have been fired by two DKBA soldiers. However, no students or teachers were harmed as the incident took place at 7 am before the school had opened for the day.[1]..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-19
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Armed conflict in Karen State - general articles and reports
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English
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"This News Bulletin describes an incident in which the Burma/Myanmar government police force and Burma/Myanmar Department of Forest Management destroyed and burnt down 97 villager houses, displacing approximately 500 villagers in B--- village, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District in June 2015. Despite holding Karen National Union (KNU) issued land grants, villagers were ordered by the Burma/Myanmar government to move out of their village since the government demarcated the area as a forest reserve. However, villagers reported that this land was the location of their old village, which they had to leave behind in 1983 during altercations between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). The villagers also noted that even though the government demarcated the land as a forest reserve, there are no big teak or ironwood trees there. In addition, businessmen from Hpa-an Town came and planted rubber trees and the Tatmadaw sometimes use the area for target practice. The Chief Minister of Kayin State, U Zaw Min, threatened villagers into signing a document stating they agree to dismantle their houses and would not live on that land anymore. In attempting to prevent the destruction of their village, villagers sought help from Saw P---, who attempted to advocate on their behalf, to no avail. When the villagers refused to dismantle their village, the Burma/Myanmar government police arrested 25 villagers, one monk and one KNU/KNLA-Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) member and continued to raid the village, burning and looting villagers? houses, and planting teak trees. In the aftermath of the raid, approximately 100 villagers fled to Myawaddy with the help of Saw P---, since they do not dare to live in the village any longer. A KHRG researcher also interviewed one of the fleeing villagers and a full interview can be found here.[1]
For an in-depth analysis of recent trends in land confiscation in southeast Burma/Myanmar see KHRG?s latest thematic report, ??With only our voices, what can we do??: Land confiscation and local response in southeast Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-19
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security
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English
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"This Incident Report describes a violent threat made on April 25th 2015 by senior monk U Nyan Ni Ka to the siblings of Maung A---, who was killed by Border Guard Force (BGF) soldiers from Battalion #1011 on April 24th 2015. Monk U Nyan Ni Ka threatened the siblings when they came to request compensation for Maung A---?s death. Monk U Nyan Ni Ka said he would cut them all with his knife. As a result of this threat, Maung A---?s siblings were frightened and had to return to their village without receiving the full amount of money that they had expected to receive. For more information on the killing of Maung A---, see: ?Hpa-an Incident Report: Violent abuse and killing committed by BGF soldiers in Myaing Gyi Ngu Town, April 2015,” KHRG, August 2015..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-19
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"This Photo Set depicts road construction, including the Asian Highway, in Kyainseikgyi and Win Yay townships, Dooplaya District between November 2014 and January 2015. Villager testimony describes land confiscation and the destruction of houses, shops, and plantations in order to make way for the roads. Villagers also report a lack of compensation for the land and crops destroyed as a result of the road construction...."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-17
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Karen and Burmese
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"This Incident Report describes the confiscation of villagers? land committed by Border Guard Force (BGF) Cantonment Area Commander Kya Aye, who oversees Battalion #1015 and Battalion #1016, and Cantonment Area Supervisor U Kyaw Hein on May 1st 2015. They then resold the land to the Steel Stone Group to be used for road construction and infrastructure development. The villagers reported the incident to the Karen National Union (KNU) requesting compensation for their land and calling for restrictions on the BGF commanders? power. KHRG also received a complaint letter submitted to the KNU Agriculture Department by a community representative of 14 villagers whose lands have been confiscated, including those listed in this incident report, requesting the KNU aid them in reclaiming their land: see, ?Complaint letter to KNU Agriculture Department in Paingkyon Township regarding land confiscation,” KHRG, July 2015..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-17
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes
Language:
English, Karen and Burmese
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This Interview with Ma A--- describes events occurring in B--- village, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District in June 2015, including land confiscation, forced relocation, attack on a village and villagers, threatening, looting, arbitrary detention and threats to children?s right to education.
"The villagers who lived in B--- village, whose ancestors lived there, and who had obtained the land titles to that land from the Karen National Union (KNU), had their village burned and looted by Burma/Myanmar police and officials from the Burma/Myanmar Department of Forest Management between June 22nd and 25th 2015, under the claim that it had been designated a forest reserve...
Prior to the raid, on February 1st 2015, U Zaw Min, the chief minister of Kayin State, forced 15 villagers from B--- village to sign a document in which they agreed to demolish their houses and move elsewhere within seven days. This deadline was later revised to June 21st 2015 when the police came to B--- village...
Ma A--- reported that on June 2nd 2015, around 50 police officers came into B--- village and arrested 25 villagers, including the interviewee?s husband and father, in addition to her younger brother, who had already been in jail for two months at that point. None of these villagers have been released at the time of writing. Other villagers have fled to the forest, monastery or their relatives? houses to avoid being arrested...
While the police were demolishing the villagers? houses, they also looted the village, taking villagers? valuables and the goods Ma A--- sold in her shop...
Following the destruction of the village, approximately 100 villagers, including Ma A---, fled to Myawaddy with the help of Saw P---...
There are six school-age children in the group that fled to Myawaddy. Their newly built school in B--- village was also destroyed..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security
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English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Kyainseikgyi, Kawkareik and Kyonedoe townships, Dooplaya District during the period between January and February 2015, including fighting between armed groups and updates on education and healthcare...
On February 27th 2015, fighting broke out between the Tatmadaw and the Border Guard Force (BGF) against General San Aung?s group from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). It resulted in the deaths of four soldiers, including one soldier from the Tatmadaw, two from the BGF, and one from the DKBA...
Villages in Kyainseikgyi Township report needing Karen language textbooks in order to teach their students properly...
Local shopkeepers are owed money by road constructors from the Burma/Myanmar government who borrowed money from them during the construction process and have not repaid their debt..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-14
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Education in Karen (Kayin) State, Money-laundering, general
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English
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"This News Bulletin describes events occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District in June 2015, including explicit threats and the indiscriminate firing of small arms and mortars by Border Guard Force (BGF) soldiers. The first incident took place on June 13th 2015, when the soldiers of Htoo Lwe Baw Company from BGF Battalion #1015 shelled mortars and fired small arms into P--- place, in G--- village, injuring villagers? livestock and damaging their rubber plantations. The second incident was perpetrated by Second Lieutenant Tha Beh from BGF Battalion #1014, who on June 17th 2015 threatened to kill one or two villagers for allegedly supporting the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). The villagers fear the BGF soldiers because they have previously committed numerous abuses toward the villagers in the area and continue to threaten their lives and livelihoods both physically and verbally.[1]..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-06
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Border Guard Forces (BGF) in Karen State, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Interview with Saw A--- describes events and issues occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District, during January 2015, including improvements in education, villager opinions about the ceasefire, and land confiscation....
The Karen Education Department (KED) said they will raise each teachers? salaries from 4,500 baht (US $133.48) to 7,500 baht (US $222.47) per year starting in 2014 in B--- village...
Saw A--- expressed his opinion on the ceasefire agreement between the Burma/Myanmar government and the Karen National Union (KNU), saying that he does not have faith in the current ceasefire...
Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #340 confiscated villagers? land in Hpapun area and put up a sign declaring it to be the battalion?s land. The villagers remain the legal landlords but the LIB is exercising de-facto control. The interviewee?s brother had submitted a complaint about this to the KNU Land Department several times in 2014 and, although he was told the land will be returned, there has been no observed progress towards land reclamation or compensation..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-11
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Labour issues in Burma, Armed conflict in Karen State - negotiations and ceasefire talks
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English
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"This Interview with Naw A--- describes events and issues occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District, during January 2015, including land confiscation, development projects, healthcare and education...
Villagers are concerned about land confiscation for an industrial zone planned nearby Toungoo Town and have sent complaint letters to the Burma/Myanmar government requesting that they terminate the company?s development projects...
Naw A--- mentioned that students have failed examinations due to old teachers being replaced with new, younger teachers. The children do not fully understand school lessons due to the low standard of teaching by the new teachers...
Naw A--- stated that there is a group from a neighbouring village that provides medical care and medicines to the villagers..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-17
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Education in Karen (Kayin) State, Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes
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English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Hlaingbwe Township, Hpa-an District during the period between April and May 2015, including a development project in which the Burma/Myanmar government built a new town on villagers? lands, as well as healthcare and education updates...
Between 1981 and 1982, some of the A--- villagers fled to the refugee camps on the Thai-Burma/Myanmar border and left their lands behind. Between 2013 and 2015 the Burma/Myanmar government built a new town on these villagers? lands and called it A--- Town...
The Burma/Myanmar government constructed buildings, a road, and army camps on the villager?s lands, limiting the amount of land villagers living there can use to earn a living. Futhermore, A--- village refugees will have no land to build their homes on if they return...
Due to a lack of employment opportunities in Burma/Myanmar, many young people from Hlaingbwe Township migrate to Thailand in order to find work..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-07-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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"The Foreign Correspondents? Club of Thailand, Bangkok - Three years after the 2012 preliminary ceasefire negotiations between the Myanmar government and the Karen National Union (KNU), reported instances of land confiscation continue to increase in southeast Myanmar. In its 2015 report, ?With only our voices, what can we do??, KHRG highlights four main land use types which lead to land confiscation: infrastructure projects, natural resource extraction, commercial agriculture projects, and military activities. Based on testimony from local villagers, the Myanmar government; domestic corporate actors; and Tatmadaw and Karen ethnic armed groups (EAGs) are all identified as being complicit in the confiscation of land from local communities in southeast Myanmar. Against this bleak background, local villagers report using a variety of strategies to prevent and mitigate the impacts of land confiscation, such as reaching out to civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media, negotiating with actors involved in projects, and lobbying both the Myanmar government and Karen EAGs."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-06
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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"This News Bulletin describes recent fighting between Tatmadaw and Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) soldiers, which has led to killings and displacement of villagers in Hlaingbwe Township, Hpa-an District, in July 2015. On July 6th 2015, Tatmadaw soldiers attacked a DKBA camp near Waw Poo Bridge in Meh Th?Waw village, Hlaingbwe Township. On that day, two villagers were shot and killed by Tatmadaw soldiers whilst travelling on the road where the Tatmadaw soldiers had taken up position for fighting. The relatives of the two villagers tried to retrieve the bodies, but the Tatmadaw soldiers did not allow them to do so at the time. The relatives were permitted to retrieve the bodies several days later.[1]"
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-08-03
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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English
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"This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Thandaunggyi and Htantabin townships, Toungoo District during the period from November 2014 to February 2015, including military activity, civilians? situation, healthcare, education, land confiscation and landmines...
In Toungoo District, the Tatmadaw are as active as they were in the past. They send their rations to the camps once every three months. On February 12th 2015, Military Operations Command (MOC) #20 was replaced by MOC #5, bringing approximately 80 military transport vehicles with them...
The villagers in Toungoo District usually treat their diseases and illnesses in Karen National Union (KNU) clinics when they are ill. Sometimes, it causes problems for the KNU clinic workers as they do not have enough medicine in their clinic. The villagers do not tend to go to the Burma/Myanmar government clinics as they are expensive...
In A--- village, Seik Pu Taw village tract, Htantabin Township, Toungoo District, Kaung Myanmar Aung Group of Companies confiscated villagers? land to set up a teak plantation. A villager named Saw B---, whose land was included in the confiscation, went and complained to the company, after which the company sued him and six of his friends for Criminal Trespass under Article 447 of the Myanmar Penal Code."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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"The Complaint Letter below was sent to Saw Naw Dee, head of the Agriculture and Land Directorate, from the Karen National Union (KNU) Agriculture Department, Paingkyon Township. It was written by U B--- who is the representative of the land owners whose lands have been confiscated. The villagers? uncultivated lands were confiscated by Cantonment Area Supervisor U Kyaw Hein from Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1015 who then sold them. In the letter below, the villagers whose lands have been confiscated request that the KNU Agriculture Department in Paingkyon Township take action and help them reclaim ownership of their lands."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-07-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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pdf
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139.67 KB
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Description:
This Situation Update describes events and issues occurring in Hlaingbwe and Nabu townships, Hpa-an District during the period between December 2014 and January 2015, including embezzlement of government funds, development projects in the infrastructure and education sector, land confiscation, and healthcare disparities...
Between 2013 and 2015, Border Guard Force (BGF) commanders embezzled over 170 million kyat (approximately US $152,126) from government funds earmarked for road, bridge, and school construction, resulting in lower quality infrastructure being built...
Armed actors in the area, including the BGF, Karen Peace Force (KPF), and Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) commanders, have confiscated and leased out villagers? lands to agribusinesses. As a result, these fields have been converted to rubber plantations, leaving villagers unable to graze their cattle...
On December 1st 2014, the Nippon Foundation arrived in Hlaingbwe and Nabu townships. They have since delivered rice donations and constructed several schools...
Access to healthcare remains an issue in Hlaingbwe and Nabu townships, as some villagers have to depend solely on the Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT), having no clinic or hospital in the area.
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-07-23
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
"This News Bulletin describes a rape case and ongoing threats in B--- village, Kyaw Hkee village tract, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District, that took place between April 2014 and May 2015. A 17-year-old villager from B--- village, named Naw A---, who at the time was 16 years old, reported that she was raped and subsequently fell pregnant by 26-year-old Saw Hpah Kyaw Eh who is already the father of two children. According to Naw A---, Saw Hpah Kyaw Eh raped her at her house when her adoptive mother and brother were out. After finding out she was pregnant, Naw A--- reported the rape to the village leaders, who dismissed the case as they believe Naw A--- to be feeble-minded. Saw Hpah Kyaw Eh did not take responsibility for the rape and he has kept denying that it was him. Saw Hpah Kyaw Eh said it was Naw A---?s adopted brother that she calls Saw Z--- who had raped her. This news bulletin also describes the villagers? reactions to Naw A--- and what the victim?s adoptive family did after the case. As of the end of May 2015, the case was re-opened and investigations have begun. The case was re-opened by the Karen Women Organisation (KWO) and the village tract leaders, and has been transferred to the Karen National Police Force (KNPF) for further investigation."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-07-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Karen (Kayin) State, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English, Karen and Burmese
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-07-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Description:
"Villagers in Karen areas of southeast Myanmar continue to face widespread land confiscation at the hands of a multiplicity of actors. Much of this can be attributed to the rapid expansion of domestic and international commercial interest and investment in southeast Myanmar since the January 2012 preliminary ceasefire between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Myanmar government. KHRG first documented this in a 2013 report entitled ?Losing Ground?, which documented cases of land confiscation between January 2011 and November 2012. This report, ?With only our voices, what can we do??, is a follow up to that analysis and highlights continued issue areas while identifying newly documented trends. The present analysis assesses land confiscation according to a number of different factors, including: land use type; geographic distribution across KHRG?s seven research areas; perpetrators involved; whether or not compensation and/or consultation occurred; and the effects that confiscation had on local villagers. This report also seeks to highlight local responses to land confiscation, emphasising the agency that individuals and communities in southeast Myanmar already possess and the obstacles that they face when attempting to protect their own human rights. By focusing on local perspectives and giving priority to villagers? voices, this report aims to provide local, national, and international actors with a resource that will allow them to base policy and programmatic decisions that will impact communities in southeast Myanmar more closely on the experiences and concerns of the people living there.".....
Toungoo (Taw Oo) District...
Hpa-an District...
Dooplaya District...
Hpapun (Mutraw) District...
Mergui-Tavoy District...
Thaton (Doo Tha Htoo) District...
Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) District...
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-07-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing), Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Discrimination against the Karen, Gold mining and trade, Extractive industries (general) - Myanmar, Infrastructure (general), Agricultural land confiscation/grabbing, Multiple threats, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Village and urban resistance, Videos and multimedia on Burma in Burmese, Karen and other languages of Burma, most with English subtitles.
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English, Karen and Burmese
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-06-05
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-22
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Description:
"This News Bulletin describes event occurring in Lu Thaw Township, Hpapun District in February 2015. On February 17th 2015, Burma/Myanmar Tatmadaw troops indiscriminately fired artillery shells towards a location where villagers were clearing vegetation for hill field farming in Saw Muh Plaw village tract, Lu Thaw Township. Again, on February 22nd 2015, villagers reported that Tatmadaw troops fired shells toward villagers preparing hill fields for farming in Hkay Hpoo village tract, Lu Thaw Township. Both Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) #543 and #410 are based nearby, however villagers are uncertain which battalion fired the shells. Although no villagers were injured, they report being afraid to continue clearing hill fields for planting season."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-03-02
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English and Burmese
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Hlaingbwe, Nabu, Paingkyon and Hti Lon townships, Hpa-an District during the period between May and July 2014, including destruction of villagers? farm land due to road construction and drug awareness and eradication efforts carried out by armed groups...
Burma/Myanmar government road construction, planned from Hlaingbwe town to Meh T?Waw village, damaged parts of villagers? farm land. No compensation for the loss of land has been provided...
From May 21st to May 25th 2014, the Tatmadaw, Karen National Union (KNU), Democratic Karen Benevolence Army (DKBA), Border Guard Force (BGF) and Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army - Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) collaborated to conduct several meetings throughout Hpa-an District to promote drug awareness...
On June 23th 2014, the KNU, BGF and Tatmadaw collaborated to destroy more than 200 kratom plants in Hti Lon Township."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-11-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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165.34 KB
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Description:
"This News Bulletin describes events occurring in Dwe Lo Township, Hpapun District in June 2014, particularly the repeated theft of villagers? poultry and livestock by Border Guard Force (BGF) Sergeant Saw Hpah Ghaw, from BGF Battalion #1013. Villagers have raised their concerns to KHRG as they have repeatedly witnessed Sergeant Saw Hpah Ghaw steal villagers? chickens, ducks and goats, despite receiving a salary from the Burma/Myanmar government. Animal husbandry is commonly practiced by villagers in Kayin State and is used to supplement their income. Villagers are reluctant to directly confront BGF Battalion #1013 regarding these incidents."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-01-23
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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159.25 KB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Thaton Township, Thaton District during April 2014, including updates on gravel mining projects, community education and healthcare...
Villagers report a lack of nurses and medics in Thaton Township. Furthermore, Burma/Myanmar government-built clinics have fallen into disrepair due to neglect and a lack of staff...
The Max Myanmar company operates a rubber plantation in Shwe Yaung Pya village, Shwe Yaung Pya village tract, Thaton Township, that has negatively affected villagers by confiscating land that villagers use for grazing their livestock and limiting villagers? access to firewood...
On April 3rd 2014, villagers reported that Pru Min Tun company, a private domestic company, came to Maw Lay village, Maw Lay village tract in Thaton Township, and coerced the community into granting them mining rights in the area. However, local villagers concerned with the project managed to halt its development."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-01-29
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
190.71 KB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Shwegyin Township, Nyaunglebin District during the period between March and June 2014, including military activities, mining, education, healthcare, and restrictions on freedom of movement...
Since the ceasefire, there are still issues in Shwegyin Township area. Civilians are still worried about human rights violations however the ceasefire has allowed for greater freedom of movement. Mining has become an issue with the river being slowly destroyed and polluted...
The report shows that children are being hired by Kaw Ghay Htoo to construct a road regardless of their age which includes tasks unsuitable for children. The children, who were seen working on the construction of the road on March 9th 2014, were not informed that they were too young to be carrying out these kinds of jobs and are therefore being taken advantage of by their employers...
The increased presence of Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #440 and #350 and Infantry Battalion (IB) #30 in Shwegyin Township has caused villagers to become fearful of carrying out their daily activities, as well as restricting the amount of freedom they feel they have to move around the area."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-01-29
Date of entry/update:
2015-03-02
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Mine Clearance in Burma/Myanmar, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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pdf
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Description:
"This Situation Update was written in October 2014 and describes events occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District, including issues of land confiscation...
The Burma/Myanmar government Land Registration and Management Department and Land Administrative Department in Hpapun District confiscated villagers? lands and gave it to Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalions (LIBs) #340, #341, #434 and #642, which are under Tatmadaw Southeast Command Headquarters...
Tatmadaw Operations Commander (G3) Zaw Myo Tin, who is operating in A--- military camp bought six acres of land from a villager in A--- village. However, when he fenced his land, he incorporated approximately sixty acres, which included other villagers? land...
The land owners reported the confiscation of their land to the Karen National Union (KNU), as well as to the Burmese Parliament Representative U Saing Than Naing. With the help of the KNU, some of the villagers were able to continue working on their land."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-06
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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pdf
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168.37 KB
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Description:
"This Photo Set shows natural resource extraction projects occurring in K?Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District in May 2014. Lead and coal mining projects have damaged the surrounding environment, negatively affecting villagers? livelihoods. Villagers in Hkay Ter village can no longer use the local river for their daily needs, as it has become muddy and polluted and at least one village has been displaced due to a coal mining project in Ka Neh Khaw village tract."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-04
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.11 MB
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Description:
"This Photo Set depicts land confiscated in Kawkareik and Kyainseikgyi townships, Dooplaya District for infrastructure development and military purposes. These projects include the expansion of existing roads and the construction of new roads, as well as the construction of buildings for use by the Tatmadaw. The photos were taken between December 2013 and September 2014. Villagers did not receive any compensation for their land which was confiscated and destroyed."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-12
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.15 MB
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Description:
"This News Bulletin describes the ongoing militarisation of southeastern Burma/Myanmar by the Burma/Myanmar Tatmadaw and Border Guard Force (BGF) following the January 2012 ceasefire between the government of Burma/Myanmar and the Karen National Union (KNU). Villagers in mixed control areas throughout this region have raised concerns that the ceasefire will break down and fighting will begin again, after observing the activities of the Burma/Myanmar Tatmadaw army."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-17
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - negotiations and ceasefire talks, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
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pdf
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372.02 KB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Bilin, Thaton, Kyaikto and Hpa-an townships, Thaton District during the period between September to November 2014, including armed groups? activities, forced labour, restrictions on the freedom of movement, development activities and access to education...
On October 7th 2014, Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1014 Company Commander Tin Win from Htee Soo Kaw Village ordered A---, B---, C--- and D--- villagers to work for one day. Ten villagers had to cut wood, bamboo and weave baskets to repair the BGF army camp in C--- village, Hpa-an Township...
In Hpa-an Township, two highways were constructed at the beginning of 2013 and one highway was constructed in 2014. Due to the construction of the road, villagers who lived nearby had their land confiscated and their plants and crops were destroyed. They received no compensation, despite reporting the problem to Hpa-an Township authorities...
In the academic year of 2013-2014 more Burmese government teachers were sent to teach in Karen villages. Villagers are concerned as they are not allowed to teach the Karen language in the schools."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-10
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.53 MB
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Description:
"This Interview with Maung A--- describes events occurring in Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District in October 2010, including the confiscation of his land by the Tatmadaw for the construction of buildings for the Karen Peace Force (KPF). Villagers were not compensated for the land and Maung A--- remains landless and unemployed. He refrained from submitting a formal land claim due to intimidation from the Tatmadaw..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-24
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-25
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.26 MB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Bilin and Hpa-an townships, Thaton District during the period between June to November 2014, including forced recruitment, arbitrary taxation, ongoing militarisation and non-governmental organisation (NGO) activity...
On June 4th 2014, the Thaung Kyan Thu Hsa Kyin Yay A Pwe (Tha Ka Hsa Hpa) anti-insurgency group led by Moe Nyo forcibly recruited soldiers in Bilin Township. Villages in four village tracts were required to provide recruits based on the number of households in the village...
Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1014, which is based in Hpa-an Township, have three army camps which arbitrarily demand tax from cow and buffalo traders. These BGF camps are Law Poo, Meh Poo and Pah Paw army camps...
Since the ceasefire, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Save the Children and Bridge Asia Japan (BAJ) are entering Bilin and Hpa-an townships and implementing local development projects. Most of the projects involve building schools and clinics, providing solar panels, as well as providing access to a water supply."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2015-02-23
Date of entry/update:
2015-02-25
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.49 MB
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
Date of entry/update:
2015-01-19
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District in July 2014, including livelihood problems due to land confiscation:
In 2014, Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #603 confiscated over 200 acres of villagers? land without providing any compensation...
The villagers requested permission to collect their crops from LIB #603, however they were denied access to their fields. Instead, LIB #603 allowed local female police officers to collect the crops for themselves...
The villagers reported this case to the regional sub-township office, as well as both district and state parliaments, however they had not yet received a reply at the time this report was published..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-12-05
Date of entry/update:
2015-01-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
132.33 KB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District during the period between April and June 2014, including land confiscation and access to education, healthcare and livelihoods: The Burma/Myanmar government provided 1,000 kyat (US $0.97) in A--- village for each student; however the teacher did not pay out the money to the students, saying that she had paid out the money for the cost of transporting school books...There are some mid-wives and medics provided by the Burma/Myanmar government who visit villagers in Maung Nwe Gyi village tract, Kon Taing village tract, Leik Pya Gyi village tract and Leik Pya Ka Lay village tracts area. However, villagers report that they do not vaccinate children in a timely fashion...Villagers report that one woman died during child birth, as the mid-wives appointed by the Burma/Myanmar government are rarely in the village."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-12-17
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-30
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
171 KB
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/KHRG)
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-05
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/KHRG)
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Description:
This Situation Update describes events occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District during the period between January 2014 to June 2014, including arbitrary taxation, violent abuse, militarisation, forced labour and access to healthcare and education:
Villagers report being subjected to arbitrary taxation by armed groups, such as the Tatmadaw and Border Guard Force (BGF), as well as the Karen National Union (KNU), when travelling by boat or car...
Officer Tha Beh from BGF Battalion #1014 violently abused a village head, punching and hitting him. Officer Tha Beh?s soldier shot another village head in the hand after Officer Tha Beh learned they had summoned a villager on behalf of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA).
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-12-03
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
218.35 KB
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Description:
"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District in September 2014, including issues of land confiscation and explicit threats toward villagers. Starting in November 2010, the Tatmadaw began to confiscate A--- villagers land upon which they built houses for their soldiers? families, as well as houses for members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) and the Karen Peace Force (KPF) and their families. Villagers complained to the A--- village head, who felt too afraid to raise the issue with the Military Operations Command (MOC) #19 General Tun Nay Lin. Villagers report having been threatened with arrest by KPF and BGF soldiers if they continue to complain."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-11-20
Date of entry/update:
2014-11-29
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
281.26 KB
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Description:
This Situation Update describes events occurring in Lu Thaw Township, Hpapun District, during the period between March and May 2014, including Tatmadaw activities, landmines, and the situation regarding civilian livelihoods, health care and education.
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-11-28
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2014-11-29
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Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports, Armed conflict in Karen State - military activities and their impact on village life, including livelihood, health, education and land tenure security
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2014-11-28
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2014-11-28
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2014-11-20
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Description:
papun (Mutraw) District...
This Incident Report describes events in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District in April 2014, including violent abuse and injury due to shooting. On April 2nd 2014, Border Guard Force (BGF) Officer Tha Beh summoned the village head of A--- village to meet him after the village head had organized the delivery of a letter on behalf of a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) officer to the officer?s former private, who is now a BGF private, under Officer Tha Beh?s command. Upon their meeting, Officer Tha Beh punched and hit the village head of A---, as well as the messenger who sent the letter. When the village head of P---, who had also been summoned by Officer Tha Beh, arrived, he was punched and hit as well. The village head of P---brandished a machete, after which one of Officer Tha Beh?s privates, who had accompanied him, shot the village head of P---, hitting him in the hand and accidently shooting Officer Tha Beh in the leg..."
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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2014-11-20
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2014-11-20
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Torture and ill-treatment: reports of incidents in Burma, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports
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Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs21)
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2014-08-28
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Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs20)
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2014-05-13
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2014-05-13
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2014-05-01
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2014-05-01
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2013-05-29
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Online Burma/Myanmar Library (obl/docs20)
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2013-03-29
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2013-03-25
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2013-03-25
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