Children

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Photo #12-4, 12-5, 12-6: Two SPDC soldiers who deserted the army together in Papun District in August 2004, and the G3 assault rifles they used in the army. A--- (left) is 19 years old and W--- (right) is 18. Both had been in the Army for one year and had been together since training. They said the youngest soldiers in their group of trainees were 13 years old. Both say they fled because the column commander regularly beat them. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)

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Photo # 12-8: This photo shows a child soldiers on active duty with SPDC LIB #xxx in Papun District. The boy was only 15 years old when this photo was taken in June 2004. (Phot and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)

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Photo #12-9: Maung S---, a 14 year old Burman from a town in Mandalay Division, was arrested in broad daylight and forced into the SPDC Army. He was approached by three soldiers who asked to see his ID card. Unable to produce one (many children do not obtain ID cards until age 18), he was then arrested and sent to Mandalay where he received four and a half months of basic military training. Following his training, he was to be assigned to LIB #xxx in Papun District, but en route he was sent to Papun town where he was used as forced labor collecting stones for road projects. He had to begin work at 7 a.m. and was forced to collect the stones all day, only resting to eat. He eventually deserted when he could no longer endure the work that he was being forced to do. This photo was taken in April 2004. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)

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Photo #12-11: N---, a 17 year old Karen from Irrawaddy Division, was kidnapped and forced into the SPDC Army against his will when he was only 14 years old. During his two and a half years of service he was assigned to IB #xxx Company #x stationed at P--- in Karenni (Kayah) State. He has not had any contact with his family since he was kidnapped in August 2001. In March 2004 he deserted the SPDC Army and fled into KNU-held territory where he decided to defect to the KNU. He was accepted into the KNLA despite still being a child, and contrary to the KNU’s stated policy of no longer recruiting children. This photo was taken in March 2004. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)

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Karenni IDPs fleeing near the Karen-Karenni border in June 2004. (Source: FBR, 2004)

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IDP children in an area south of Mong Pan, Shan State in May 2004. (Source: FBR, 2004)

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FBR team treats IDP child in Kler Lwe Htoo District, Mone Township, Karen State in late September or early October 2004. From September 2004 through to the time this photo was released in late October, the active Burma Army troops in the area included a DKBA force, SPDC IB 73 and SPDC LIB 549, 599, 389 and 264. All troops were under the umbrella of the MOC (3) and MOC (1). (Source: FBR, 2004)

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A Karenni IDP Child near Mawchi area in Karenni State in November 2004. (Source: FBR, 2004)

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Malnourished IDP children near Hsaw K’hta village, Mergui-Tavoy District, Tenasserim Division. (Source: FBR, 2004)

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