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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 12/2004 (December 2004)
Description: News: (1) Villagers are forced to build government servants' resodents...Commentary SPDC's Plan to grip on power in 2005... Report: (1) Brief Records of Gross Human Rights in Mon Areas in 2004
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2004-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/2003 (June 2003)
Description: High education tax during the school opening days; Forcible guarding of gas-pipeline between Thanbyuzayat and Ye Towns; Forced labour in Southern Burma (Myanmar); SPDC?s Political Oppression and Plan to Grip in Power; Deadlock to Political Dialogue in Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-08-21
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/2003 (May 2003)
Description: Another land confiscation in Ye Township for artillery regiment; A child soldier refuses to return home as fear of killing; Population Displacement is Humanitarian Crisis in Burma - I. Background of armed conflict in Burma; II. Burmese Army?s military strategies against the ethnic armed oppositions: (1) Forced relocation; (2) Movement Restriction; (3) Confiscation or Devastation of crops; (4) Burning down the villages... III. The number of IDPs... IV. Population Displacement in Mon Territory in Year 2002: Kya-inn-seikyi Township; Ye Township and Yebyu Township... V. Related Food-shortage problems... VI. Conclusion and Recommendations.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-15
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/2003 (April 2003)
Description: News: (1) Forced labour continues in Karen State; (2) Farmers tried to find defenders for their suffering; Report: (1) Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) Involvement in Extortion and Corruption in Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-07-02
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Title: Breach of Rule of Law and Continuous Forced Labour in Southern Part of Burma
Description: Contents: I. ILO?s Actions on Burma; II. Breach of ?rule of law? in Burma; III. SPDC?s attempts to misinform about the cases of forced labour; IV. Requisition of forced labour in recent months: A. Forced labour for porter service, B. Forced labour in battalions? works, C. Forced labour in new military deployment, D. Forced labour for development projects, E. Forced labour for security purposes... V. Recommendations... VI. ANNEX (included by OBL for Internet version): SPDC Order Supplementing Order No. 1/99.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-08-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Interviews No. 1/95 (March 1995)
Description: Human Rights Interviews 1/95: "In October of 1994, the SLORC (the Burma's military regime State Law and Order Restoration Council) restarted the well known Ye-Tavoy death railway in southern part of Burma, which connects the Mon State and Tenasserim Division. When the SLORC started the railway construction last dry season 1993, many local inhabitants were conscripted as slave labours in this construction and since then many villagers were displaced in east of Ye-Tavoy motorway (See: location) by escaping the conscription of the military..." forced labour; food shortages, deprivation of food; Official order permitting confiscation of rice; torture; extortion; confiscation of rice and animals; forced portering; death due to ill-treatment and lack of health care on forced labour site for construction of military camps; use of child as human shield; Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) 406, 408, 410.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Publication No. 2/95 (May 1995)
Description: Human Rights Interviews on Forced Relocation of Ah Mae Village: "Since the SLORC had planned to construct the gas pipeline through the Mon and Karen rebel active areas, the SLORC has routinely and systematically tried to relocate local villages which were believed as the bases of the rebels. This happened in March and April. Ah Mae village of Yebyu township in the Tenasserim village was a village which was totally destroyed or relocated by SLORC during the second and third weeks of April. About 130 families of the inhabitants of Ah Mae village are Mon people and mostly they are local farmers...On April 16, about 10 families of Ah Mae village had arrived to Payaw Mon refugee camp and sought refuge for their safety and survival. Another about 15 families arrived again at the end of April..." forced portering on Ye-Tavoy railway construction; arbitrary taxation; confiscation of food; food shortage/deprivation; torture; forced relocation, forced migratoin; internal displacement (IDPs); forced portering of elderly man; looting....LIB 404, 408, 410.
Source/publisher: Huamn Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-05-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Publication No. 3/95 (May 1995)
Description: Brief Human Rights Abuses in Mon Territory: 1. Human Rights Abuses in Thaton District; Human Rights Abuses in Moulmein District; Human Rights Abuses in Tavoy District...torture; displacement of village people (IDPs); military operations; looting; detention; forced portering; shooting of villagers; arbitrary taxation; extortion; interrogation by torture; forcible disrobing of an abbot; forced relocation of villages; refugees to Halockhani; military offensive against the Karen National Union; confiscation of rice; accusations of supporting Mon rebels; arrest and torture of village leaders; land confiscation; "In February, after the SLORC signed a gas exploitation agreement with foreign oil companies UNOCAL (USA) and TOTAL (France), the SLORC have tried to relocate many local Mon villages which were possible for Mon troops to take bases and attack the gas drilling areas and gas pipeline route areas." Infantry Battalion (IB) 31, 62, Battalion 207, 208, 209; Light INfantry Battalion (LIB) 406.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-05-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Publication No. 4/95 (May 1995)
Description: Human Rights Interviews with New Arrivals in Halockhani Refugee Camp: forced recruitment in to Burmese army; torture, ill-treatment; forced portering; burning down of villages; internal displacement IDPs; looting; persecution by SLORC troops; Tavoy, Moulmein and Thaton; SLORC attack and burning of Halockhani camp; refugee flight into Thailand; refugees forced back (refoulement, forced repatriation) by Thai forces in 1994; "After the SLORC took power in Burma in 1988, the Thai Government had established business relationship with SLORC to exploit natural resources from Mon and Karen territory. The Thai government had planned for buying natural gas from Burma's western offshore parts of Mon territory and construction darns in Karen territory..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-05-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 1/96 (April 1996)
Description: Forced Labour in Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction: Background of Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction; Forced Labour for New Selected Railway Route; Forced Labour In Yebyu-Kalein Aung Section; Work Duty and Appalling Consequence in Worksites; Translations of SLORC orders for forced labourers; Interviews recounting: economic difficulties due to forced labour; land confiscation; inhumane conditions on work sites; lack of health care on the construction sites; destruction of local communities and population dislocation; extortionate and arbitrary taxation;
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-04-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 2/96 (May 1996)
Description: The Exploitation of Woman and Child labour in Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction: The Reason of conscription of woman and child labour; Terrible situations of women and children in worksites; Interviews.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-05-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 3/96 (June 1996)
Description: Sex Discrimination Against Refugee Women by SLORC troops: Brief Information of Mon Refugees along the Thai-Burma Border; Population Movement in Dry Season; Incident of Sex Discrimination; Interviews (with description of the rapes); map.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 4/96 (August 1996)
Description: The Suppression on Karen Villagers with Allegation of [being] Rebel-supporters: The Tactics for Ceasefire Agreement; The human rights violation on Karen villagers in Yebyu Township; Interviews; map.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-08-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 5/95 (July 1995)
Description: SLORC's destruction of Kyauktayan Village: Background of destruction of Kyauktayan village; forced relocation, detention, arrest of village headmen, looting, economic oppression, forced labour, gas pipeline, food shortage, deprivation of food, internal displacement, IDPs, malnutrition, forced portering for front line and other military operations, complicity of French company Total, arbitrary and ruinous taxation, Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 401-410, No. 343; Infantry Battalion (IB) No. 61, No. 25; LIB 470's execution of innocent villager; impunity of soldiers who killed villagers; torture;
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-07-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 5/97 (November 1997)
Description: Report One - The Prachuab Mon Refugees: Nowhere to Run: Unsafe Situation and Spontaneous Repatriation; Abuses after Repatriation; No Welcome Situation inside Thai Territory; The Last Incident: The Repatriation to Halockhani Camp... Report Two - The Forced Labour and Arbitrary Execution in Mergui District: The Offensives and Accompanying Abuses by SLORC; Constant Conscription of Forced Labour; Arbitrary Execution.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No. 6/95 (August 1995)
Description: Population Displacement in Tavoy District: Effects of Railway and Gas pipeline Constructions; Corruption related to construction; Interviews recounting: killings, including of children; rape; forced labour; destruction of local communities; tax and rice extortion; torture of elders; economic oppression resulting in food shortages and death of children; abandonment of villages; corruption; torture, including of women and village headmen; looting; brutal treatment of porters, including women; displacement/forced migration.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1995-08-16
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.10/96 (March 1997)
Description: SLORC's Systematic Suppression of the Mon Education System: Background of Mon Education System; Ceasefire Agreement and the Existed Problems; Disagreement on ODA Program; Suppression and Abuses Related to Mon Education System; INterviews.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.1/97 (May 1997)
Description: Report One - The Forced Purchasing of Paddy in Mon State: The Set Amount of Paddy and Related Abuses by Government; SLORC Set Order in Forced Purchasing of Paddy from Farmers; The list of the amount of paddy, 1996-1997 paddy purchasing season Mudon Township, Mon State (The respective paddy purchasing center and the villages)... Report Two - Golden Jubilee Mon National Day was Prohibited and other Oppression against Mon Literature and Culture: The Prohibition of Mon National Day; Other Oppression against the Mon Literature and Culture.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.2/97 (June, 1997)
Description: Report One - The Massive Arrest of Porters in Southern Part of Burma: The incidents, Killings and Gathering of Portering Fees and Ransom; The Set Order; The List of the Military Operational Servants to be Sent from Ye Southern Parts Quarters and Villages... Report Two - Forced Relocation in Gas-Pipeline Area: The Incident of Forced Relocation.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.3/97 (June 1997)
Description: Report One - SLORC Troops intruded into a Mon Refugee Camp, Halockhani: The SLORC's Intrusion into the camp; Background of Halockhani camp... Report Two - The Dry Season Offensives and Population Displacement: Gross Human Rights Abuses and the Population Displacement.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.4/97 (September 1997)
Description: Conscription of Forced Labour by the SLORC in Mon Areas Development Projects - Introduction of road construction in Mon areas; Appalling condition in the work-site and Mistreatment by the military... Report One - Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction: Long-term conscription of forced labour and the situation in 1997; The role of soldiers in the construction... Report Two - Ye-Magyi Truck Road... Report Three - Kya-lnn-Seikyi-Taungbauk Truck Road.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-08-31
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.5/96 (August 1996)
Description: Spontaneous Repatriation and Uncertain Future of Mon Refugees: Background of Mon Refugees; Recent Development before Repatriation; NMSP and MNRC Arrangement for Repatriation; Human Rights Situation and Spontaneous Repatriation; Interviews; MNRC Statement Calls upon International Monitoring in Repatriation - statement of the mon national relief committee regarding the repatriation program of mon refugees; MNRC Letter to Bangkok Based UNHCR; NMSP President Letter to Bangkok Based UNHCR; Photos.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-08-25
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.6/96 (September 1996)
Description: Forced Portering after NMSP-SLORC Ceasefire Agreement: The Aggressive Behaviour of tatmadaw Recruitment of Porters; Unreliable NMSP-SLORC Ceasefire Agreement; Appalling Situation of Porters and Conscription of Minors into Forced Porters; Interviews; Official SLORC?s Form for Portering Fee; SLORC?s Order: Conscription of Forced Porters.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-09-15
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.7/96 (November 1996)
Description: Human Rights Abuses Related to Total Co and UNOCAL's Gas Pipeline Project: Limited Role of Company, in Implementing the Overall Project; Relative Tax Collection on Villagers and Destruction of Community Practices; Execution the Local Karen Villagers Related to Project; Total Co.'s Development Activities; Location Map of Gas-Pipeline Project; Orders of SLORC's local battalion, conscription of forced labour and material collection for the army that guarding the pipeline project; Photos in the project area.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-11-24
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.8/96 (December 1996)
Description: The Forced Relocation in the Southern Part of Burma and Accompanying Human Rights Abuses: The Recent Political Development in Tenasserim Division; Forced Relocation Program of SLORC; Accompanying Human Rights Abuses with Forced Relocation; Location map of SLORC's forced relocation.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1996-12-05
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Title: HURFOM Human Rights Report No.9/96 (February, 1997)
Description: Conscription of Forced Labour in Three Pagoda Pass-Thanbyuzayat Motor Road Construction: Focus of This Report; Development of Construction Plan; Plan Related Conscription of Forced Labour; The Appalling Consequences in Construction Site; Other Human Rights Abuses
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1997-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum " No. 3/99 (March 1999)
Description: Analysis Report on Foreign Investment in Southern Part of Burma: The Suffering of Villagers in Area Around the Yetana Gas Pipeline - I. Multi-national investment and deployment of SLORC/SPDC troops in area around the Yatana gas pipeline; II. Human Rights Accounts in the past... A. Forced relocation; B. Conscription of forced labour; C. Arbitrary arrests and killings; III. Human Rights Record in 1998/1999... A. Forced labour in road construction; B. Regular tax extortion; C. Ill-treatments to villagers including killings; D. Constant conscription of civilian porters.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/98 (January 1998)
Description: Conscription of forced labour on the repair of Ye-Tavoy motor road; New kind of taxation in Mon State and Tenasserim Division; The Mon refugees were repatriated... Forced Relocation in Kya-lnn-Seikyi township: Forced Relocation Process (incl. names and no. of households of relocated villagers); Other Cruel treatment against the local inhabitants; Population Displacement and Refugee Flux.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/99 (January 1999)
Description: Mon National Schools in Kawkareik Township were Ordered to Close Down; Three Mon Leaders were Imprisoned with Hard Labour; The Conscription of Forced Labour on the Repair of Ye-Tavoy Railway Road: The Opening Ceremony of Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction; Constant Conscription of Forced Labour and Accompanied Payment; Work-duties to the villager labourers; Appalling Working Conditions; The participation of women and children in the construction site; The Villagers' Hardships for Survival and Population Displacement Problems During Conscripting of Forced Labour.... Personal Account: Interview with An Escapee from Ye-Tavoy Railway Road Repair Construction.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/2000 (January 2000)
Description: The conscription of forced labour in Ye-Tavoy motor road and dike construction; More tax collection in Kawkareik Township Karen State; Helpless situation of Mon villagers after big flood. The various mistreatment against farmers during 1999-2000 paddy buying season (Part I): The Government's Preparation to Buy Paddy; Forced Shut Down of Paddy-husking Mills; SPDC Order to close down all paddy-husking mills. Personal Account: The plight of a Mon farmer.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/2001 (January 2001)
Description: SPDC buys paddy at low price in Mon State; Forced labour continues in Mon State; Cruel and degrading treatments against civilians in Tenasserim Division, in Year 2000: (1) Portering cases and abuses during porter service; (2) Conscription of forced labour.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/2002 (January 2002)
Description: News: (1) Civilians along gas pipeline route get small compensation for their lost properties; (2) Burmese Army disrobed a Mon Buddhist monk with a suspicion of rebel; (3) Milia (security force) recruited by Burmese Army but civilians have to pay. SPDC's human rights violations in Brief. Report: (1) Collective human rights abuses in Ye Township after military deployment and new armed conflict: PART II: Violations related to suspicion of rebel-supporters and sexual harrassment against women.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 1/2003 (January 2003)
Description: Award for new soldier recruit; More porters for LIB No. 273 in Yebyu Township; Civilian Guards along Kanbauk-Myaingkalay Gas Pipeline; Force Labour For the Helicopter Landing Pad Construction; Mon design and printing center banned and arrested two people; Lands confiscated for new battalions... Armed Conflicts: A motor shell hit to a boy after fighting; Fire! If wear army colour shirts; Extorted lumber woods for new battalion. Cruel and Degrading Treatment against the Civilians in Burma's Rural Areas: I. Civil War and Suffering of Ethnic Civilians; II. Armed Conflict after 1988 in Southern Part of Burma: II. A. SPDC's military deployment in Ye and Yebyu Township areas; II. B. Military operations and human rights violations in Kya-inn-seikyi and Three Pagodas Pass Township; III. Burmese Army's suspicion of rebel supporters against rural civilians: Abuses against Buddhist Monks; Abuses against Women; Shooting into villages; Killing during porter service; Sexual Violations or Gang Rape against Mon Women; Sexual violations against Karen Women; Killing and inhumane treatments; Torture; "Cruel and degrading treatment has also forced the local inhabitants to flee from their homes and displaced. After all men in the villages are always beaten by the soldiers, most men fled from villages and stayed in the jungle. When there was no man, the soldiers also arrested women for porter service or women are raped. Then women also decided from the native places. There are (unofficial number) one million displaced persons in Burma in the ethnic nationalities area. Most of them have suffered form the cruel and degrading treatments by members of Burmese Army and their physical and metal conditions have been quite weak. As long as the civil war, the innocent ethnic people must suffer more."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-01-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/98 (March 1998)
Description: Conscription of forced labour in Ye-Tavoy railway construction; SPDC local authorities broke promise to rice-cultivation farmers in Mon State; Three Mon injured, two Karens were killed by SPDC troops... The suffering of Mon and Karen villagers during the SLORC/SPDC continued offensives in Ye and Yebyu townships: The Forced Relocation in Ye Township and Relative Abuses; Rape Case in Natkyi Village; Forced Dislocation in Yebyu Township; Destruction of Mayan Village and Arbitrary Execution.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-03-01
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/99 (February 1999)
Description: Conscription of forced labour in Widening of Ye-Tavoy Motor Road; SPDC Troops used civilians as human-shields on Three Pagoda Pass-Thanbyuzayzat Motor Road; Forced labour in construction of dikes for army's rice cultivation lands in Yebyu township area: Supply Cuts to Army and Creation of Self-support in SPDC Local Battalions; Construction of Four Dikes in Yebyu Township Area - A. The Construction of "Singu" Dikes; B. The Construction of "Hmaw-gyi" Dike; C. Construction of "Kywe-tho-nyima" Dike; D. Construction of "Mintha" Dike; The Work-duties in the Construction Sites; The instruction order to construct the dike; Appalling Consequences in Construction-site; Other Mistreatments by Government Troops During the Construction; Constant Conscription of Forced Labour and Related Sufferings of Local Community.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/2000 (February 2000)
Description: Mon National Day in Rangoon was Banned; Corruption and tax collection in Mon State; The various mistreatment against farmers during 1999-2000 paddy buying season (Part II).
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-02-29
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/2001 (February 2001)
Description: Fund collection for tatmadaw members; Conscription of porters in Mon State; Forced purchase of bean in Pegu Division; Cruel and degrading treatments against civilians in Tenasserim Division, in Year 2000: (1) Accusation of rebel-supporters and abuses; (2) Abuses against women; (3) Population displacement.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/2002 (February 2002)
Description: News: (1) The Burmese Army still uses forced labour; (2) SPDC authorities' farms, but fund supported by civilians; Report: (1) Forced buying of paddy from the farmers in southern part of Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-02-28
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 2/2003, (February 2003)
Description: SPDC?s Police Officers Disturbed Mon National Day Celebration; Forced labour along Kanbauk-Myaing kalay Gas Pipeline; Forcibly Buying of Paddy in Southern Part of Burma: I. Farmers in Southern Part of Burma; II. Forcible Buying Paddy in the Mon State; Mudon Township: MoulmeinTownship; Ye Township; Paung Township; Chaungzone Township; Kyaikmayaw Township; Thanbyuzayat Township... III. Forcible Paddy buyng in Karen State: Kya-inn-seikyi Township; Kawkareik Township... IV. Forcible buying paddy in Tenasserim Division: Yebyu Township... V. The plight of farmers.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-02-28
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 3/98 (April 1998)
Description: Thousands of Burmese Immigrants Return Burma; Cash Extortion for the Bridges along the Ye-Tavoy Railway; The Opening Ceremony of Ye-Tavoy Railway; Forced Labour in Southeast Military Commander's Gold Field... Personal Account: Stories of Forced Labour in SPDC'S Infrastructure Development Project, Ye-Tavoy Railway Construction... Plan for Forced Relocation of the Villagers from Kalar Goke Island: The Background of Kalar Goke Village; The Instruction for Forced Relocation; The Situation in the New Resettlement Site; Strategic Island for Regime and Companies.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-04-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 3/2000 (March 2000)
Description: Forced labour in motor road for Total Oil and Gas Company; More land confiscation in northern part of Ye Township for military deployment; Forced labour in taking in railway in Ye Township; Levying tax for porter fee and development projects in Mon State.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 3/2001 (March 2001)
Description: MI Unit No 5's threats to Mon National Schools; Child labour in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State; Development projects and related abuses in Mon State. Attached document: SPDCs supplementing order on forced labour, by Ministry of Home Affairs, Union of Myanmar.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-03-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 3/2002 (March 2002)
Description: News: (1) Huge fund for development projects; (2) Forced labour used in Kya-inn-seikyi Township; Report: (1) The extent of Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) and the suffering of the civilians.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-03-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 3/2003, (March 2003)
Description: News: (1) Farmers along Kanbauk-Myaingkalay Gas pipeline are in trouble; (2) The Government school building with the students? money... Special Report: Buddhist Mon Monks confronted Police on Human Rights Abuse in Mon State, Burma... Report: SPDC?s Implementation of Assimilation Policy in Mon Areas: Decade-long Assimilation Policy in Burma; Banning of teaching Mon language; The oppression during the Mon National Day celebration; Banning of printing of Mon books and publications.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Forum of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2003-03-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/98 (June 1998)
Description: One Mon village in Thai territory was burnt down; Land confiscation and cash extortion for area development program in Mon State; The oppression against the rice cultivation farmers in Mon State: Looting of Paddy from the Whole Mon State - Mudon Township, Thanbyuzayat Township, Ye Township; Punishment to the Farmers, The Arrest of Farmers.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-06-15
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/99 (April 1999)
Description: Forced relocation of Karen and Mon villages along Three Pagoda Pass-Thanbyuzayat motor road; Tax collection under the name of border area development program; SPDC pressure on Mon national education; Atrocity, kidnapping and cash extortion by SPDC troops in Ye and Yebyu township area continue: Civil War, Ceasefire and Suffering of Local Inhabitants; Killing, detaining and torturing; Maltreatment or Punishment against Village Leaders in Rural Area - Forced Disrobing of a Monk to become Village Headman; Torturing Village Headmen... Kidnapping and Related Extortion from Villagers: 1. Violations by Maj. Myo Lwin, LIB No. 106; 2. Violations by Maj. Maung Maung Lay, LIB No. 273; 3. Torturing and Related Extortion by IB No. 61; 4. New Kind of Tax Collection after Fighting by Various SPDC troops.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-04-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/2000 (April 2000)
Description: Conscription of forced labour in the construction of Hangan-Khawza motor road; More IDPs in Yebyu Township area; Levying tax from dry season paddy crop of the local farmers; Repatriation of Mon displaced persons from Thailand; Tax collection and other violations for battalion fund: Taxation for Police Station and Army Battalion Fund; Levying Indirect Tax from Civilians for Occasions and Activities;
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-04-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/2001 (April 2001)
Description: New land confiscation in Ye township for Army; Forced relocation for dam construction in Paung Township; More restriction against activities by ethnic Mon community in Rangoon; REPORT: Forcible buying of agricultural crops in southern part of Burma: I. Conditions of Agriculture in Southern part of Burma; II. Paddy Buying in Mon State; Order (translation plus facsimile in pdf version) "To sell the set amount of paddy from Town Quarter/ Village"; III. Forcible Buying of Paddy in Karen State; IV. Forcible Buying of Bean in Pegu Division; V. The Plight of Farmers.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-04-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 4/2002 (April 2002)
Description: News: (1) More land confiscation by MOMC No. 19 for Artillery Regiment; (2) Looting by Burmese Army and SPDC authorities; (3) Deep corruption in village PDC authorities; (4) The establishment of a Mon national school was barred; SPDC and DKBA's human rights violations in Brief: Report: (1) Burmese Army's constant requisition of forced labour.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/98 (July 1998)
Description: SPDC Orders to Close down Mon National Schools; Forced Labour after Opening Ceremony of YeTavoy Railway Construction; Police Forced the Local Villagers to Grow Rice in Their Confiscated Farms; Revenge against the Villagers instead of Enemy: The Background Situation of Conflict in Ye and Yebyu Townships Area...Punishment by LIB No. 273 - a. Tortures in Danikyar Village; b. Tortures and Rape the Kyonekanya and Khawza Fishing Villagers; c. Tortures in Tawbaung Village...Punishment by IB No. 61 a. Tortures and Rape in Ba-round Village; b. Tortures in Kaw-hlaing Village...Effects after Movement Restriction on Villagers.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/99 (May 1999)
Description: SPDC local authorities enjoy in illegal tax collection and corruption; Village headmen are tortured by commander; Tax collection from passengers, buses and trucks by SPDC'S military, police and servants in Ye; Forced Labour in Ye-Tavoy Motor road construction and the sufferings of local inhabitants: The Background of the Motor Road and Conscription of Forced Labour; The Initial Conscription of Forced Labour in Late 1998 for Motor Road; The Work-Duties in the Construction Site; The Conditions in the Work-sites; The Corruption in the Road Construction; The Population Flight to other Areas; Interview with An Escapee from Ye-Tavoy Motor Road Construction. Personal Account: (1) Interview with an escapee from Ye-Tavoy motor road construction
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/2000 (May 2000)
Description: Forced relocation of Paukpingwin village and population displacement; SPDC soldiers killed Mon villagers during military operation; Conscription of trucks and use of porters for the military purpose of LID No. 88; The suffering of Mon villagers in Yebyu Township: for labour and porter service for No. 8 Command: Conscription of Forced Labour; Porter Service for No. 8 Command and Its Military Battalions.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-05-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/2001 (May 2001)
Description: Torture and Ransom related to suspicion of rebel-supporters by LIB No. 343; Various types of fund collection in Kya Inn Seikyi township, Karen State; Tatmadaw Plans in Cement factory in Karen State; Forced labour by Burmese Army in lower part of Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-05-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 5/2002 (May 2002)
Description: News: 1) Burmese Army's IB No. 77 killed two Mon villagers; 2) Forced the villagers for gas-pipeline guards; 3) Forced labour in Magyi Danikyar road construction. Report: Administration and development fund for SPDC in Mon Area.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-05-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/98 (August 1998)
Description: SPECIAL REPORT: Military Regimes' Constant threat against Mon National Education System and Schools... I. SUMMARY OF THE REPORT; II. HISTORY BACKGROUND AND CREATION OF MON EDUCATION SYSTEM: II. 1. The preservation of Mon literature during British and parliamentary democracy era; II. 2. The initiative of Mon education system. III. THE SITUATION OF MON NATIONAL SCHOOLS BEFORE AND AFTER NMSP-SLORC CEASEFIRE: III. 1. New military deployment and oppression against Mon schools and activities; III. 2. Ceasefire agreement and discussion on education program; III. 3. Disagreement on ODA program and failure of building a high school; III. 4. The teaching of Mon language in government schools. IV. THE THREAT TO MON EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS IN 1996 AND 1997: IV. 1. Disturbance against Mon national schools; IV. 2. Prohibition of the teaching of Mon language in government schools. V. THE RECENT PROHIBITION OF MON NATIONAL EDUCATION: V. 1. The opening of Mon national schools; V. 2. Orders to close down Mon national schools; V. 3. The current situation of Mon schools and defiance from Mon community.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-08-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/99 (June 1999)
Description: Land confiscation by SPDC troops in connecting electric wires from gas-pipeline area to Ye; Forced labour in building Chaunghtitkwa- Kya Inn Seikyi motor road; Conscription of forced labour and Illegal tax collection in Paung Township; Forced labour and Illegal tax collection in Pa-an Township; The plights of rice cultivation farmers: The harassment against farmers in Mon State in taking 1998-99 yearly paddy tax - I. The Effects in 1998-99 Paddy Tax Collection in Mon State (Looting of Farmers' Belongings instead of Paddy, Cruel Treatment against the Farmers, The Corruption in Paddy Buying Centers).
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/2000 (June 2000)
Description: Mon State PDC bars the Mon literacy training in Moulmein; The military operations, human rights violations and related population displacement in Kya Inn Seikyi Township area; Conscription of forced labour for water canals near Pegu city; Population displacement in Yebyu Township area, Tenasserim Division: The Population Displacement in 2000 - (a) Movement Restriction Orders After Mon National Day, (b) Forced Relocation of Paukpingwin Village; Population Displacement
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/2001 (June 2001)
Description: Report: Collective Human Rights Violations in Kawkareik Township, Karen State. News: (1) IB No. 61 and LIB No. 299 used villagers as porters during a military operation; (2) More migrant workers move into Thailand after Sonkharam festival.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-06-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/2002 (June 2002)
Description: News: (1) Rape case in Kya-inn-seikyi Township, Karen State; (2) Forced labour along Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipeline. Report: Forced labour, extortion, looting and other abuses in Kawkareik Township.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-06-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 7/98 (October 1998)
Description: Arrest, Torturing, Cash Extortion from Village Headmen; Mon State PDC Collected Funds for Miserable Soldiers; SPDC Officials' Profit from Land Confiscation near Ye Town; The Political Oppression in Mon State: The Arrest in Mon State; The Recent Activities of MNDF and Mon Leaders; The Restriction and Discrimination against the Rights of Mon People; MNDF Role for the Mon People; SPDC's Allegation Against MNDF Leaders.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-10-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 7/99 (July 1999)
Description: Arbitrary execution, forced relocation, forced labour and refugee flux in Mergui district area; Unusual tax collection in Mon State; New military battalion deployment and land confiscation in Ye Township; The plights of rice cultivation farmers: The harassment against farmers in Karen State and Tenasserim Division in Taking 1998-1999 yearly paddy tax: I. The Mon People in Karen State and Tenasserim Division; II. Forced Taking of Yearly Paddy Tax in Karen State - a. The Situation of Farmers in Kawkarein Township; b. The Situation of Farmers in Kya Inn Seikyi Township; c. The Situation of the Farmers in Pa-an Township Area; III. The Similar Harassment against Mon Farmers in Tenasserim Division - a. The Situation of Farmers in Yebyu township; b. Movement Restriction against Farmers in Yebyu Township Area.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-07-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 7/2000 (July 2000)
Description: Forced farmers to sign a contract to sell paddy to government; Fund collection for education facilities and student sports; Tax collection from rubber plantation owners in Mon State; Human rights violations and population displacement in Kya Inn Seikyi Township area, Karen State: I. The Background of Kya Inn Seikyi Township Area; II. SPDC Military Offensives in Late 1999 and 2000, and Human Rights Violations ((a) Killing, (b) Conscription of Forced Labour and Porters for Military Purposes, (c) Looting of Villagers' Properties); III. Population Displacement and Flux to Three Pagoda Pass Area
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-07-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 7/2001 (July 2001)
Description: Civilians in area along Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipeline are in trouble; Arbitrary killing of villagers by LIB No. 343 in Ye Township; Breach of rule of law and continuous forced labour in southern part of Burma,.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-07-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 7/2002 (July 2002)
Description: News: 1) IB No. 62 soldiers killed 5 Mon villagers after raped a girl. 2) Torture a Mon man by LIB No. 343. 3) Teaching of Mon language is barred in a school in Ye Township. News in Brief: Violations against women and forced labour by members of the Burmese army. Report: Kanbauk-Myaingkalay Gas Pipeline and Negative Impacts to the Civilians. Commentary: No Surprise for SPDC's Sexual Violations against Women .
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-07-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 8/98 (November 1998)
Description: SPDC Police Forced Local Paddy-husking Mills to Provide Rice; Land Confiscation for Army's Food Supplies; SPDC Troops' Atrocities against Karen Villagers: The offensives and Related Abuses; Killing and Torturing by LIB No. 230; Torturing and Rape by IB No. 62; Rebellion and Related Abuses against the Local Villagers by SPDC troops: Accusation of Rebel-supporters and Other Violations by SPDC in Ye Township; Killing and Torturing following the Allegation of Rebel-supporters; Mistreatment against the Local Village Leaders.... Personal Account: Interview with A Village Headman Who Was Tortured by SPDC Commander.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1998-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 8/99 (August 1999)
Description: A Curfew by SPDC and Restriction against the civilians due to fear of 9-9-99 uprising; Flood in Kawkareik and Pa-an Townships area of Karen State; Land confiscation around Mon, Karen States and Tenasserim Division, and use of forced labour after SPDC set order for self-support in army: I. the Reason of Land Confiscation; II. Land Confiscation in Mon State and Conscription of Forced Labour (Land Confiscation in Kyaikmayaw Township; Land Confiscation in Ye Township; Land Confiscation in other Townships in Mon State; New Military Battalion Deployment and Land Confiscation); III. Land Confiscation and Forced Labour in Farming in Karen State; IV. The Dike Construction and Exploration of Farmlands in Yebyu Township area, Tenasserim Division; Some Articles in the 1954 Agricultural Land Nationalization Act.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-08-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 8/2000 (August 2000)
Description: LIB No. 343 asked civilians porters from Ye Township area; Tatmadaw IB No. 9 killed 12 villagers in Thaton Township; SPDC forced forming of militia forces in village tracts of Yebyu Township; Forced labour in Kyaikmayaw Township; Collective accounts of SPDC cash extortion in Mon State: I. Taxation in Mon State after NMSP-SPDC Ceasefire; II. Cash Extortion in Several Townships in Mon State - (a) Ye Township, (b) Thanbyuzayat Township, (c) Mudon Township, (d) Chaungzon Township, (e) Paung Township; III. Results after Hugh Cash Extortion.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-08-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 8/2001 (August 2001)
Description: Rape case against Mon women in Yebyu township; Conscription of forced porter by SPDC battalion before ILO visit; Military deployment and huge land confiscation in Ye Township, Mon State. [Tables of land consfiscated]
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-08-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 8/2002 (August 2002)
Description: News: (1) A SPDC's LIB No. 343 Sergeant shot at villagers; (2) Basic military training to villagers for involvement in militia force. Report: (1) Gross human rights violations in Kya-inn-seikyi Township, Karen State.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-08-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 9/99 (September 1999)
Description: Government's Agricultural Products Trade Department is busy in forcing farmers to give promise for selling paddy; Student numbers drop in government schools in Mon State due to more expenses; More security beefed up in Mon State due to fear of 9-9-99 uprising; Conscription of forced labour, looting of villagers' belongings and tax collection continues in Mon State and Tenasserim Division.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-09-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 9/2000 (September 2000)
Description: Rape attempt to a Mon woman during the conscription of forced labour; Illegal tax payment in Pegu Township and poverty; SPDC'S conscription of forced labour and other abuses related to suspicion of rebel-supporters in Kya Inn Seikyi Township, Karen State: I. Gross Human Rights Abuses in Kya Inn Seikyi Township; II. Continuous Conscription of Forced Labour by IB No. 32; III. Conscription of Forced Labour by LIB No. 708; IV. Taxation by Army and Township Authorities; V. Cruel and Inhumane Treatments During SPDC'S Military Offensives.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-09-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 9/2001 (September 2001)
Description: SPDC's land confiscation for naval base in Kalargote island, Ye Township; Kya Inn Seikyi township authorities forcibly bought paddy from farmers; New military battalions collect fund in Ye Township; SPDC attempts to grip in power and cycle of corruption in southern part of Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-09-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 9/2002 (September 2002)
Description: News: Arrest of 40 hungry villagers after stealing of rice; Flooded Mon villages along the Gyaing river; Teaching of Mon language is barred. Report: SPDC and its supporters in deep cycle of corruption and fund collection
Source/publisher: Houman Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-09-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 10/99 (October 1999)
Description: Arrests of hundreds of porters in Mon State and Karen State; Conscription of forced labour in Ye-Tavoy motor road and railway; Conscription of forced labour and related tax extortion by army in Kya Inn Seikyi township area; SPDC's plan to get yearly paddy tax from paddy peasant farmers in Mon State;
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 10/2000 (October 2000)
Description: SPDCs MI No. 5 attempted to close Mon National Schools; LIB No. 299 demanded fund to buy walkie-talkie machines; Land confiscation and continuous civilians' suffering in Ye Township.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-10-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 10/2001 (October 2001)
Description: Local SPDC's Agricultural Products Trading Department forced farmers to sell paddy; Forced labour in Mon State after ILO Team visit; Human rights violations by SPDC and Burmese Army in Ye and Yebyu Township areas. Suffering of a Mon villager from Pa-law Township, Tenasserim Division.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-10-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 10/2002 (October 2002)
Description: News: (1) Forced labour in Ye-Tavoy road repairs; (2) Paddy destroyed by flood, difficult for farmers to sell their paddy to regime; (3) Guards in Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipeline and forced laour; News in Brief: SPDC's various types of tax collection in Mon State. Report: (1) Human rights violations committed by DKBA and its unlawful activities.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 11/99 (November 1999)
Description: Mon schools were ordered to close down; The farmers are forced to grow two seasons paddy crops; The returned immigrants are suffered from extortion and detention; More military deployment in Mon State and related land confiscation: The Analysis on Land Confiscation - Land confiscation for rice farms and fruit plantation; Land confiscation for new settlement or new town section; Land confiscation for development projects; Land confiscation for troops deployment. Land Confiscation and Troop Deployments in 1999 in Mon State; The Conscription of Forced Labour and Collection Fund in Construction of the Military Camps
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 11/2000 (November 2000)
Description: SPDC Plans to construct a gas-pipeline, lands and houses are confiscated; LIB No. 299 ordered to fence villages; Conscription of forced labour and tax collection in Kawkareik township, Karen State.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 11/2001 (November 2001)
Description: SPDC's IB No. 62 burnt down a Karen village near Thailand border; Suspected villagers are still in detention after a train bomb blast; SPDC's order restriction against farmers; No crop alongside gas pipeline ordered by SPDC; Growth of anti-Muslim sentiment and oppression against Buddhist monks in Pegu Division by SPDC. Plight of young soldiers in SPDC battalions.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (hurfom)
Date of publication: 2001-11-30
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 12/99 (December 1999)
Description: Prisoners and civilians are used as forced labourers in local SPDC's farms and the related huge tax collection; Unusual tax collection in Gyaing river area; The local Mon farmers are forced to sell their paddy, and some farmers are arrested; Paddy-husking mills were ordered to close down in Kya; Heavy Tax Collection on Pa-an-Myawaddy Motor Road; Crimes committed by LIB No. 120, under the command of LID No. 88 in Karen State: The New Military Offensive in Karen State by SPDC; Cruel Torturing and Killing of Karen Villagers; Looting from the Villages; Conscription of Civilian Porters in the Battle-fields; Population Displacement and Refugee Flux to Thailand-Burma Border Area. Interview with a Karen villager from Kyone-sein village.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 1999-12-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 12/2000 (December 2000)
Description: Conscription of forced labour by LIB No. 299 after order halting this practices by SPDC; Conscription of forced labour in Karen State; SPDC forcible paddy buying conditions in Mon State; Land confiscation and fund extortion for development projects in Mon State; Human Rights Situation in Paung Tow.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2000-12-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 12/2001 (December 2001)
Description: Less forced labour, but more fund extortion for road constructions; Chaung-zon township farmers are forced to grow bean in drought lands; Farmers in Mon and Karen States are forced to sell their paddy at low price; December 31, deadline for migrant workers; Collective human rights abuses in Ye Township after military deployment and hew armed conflict, PART I: forced labour and porter service.
Source/publisher: uman Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2001-12-31
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No.11/2002 (November 2002)
Description: SPDC troops shot into a Mon village, villagers got serious injuries; Land confiscation in the southern part of Mudon Township; Forced Labour Related to Development Projects and State Investment in Lower Part of Burma.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: "The Mon Forum" No.12/2002 (December 2002)
Description: Torture against village headmen with suspicion of rebel supporters; Land confiscation for shrimp farms; Moulmein City's Farmers are forced to sell their paddy; Constant conscription of forced labour by members of Burmese Army: I. The continuous use of forced labour by Burmese Army... II. Porter Service for Burmese Army: Kyaikmayaw Township... III. Women and Children in Porter Service by Burmese Army...IV. Forced Labour in Works in Army "Self-reliance" Program...V. Forced Labour in Army Deployment... Commentary: Forced Labour that Affects the Livelihood of the People.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication: 2002-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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