1. Source: Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2006, HRDU, 25 June 2007.

2. Source: HRDU communication with FBR team members who operate in the area, 10 October 2007.

3. Source: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 7(1), 1998.

4. Source: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1674 (2006).  Accessed online at: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/331/99/PDF/N0633199.pdf?OpenElement.

5. Source: Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2006, HRDU, 25 June 2007.

6. Source: “Prisoner Porters Continue To Be Killed, As Survivors Work As Slaves,” FBR, 24 January 2007.

7. Source: A Campaign of Brutality, FBR, May 2007.

8. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

9. Sources: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar mandated by Resolution 6/33 of the Human Rights Council, Human Rights Council, 6th Session, Agenda item 4, 7 December 2007; Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Human Rights Council, 7th Session, Agenda item 4, 7 March 2008.

10. Source: “Villagers Detained for Complaining to Sr Gen Than Shwe” Khonumthoung News, 30 June 2007.

11. Source: “Two More Alleged Killings in Police Custody; No Investigations,” AHRC, 16 July 2007.

12. Source: “Deserter Killed in Clash with Army in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 6 February 2007.

13. Source: “Rohingya Woman Tortured, Gang Raped and Killed,” Kaladan Press, 02 April 2007.

14. Source: “Fisherman Shot Dead By Nasaka,” Kaladan News, 15 April 2007.

15. Source: “A month in review of events in Burma” Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean Burma, May 2007.

16. Source: “Nasaka Kills Boy,” Kaladan News, 22 May 2007.

17. Source: “Sarapa Kills Cattle Trader,” Kaladan News, 21 July 2007.

18. Source: “Body Found on East Bank of Naff River,” Narinjara News, 8 October 2007.

19. Source: “Missing NLD Member Found Dead,” DVB, 29 October 2007; “Junta releases a few detainees, several missing,” Mizzima News, 27 October 2007; “Junta threatens political activists in Arakan State,” Mizzima News, 5 November 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

20. Source: “Nasaka Personnel Stabbed to Death in Arakan,” Mizzima News, 23 October 2007.

21. Source: “Youth Sodomized and Strangled in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 30 October 2007.

22. Source: “Nasaka Kills Maulvi in Arakan State,” Kaladan News, 24 November 2007.

23. Source: “Girl Raped and Killed in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 18 November 2007.

24. Source: “Nasaka Personnel Kill Colleague in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 28 November 2007.

25. Source: “Tragedy of Girl in Maungdaw,” Narinjara News, 10 December 2007.

26. Source: “Nasaka Shoots Dead Three Woodcutters in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 6 December 2007.

27. Source: “One Teak Cutter Killed, One Injured by Nasaka,” Narinjara News, 30 November 2007.

28. Source: “Troops Kill Arakan Villagers for Cutting Wood,” DVB, 30 November 2007.

29. Source: “Woman Detained In Nasaka Camp, Tortured,” Kaladan News, 1 December 2007.

30. Source: “Three Bodies Found After Weeks of Arrest by Military,” Mizzima News, 9 April 2007.

31. Sources: “Colonel Taken into Custody in Murder Case in Chin State,” Khonumthoung, 18 August 2007; “Three Village Chairmen Killed By Burma Army, Two Others Missing,” Khonumthoung, 11 April 2007; “CHRO Condemns Summary Executions Of Three Chin Village Headmen,” Rhododendron News, Volume X. No. II. CHRO, 20 April 2007.

32. Source: “Burmese Police Gun Down Civilian,” Khonumthoung, 12 October 2007.

33. Source: “Rights Activists Vow To Expose Suspected Custody Killing,” Mizzima News, 7 February 2007.

34. Source: “Two More Alleged Killings in Police Custody; No Investigations,” AHRC, 16 July 2007.

35. Source: “Narcotics Police Kill Innocent Man in Myitkyina,” KNG, 31 July 2007.

36. Sources: “Four monks killed in Tuesday night's raid in Myitkyina,” KNG, 27 September 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008; “The Monk's Tale: Death in detention,” AI, 9 November 2007.

37. Source: “Junta Puts Monks under Intense Scrutiny in Kachin State,” KNG, 17 October 2007.

38. Source: “SPDC Military Killed Village Head, Seized the Secretary with One Preacher,” KSWDC, 9 January 2007.

39. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January – March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

40. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

41. Source: Ibid.

42. Source: Ibid.

43. Source: Ibid.

44. Source: Ibid.

45. Source: Ibid.

46. Source: Ibid.

47. Sources: “General Human Rights Violations during January – March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007; “KNU Press Release No. 3/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

48. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January – March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

49. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attack, Killing Three People and Displacing 201 Villagers in Mon Township, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 21 March 2007.

50. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attack, Killing Three People and Displacing 201 Villagers in Mon Township, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 21 March 2007.

51. Source: “The Burma Army Kills and Rapes Villagers as they Attempt to Completely Dominate the Dooplaya District of South Central Karen State, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 23 February 2007.

52. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 8/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

53. Source: “Four Villagers Killed, Three Shot Point Blank, as 2,000 Flee Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 7 April 2007.

54. Source: “Karen Villagers Demonstrate against Armed Conflict,” Irrawaddy, 19 March 2007.

55. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 12/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

56. Sources: “SPDC Troops Killing Villagers Also Loot and Destroying the Villager Properties in Mutraw District,” KWO Newsletter (original in Karen, translation by HRDU) May 2007; “KNU Press Release No. 14/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007; “General Human Rights Violations during January – March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007; “Four Villagers Killed, Three Shot Point Blank, as 2,000 Flee Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 7 April 2007.

57. Source: “Four Villagers Killed, Three Shot Point Blank, as 2,000 Flee Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 7 April 2007.

58. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 15/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

59. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

60. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 15/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

61. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

62. Sources: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007; “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007; “School Boy Tortured to Death, Villager Shot and Killed by Burma Army Patrol,” FBR, 16 April 2007.

63. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

64. Source: Ibid.

65. Source: Ibid.

66. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

67. Source: “One Killed, Over 4,000 Villagers Flee Fresh Burma Army Offensive,” NMG, 2 May 2007.

68. Source: “DKBA attacks in Dooplaya District,” FBR, 14 October 2007.

70. Sources: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007; “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007; “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007; Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

71. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

72. Source: “DKBA and Burma Army Forces Unleash Fresh Offensive,” NMG, 15 June 2007.

73. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

74. Source: Ibid.

75. Source: Ibid.

76. Source: Ibid.

77. Sources: “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007; Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

78. Source: “Burma Army Shoots and Kills Two People, Villager Steps on Mine, Hundreds Remain in Hiding,” FBR, 24 November 2007.

79. Sources: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007; “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007.

80. Source: “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007.

81. Source: “Burma Army Kills 2 Villagers Shoots and wounds 9 people including 13 and 18-year-old girls during attacks during harvest from 24 to 29 October, 2007”, FBR, 29 October 2007.

82. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

83. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

84. Source: Source: Ibid.

85. Source: “Burma Army Continues to Rape and Kill as National Convention Reconvenes” CSW, 20 July 2007.

86. Source: Ibid.

87. Source: “DKBA Claim Civilian Deaths in Latest Clash,” DVB, 2 July 2007.

88. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during July 2007,” CIDKP, July 2007.

89. Source: “Burma Army Kills 5 Villagers and Forces 223 More Into Hiding Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 9 August, 2007.

90. Source: “Military Builds Karen New Bases with Forced Labour,” DVB, 12 July 2007.

91. Source: “Four villagers shot and killed, villages burned and people forced to act as human minesweepers as the Burma Army attacks villages in Toungoo District,” FBR, 1 November 2007.

92. Source: “Burma Army Kills 5 Villagers and Forces 223 More Into Hiding Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 9 August, 2007.

93. Source: Ibid.

95. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 32/07,” KNU, 12 October 2007.

96. Source: “Burma Accuses CIA of Involvement in KNU Assassination,” Narinjara News, 10 September 2007.

97. Source:“Burma Army now attacking villagers, burning rice barns and blocking access to fields during harvest in Northern Karen State,” FBR, 6 November 2007.

98. Source: “Burma Army Shoots and Kills Two People, Villager Steps on Mine, Hundreds Remain in Hiding,”FBR, 24 November 2007.

99. Source: “Burma Army Kills Three Villagers, Hundreds Flee New Attacks,” FBR, 6 December 2007.

100. Source: “Burma Army Shoots and Kills Two People, Villager Steps on Mine, Hundreds Remain in Hiding,”FBR, 24 November 2007.

101. Source: “Burma Army Kills Three Villagers, Hundreds Flee New Attacks,” FBR, 6 December 2007.

102. Source: “DKBA Soldiers Killed By Regime Troops,” DVB, 21 December 2007.

103. Source: “Update of the Current Situation in Northern Karen State,” FBR, 3 February 2007.

104. Source: “The SPSC [sic.]shot one Karenni woman,” KSWDC, 12 June 2007.

105. Source: “Burma Army Executes Captured Relief Team Member,” FBR, 27 April 2007.

106. Source: “A villager shot dead, alleged ties with insurgents,” KSWDC, 23 July 2007.

107. Source: “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC, 15 August 2007.

108. Source: Ibid.

109. Sources: “Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges,” The Independent, 11 October 2007; “UPDATE (Burma): More details of deaths during protests emerge,” AHRC, 24 October 2007; “Detainees Dying Under Interrogation, Say Burmese Sources,” Irrawaddy, 10 October 2007.

110. Source: “Family Barred From Meeting Arrested Mon Rebel Group Supporter,” IMNA, 2 April 2007.

111. Source: “Killings, torture and relocations start afresh in Southern Burma,” IMNA, 6 July 2007.

112. Source: “Two More Alleged Killings in Police Custody; No Investigations,” AHRC, 16 July 2007.

113. Source: “Burmese Soldier Robs and Kills Taxi Driver,” DVB, 30 July 2007.

114. Source: “Family of Young Man Killed By Local Council Members Intimidated & Kept In the Dark,” AHRC, 18 June 2007.

115. Source: “Myanmar Confirms Death of Protester in Yangon,” AP, 26 September 2007.

116. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

117. Source: Ibid.

118. Sources: “Four killed in Myanmar protest crackdown,” AFP, 26 September 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

119. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

120. Sources: “Burmese soldiers raid monastery and beat monks,” The Nation, 27 September 2007; “Burma Protests,” Irrawaddy, 27 September 2007; “Article 2, Vol. 6 No. 5-6,” AHRC, December 2007.

121. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

122. Source: Crackdown: Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma, HRW, December 2007.

123.Source: “Japanese photographer killed, another foreign journalist injured”, RSF, 27 September 2007; “Japan inquiry into reporter death”, BBC News, 28 September 2007; “New footage of journalist shot in Burma shows soldier leaving scene with camera”, Japan News Review, 9 October 2007; “Video shows Japanese journalist 'being shot deliberately',” Times Online, 28 September 2007; “Tokyo: Police says Nagai Shot at Point-blank Range,” The Asahi Shimbun, 27 November 2007; “Tokyo to Yangon: Hand over Nagai’s Camera,” The Japan Times, 2 October 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

124. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

125. Source: Ibid.

126. Source: Ibid.

127. Sources: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008; “Dead boy’s family not allowed to conduct funeral rituals,” Mizzima News, 1 October 2007; “Family members speak about teen protestor’s death,” DVB, 19 October 2007.

128. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

129. Source: Ibid.

130. Source: Ibid.

131. Source: “News Updates from Democratic Voice of Burma,” DVB, 11 October 2007.

132. Source: “Family Members Speak about Teen Protestor’s Death,” 19 October 2007.

133. Source: “Dead Boy's Family Not Allowed To Conduct Funeral Rituals,” Mizzima News, 1 October 2007.

134. Source, No Return to ‘Normal’, AI, November 2007.

135. Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

136. Source: “Those who died during the protest in Burma,” AAPPB, accessed online at: http://www.aappb.org/died_sept_07.html on 28 January 2008.

137. Source: “Detained Youths Die from Injuries,” DVB, 7 October 2007.

138. Source: Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

139. Source: “Those who died during the protest in Burma,” AAPPB, accessed online at: http://www.aappb.org/died_sept_07.html on 28 January 2008.

140. Source: “Government Organises Funerals for Protestors,”DVB, 1 October 2007.

141. Source: “Two Schoolgirls Died by an Accident,” Mizzima News, 29 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

142. Source: “Detained Youths Die from Injuries,” DVB, 7 October 2007.

143. Source: “Those who died during the protest in Burma,” AAPPB, accessed online at: http://www.aappb.org/died_sept_07.html on 28 January 2008.

144. Source: Ibid.

145. Sources: “Rangoon Quiet but Raids on Monasteries Continue,” Irrawaddy, 1 October 2007; “How Many Monks were killed in the Pro-democracy Uprising?” Irrawaddy, 19 November 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

146. Source: “Saffron Revolution: Update”Altsean Burma, 15 October 2007.

147. Sources: “Monks in hell,” Irrawaddy, 11 October 2007; Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Human Rights Council, 6th Session, Agenda Item 4, 7 December 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution, HRDU, March 2008.

149. Source: Ibid.

150. Source: “Kachin Special Narcotic Cell Officer Dies of Amphetamine Overdose,” KNG, 27 October 2007.

151. Source: “Detainees Dying Under Interrogation, Say Burmese Sources,” Irrawaddy, 10 October 2007.

152. Source: “Those who died during the protest in Burma,” AAPPB, accessed online at: http://www.aappb.org/died_sept_07.html on 28 January 2008.

153. Sources: “NLD Says Police Must Open File on Protest Victims,” Irrawaddy, 14 November 2007; “NLD Member Dies after Being Beaten in Demonstration,” Irrawaddy, 6 November 2007.

154. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report - October 2007,”SHRF, 24 October 2007.

155. Source: “Driven from Their Homes,” SHAN, 13 December 2007.

156. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report - November 2007,”SHRF, 24 December 2007.

157. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report - October 2007,”SHRF, 24 October 2007.

158. Source: “Public Assaults and Deaths in Custody; No One to Investigate,” AHRC, 15 August 2007.

159. Source: “A Woman Gang-Raped and Killed, Her Cow Stolen, in Murng-Nai,” SHRF Monthly Report - October 2007,SHRF, 24 October 2007.