(XII) FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
12.1. List of Incidents
12.1.1. On 13 December 1995, Strategic Commander Myo Hla from Western Command issued orders to Kaw Thay Der village in Taungoo District that the villagers are no longer allowed to go to Taungoo Town, and that people from Taungoo are no longer allowed to come to the village. Even the villagers from Kaw Thay Der who are currently staying in Taungoo are not allowed to go home. This measure cuts off all commodity supplies to the village. Myo Hla told the villagers that if any fighting occurs near their village, even harsher measures would be taken. [Source: KHRG]
12.1.2. On 26 December 1995, SLORC Strategic Commander Myo Hla of 1 MSC (under Western Command) gave orders that villagers from Kaw Thay Der and Bawgali who have trucks in Taungoo must come back to Bawgali by the end of December 1995. They will not be given permission to go to Taungoo any more. They can only go between Bawgali and Si Kheh Der, and only using the Naw Soh road. [This is most likely intended to make all vehicles available to be commandeered by Myo Hla’s troops in the area.] [Source: KHRG]
[See also under "Personal Accounts", interview 3, 81-82, 242, 304]
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I. Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
II. Arbitrary Detention and Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances III. Rights of Child
IV. Forced Labour and Slavery V. Forced Relocation and Internally Displaced Persons
VI. Deprivation of Livelihood VII. Minority Protection
VIII. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment
IX. Freedom of Belief: Discrimination Against the Right to Practice Religion and Intolerance
X.
Freedom of Opinion and Expression XI.
Freedom of Assembly and Association XII.
Freedom of Movement
XIII.
Abuse of Women XIV.
The Refugees Situation and Forced Repatriation