Description:
Introduction: "Throughout the period from July to December 2014, ND-Burma documented 107 human
rights violations across Burma. The violations documented during these six months occurred
in areas of armed conflict but also in areas covered by ceasefires. Each violation is a specific
incident, but it may involve any number of victims, from one victim of killing, to forced labor
involving many victims, to the forced displacement of an entire village. ND-Burma?s findings
demonstrate that, despite progress in reaching ceasefire agreements with non-state armed
groups, the government has made little progress protecting the human rights of its citizens.
Furthermore, continued arrests of human rights defenders demonstrate that the government
is not serious about working with civil society to protect human rights.
During this period, people in Burma, especially activists, communities, and victim?s families
have dared to raise the issue and demand the truth of what actually happened to their loved
ones. For instance Ko Aung Kyaw Naing, also known as Ko Par Gyi, was a freelance journalist
who went missing while he was in Mon State. In October, the Burma Army announced that Ko
Par Gyi was fatally shot when he attempted to grab a weapon and flee while being investigated
in military custody.1 Later Ma Thandar, an activist and wife of Ko Par Gyi, tried to demand
that the Burma Army state the truth regarding what happened to Ko Par Gyi. Finally the
Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) agreed to investigate the case,
however the commission?s report was unsatisfactory to the victim?s family and activists who
had seen Ko Par Gyi?s body and believed that he was killed following brutal torture."
Source/publisher:
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND - Burma)
Date of Publication:
2014-12-00
Date of entry:
2015-04-07
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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pdf
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1.85 MB