Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education
Only a selection. Most of the human rights violations against non-Burman ethnic groups are conducted by the military in the general context of the civil war. See also entries under "Ethnic Discrimination", in the Human Rights Section and under "Internal Displacement".
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Description:
an edited version of a report by the People?s Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma, which was published by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in October 1999.
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Source/publisher:
"Burma Debate", Vol. VI, No. 3
Date of publication:
1999-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Right to food: reports of violations in Burma, Forced relocation of several ethnic groups, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Food Security in Burma/Myanmar - web searches, specialised groups, reports and statistics
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English
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Burmese version
Source/publisher:
People?s Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma
Date of publication:
1998-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Right to food: reports of violations in Burma, Forced relocation of several ethnic groups, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Food Security in Burma/Myanmar - web searches, specialised groups, reports and statistics
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Burmese
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"This report is an abridged and illustrated version of the previously released "Wholesale Destruction: The SLORC/SPDC Campaign to Obliterate All Hill Villages in Papun and Eastern Nyaunglebin Districts" (Karen Human Rights Group, February 15, 1998, KHRG #98-01). It consists of a detailed breakdown of the campaign to wipe out the villages, supported by excerpts from KHRG interviews with villagers in the area and newly arrived refugees in Thailand which were conducted in June and December 1997.
The information for this report was gathered by KHRG through over 60 interviews with villagers in hiding and refugees, visits to approximately 30 of the destroyed villages and many hiding-places of villagers. An index of the interviews as well as the full texts of most are available on approved request as an annex to the original version of "Wholesale Destruction." Interview numbers are noted in the captions following quotations. The names of all those interviewed have been changed. False names appear in quotation marks. All other names, such as those of the dead, are real. The notation F? or M? indicates gender. Village names listed in the captions are the interviewees? home villages. All are in Papun District, unless listed as Shwegyin township? which is in Nyaunglebin District. Some other details and names have also been omitted or changed for security reasons. For example, in some cases village names are given as X--- or replaced with xxxx and yyyy..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group Regional & Thematic Reports (KHRG #98-01)
Date of publication:
1998-02-15
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Discrimination against the Karen
Language:
English
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