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2. Source: Amnesty International Report 2007, Amnesty International, 2007.

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5. Source: “Firms Seek Access to Burma Oil Fields Despite Bloody Crackdown,” Irrawaddy, 29 September 2007.

6. Source: “Thailand’s PTT to continue buying natural gas from Burma,” Asia Pulse, 2007.

7. Source: “Oil Giant Total Should Not Withdraw from Burma,” AFP, 30 October 2007.

8. Source: “Burma Still Recruiting Children in Its Army,” KNG, 31 October 2007.

9. Source: Amnesty International Report 2007, Amnesty International, 2007.

10. Source: “New Photos of Prisoner Porters in Papun District,” FBR, 9 January 2007.

11. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, US. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

12. Source: “ILO-Burma Reach 'Understanding' On Forced Labour Issue”, Irrawaddy, 27 February 2007.

13. Source: “UN Leader Lauds ILO Pact with Burma,” DVB, 28 February 2007.

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15. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 6, Altsean, June 2007.

16. Source: Amnesty International Report 2007, Amnesty International, 2007.

17. Source: BURMA: A worsening crisis of internal displacement: A profile of the internal displacement situation, iDMC, 28 March, 2007.

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19. Source: Surviving in the Shadow: Widespread Militarisation and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, January 2006.

20. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, 9 July 2007.

21. Source: Ibid.

22. Source: Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006, KHRG, August 2007.

23. Source: “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Eastern Burma” FBR, 1 May  2007.

24. Source: Shoot on Sight: The Ongoing SPDC Offensive Against Villagers in Northern Karen State, Burma Issues, December 2006.

25. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, KHRG, 9 July 2007.

26. Source: Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006, KHRG, August 2007.

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

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

30. Sources: Setting up the System of Repression: The Progressive Regimentation of Civilian Life in Dooplaya District, KHRG, 7 September 2006; Oppression by Proxy in Thaton District, KHRG, 21 December 2006.

31. Source: “Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006”, KHRG, August 2007.

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

33. Source: Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006, August 2007.

34. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, KHRG, 9 July 2007.

35. Source: Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006, KHRG, August 2007.

36. Source: Ibid.

37. Source: Ibid.

38. Source: Trafficking in Persons Report, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, US. Department of State, 12 June 2007.

40. Source: “Graveyards, Not Labour Camps,” Irrawaddy, August 2007.

41. Source: Less Than Human: Convict Porters in the 2005-2006 Northern Karen State Offensive, KHRG, 22 August 2006.

42. Source: “New Photos of Prisoner Porters in Papun District,” FBR, 9 January 2007.

43. Source: Ibid.

44. Source: “Many Police Controlled Prisoners Die from Forced Labour in SPDC army,” DVB, 22 June 2006.

45. Source: Less Than Human: Convict Porters in the 2005-2006 Northern Karen State Offensive, KHRG, 22 August 2006

46. Source: “Graveyards, Not Labour Camps,” Irrawaddy, August 2007

47. Source: Shoot on Sight: The Ongoing SPDC Offensive Against Villagers in Northern Karen State, Burma Issues, December 2006.

48. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, Volume 19, No. 15(C) October 2007

49. Source: “SPDC Army Has More Battalions, Less Men,” SHAN, 27 March 2007.

50. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, Volume 19, No. 15(C) October 2007.

51. Source: Ibid.

52. Source: “SPDC Army Has More Battalions, Less Men,” SHAN, 27 March 2007.

53. Source: “Army Desertion Still Increasing,” Narinjara News, 1 February 2007.

54. Source: “Massive AWOLs on Armed Forces Day,” SHAN, 5 April 2007.

55. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, Volume 19, No. 15(C) October 2007.

56. Source: “UN Envoy Upbeat Over Child Soldiers in Burma,” Bangkok Post, 10 July 2007

57. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, 9 July 2007.

58. Source: The Ongoing Oppression of Thaton District: Forced Labour, Extortion, and Food Insecurity, KHRG, 7 July 2006.

59. Source: “Villagers Flee USDA Course by Local Authorities,” Kaowao News, 23 September 2006.

60. Sources: Development by decree: the politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

61. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 2, Altsean Burma, February 2007.

62. Source: “Poster Campaign for New Recruits,” Narinjara News, 23 February 2007.

63. Source: Ibid.

64. Source: “Military Launches Kachin Recruitment Drive,” DVB, 14 August 2007.

65. Source: BURMA (BURMA): A worsening crisis of internal displacement: A profile of the internal displacement situation, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 28 March, 2007.

66. Source: “Burma Junta Says Western Allegations of Child Soldiers Are Untrue,” AP, 2 February 2007.

67. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, US. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

68. Source: “Burma Junta Says Western Allegations of Child Soldiers Are Untrue,” AP, 2 February 2007.

69. Source: “Burma Still Recruiting Children in Its Army,” KNG, 31 October 2007.

70. Source: “HRW Condemns Use of Child Soldiers,” DVB, 1 November 2007.

72. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma”, Report of the Commission of Inquiry appointed under Article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO to examine the observance by Burma of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), ILO, Geneva, 2 July 1998, Part V, para 536.

73. Source: Shouldering the burden of militarisation: SPDC, DKBA, and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006, KHRG, August 2007.

74. Source: Ibid.

75. Source: SPDC Human Rights Abuses in Mone Township, FTUK, received by HRDU on 27 November 2006.

76. Source: “Forcing the Labour Issue,” DVB, 2 March 2006.

77. Source: Developments concerning the question of the observance by the SPDC of Burma of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), 297th Session, Geneva, November 2006, ILO Document GB.297/8/2.

78. Source: “ILO Reaches Agreement With Burma, DVB, 27 February 2007.

79. Source: “Shackles, torture, executions: inside Burma's jungle gulags,” The Observer, March 28th 2007.

80. Source: “ILO-Burma Reach 'Understanding' On Forced Labour Issue”, Irrawaddy, 27 February 2007.

81. Source: “UN Leader Lauds ILO Pact with Burma,” DVB, 28 February 2007.

82. Source: Ibid.

83. Source: “ILO-Burma Reach 'Understanding' On Forced Labour Issue”, Irrawaddy, 27 February 2007.

84. Source: “ILO Defers Taking Burma to ICJ,” Mizzima News, 29 March 2007.

85. Supplementary Understanding – Appendix to Developments concerning the question of the observance by the SPDC of Burma of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), ILO, Geneva, 26 February 2007. (ILO ref: GB.298/5/1)

86. Source: “Labour Activist Harassed over Forced Labour Case,” Irrawaddy, 21 May 2007.

87. Source: “Junta's Worker's Representative Expelled From ILO Worker's Group,” Mizzima News, 12 June 2007.

88. Source: Ibid.

89. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 6, Altsean Burma, June 2007.

90. Source: “Magwe Residents File Complaint with ILO,” DVB, 27 July 2007.

91. Source: Ibid.

92. Source: “ILO Official Visits Southern Arakan,” Narinjara News, 28 August 2007.

93. Source: Ibid.

94. Source: “Man Arrested for ILO Claim Released,” DVB, 13 August 2007.

95. Source: “Authority Pressures ILO Complainants to Recant Claims,” Narinjara News, 27 July 2007.

96. Source: “American Labour Chief Calls for Release of Activists,” Mizzima News, 14 September 2007.

97. Source: Damming the Irrawaddy, KDNG, October 2007.

98. Source: Ibid.

99. Source: “Salween Watch Newsletter”, Volume 1, number 1, Salween Watch, August 2007.

100. Source: “Irrawaddy Dam Construction Begins, Human Rights Abuses Begin,” Irrawaddy, 29 January 2008.

101. Source: Damming the Irrawaddy,” KDNG, October 2007.

102. Source: “Junta Ignore Pleas to Stop Myitsone Hydropower Project,” KNG, 14 June 2007.

103. Source: Damming the Irrawaddy, KDNG, October 2007.

104. Source: Ibid.

105. Source: Ibid.

106. Source: “Thailand and Myanmar at Odds Over Salween Dams”, Salween Watch, 13 December 2006.

107. Source: “Warning Signs”, Salween Watch, 15 September 2006.

108. Source: “Salween Watch Newsletter”, Volume 1, number 1, Salween Watch, August 2007.

109. Source: “Dams on Burma’s Salween Will Destroy Lives, Warn Mon Youths,” DVB, 8 May 2007.

110. Source: Ibid.

111. Source: Development by decree: the politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, April 2007.

112. Source: “Burma-Thailand Begin Construction of Controversial Dam Project,” Irrawaddy, 5 April 2007.

113. Source: “Salween Watch Newsletter”, Volume 1, number 1, Salween Watch, August 2007.

114. Source: “Consideration of reports submitted by state parties under article 44 of the Convention: Concluding Observations Thailand,” CRC, 27 January 2006.

115. Source: “EGAT resumes Hat Gyi Dam studies,” Mizzima News, 19 July 2007.

116. Source: “Salween Watch Newsletter”, Volume 1, number 1, Salween Watch, August 2007.

117. Source: “EGAT resumes Hat Gyi Dam studies,” Mizzima News, 19 July 2007.

118. Source: “Environmental Coalition Urges EGAT to Abandon Salween Dam Project,” Irrawaddy, 6 September 2007.

119. Source: Ibid.

120. Source: “Burma-Thailand Begin Construction of Controversial Dam Project,” Irrawaddy, 5 April 2007.

121. Source: “Salween Watch Newsletter”, Volume 1, number 1, Salween Watch, August 2007.

122. Source: “Over 400 Villagers Forced To Attend Launch of Tasang Construction,” Mizzima News, 29 March 2007.

123. Source: BURMA: A worsening crisis of internal displacement: A profile of the internal displacement situation, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 28 March, 2007.

124. Source: Ibid.

125. Source: Under the Boot: the Burma army clears the way for Chinese Dams on the Shweli River, PYNG, 2007.

126. Source: Ibid.

127. Source: Ibid.

128. Source: Ibid.

129. Source: Ibid.

130. Source: Ibid.

131. Source: Ibid.

132. Source: Ibid.

133. Source: “Foreign Investment in Myanmar Dominated By Oil and Gas, Power Sectors,” AP, 26 November 2007.

134. Source: “Step on the Gas,” Irrawaddy, 1 July 2007.

135. Source: “Thai Firm Announces New Gas Finds in Burma,” Irrawaddy, April 2007.

136.Source: “Burma Finds Gas near Bangladesh Waters,” Narinjara News, 25 August 2007.

137. Source: “International Oil Companies Spotlighted as Regime Supporters,” Irrawaddy, 3 October 2007.

138. Source: Ibid.

139. Source: “SPDC Authorities Deceive Rohingya Students,” Kaladan News, 18 January 2006.

140. Source: “No Permission, No Travelling in Southern Burma,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 31 July 2006.

141. Source: Ibid.

142. Source: “Burma to sell gas to China - India minister,” Reuters, 15 August 2007.

143. Source: “Burma Ditches India for China in Gas Deal - Sanjay Dutta,” Times of India, 9 April 2007.

144. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 4, Altsean Burma, April 2007.

145. Source: “Daewoo Objects to Burma-China Gas Deal,” Irrawaddy, June 2007.

146. Source: “Weekly Business Roundup,” Irrawaddy, 16 November 2007.

147.Source: “Burma: Natural Gas Project Threatens Human Rights,” HRW, 24 March 2007.

148. Source: “Construction of Asian Highway Burma Section to be Continued,” Xinhua, 10 May 2007. 

149. Source: “Indian Railways Propose Links to Burma,” Kaladan News, 22 March 2007.

150. Source: “Trans Asian Railway to Link India-Burma,” Mizzima News, 2 July 2007.

151. Source: “Bangladesh Approves Road Link with Burma to Boost Trade,” Press Trust of India, 23 April 2007.

152. Source: “Bangladesh-Burma Road Talks Back on Track,” Narinjara News, 8 March 2007.

153. Source: “Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road to Affect Nearby Villages,” Kaladan News, 11 August 2007.

154.Source: “Chinese Foreign Minister Voices Support for Tri-Nation Road Link,” Narinjara News, 3 August .2007.

155. Source: “Junta Gives Yuzana Company Contract to Rebuild Ledo Road,” KNG, 21 November 2007.

156.Source: “India Begins Restoring WWII Road to Burma, China - Zarir Hussain,” AFP, 7 May 2007.

157. Source: “China to Build Huge Port, Highways in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 4 July 2007.

158. Source: “India Revises Sittwe Port Offer,” Irrawaddy, September 2007.

159. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

160. Source: “Army Use Locals as Porters in Operation,” Narinjara News, 29 March 2007.

161. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007.

162. Source: Ibid.

163. Source: Ibid.

164. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

165. Source: Ibid.

166. Source: “Burmese Troops Use Chin State Locals as Porters,” Khonumthoung News, 19 November 2007.

167. Source: Ibid.

168. Source: “The Burmese Junta Employs Civilian-Porters at A Bridge Construction,” KNG, 5 March 2007.

169. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

170. Source: Ibid.

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

172. Source: Ibid.

173. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007

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

175. Source: Ibid.

176.Source: Ibid.

177. Source: Ibid.

178. Source: Ibid.

179. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 12/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

180. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

181. Source: Ibid.

182. Source: Ibid.

183. Source: “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Eastern Burma,” FBR, 1 May 2007.

184. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

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

186. Source: “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District”, FBR, 1 May 2007.

187. Sources: “Fresh Reports of Rights Violations Emerge from Karen State,” DVB, 14 May 2007; “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Eastern Burma,” FBR,  May 1, 2007.

188. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

189. Source: Ibid.

190. Source: Ibid.

191. Source: Ibid.

192. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during April 2007,” CIDKP, April 2007.

193. Source: Ibid.

194. Source: “Fresh Reports of Rights Violations Emerge from Karen State,” DVB, 14 May 2007.

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

196. Source: Ibid.

197. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

198. Source: Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January-March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007

199. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

200. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 14/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

201. Source: Ibid.

202. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

203. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 14/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

204. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007.

205. Source: Ibid.

206. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January-March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

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

208. Source: Ibid.

209. Source: Ibid.

210. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

211. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 6/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

212. Source: Ibid.

213. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

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

215. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 10/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007; Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

216. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 10/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

217. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 10/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

218. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January-March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

219. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

220. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 11/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

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

222. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

223. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 11/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

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

225. Source: Ibid.

226. Source: Ibid.

227. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 11/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

228. Source: Ibid.

229. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

230. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

231. Source: “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District”, FBR, 1 May 2007.

232. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

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

234. Sources: “School Boy Tortured to Death, Villager Shot and Killed by SPDC army Patrol,” FBR, 16 April 2007.

235. Sources: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

236. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

237. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007.

238. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

239. Source: Ibid.

240. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 17/07,” KNU, 28 May 2007; Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

241. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

242. Source: Ibid.

243. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during May 2007,” CIDKP, May 2007.

244. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

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

246. Source: Ibid.

247. Source: Ibid.

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

250. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

251. Source: “People Forced to Serve as Unpaid Porters in Kae-See,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

252. Source: “Arrest, Beating and Killing in Lai-Kha,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, June 2007.

253. Source: “People Forced to Serve as Unpaid Porters in Murng-Kerng,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

254. Source: “Nasaka Coerces Villagers into Working in Brick Fields,” Kaladan News, 15 November 2007.

255. Source: “Villagers Forced to Cultivate on Seized Farm Land in Kyauktaw,” Kaladan News,, 24 July 2007.

256. Source: “Forced Labour For Model Village In Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 12 February 2007.

257. Source: “300 Carpenters Forced to Construct New Model Village,” Narinjara News, 26 March 2007.

258. Source: “Villagers Ordered to Buy and Plant Physic Nut, Rubber Seedlings,’ Kaladan News, 24 May 2007.

259. Source: “Forced Labour for Road Construction in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 7 November 2007.

260. Source: “Farmers Ordered to Grow Sun Flowers, Extra Crops in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 17 December 2007.

261. Source: “Maungdaw TPDC Chairman Orders Villagers to Provide Logs,” Kaladan News, 27 December 2007.

262. Source: “Model Village Constructed with Forced Labour,” Narinjara News, 29 December 2007.

263. Source: “Municipal Authority Orders Townspeople to Sweep Roads,” Narinjara News, 16 January 2007.

264. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007.

265. Source: Ibid.

266. Source: “Four Civilians Guard Army Camp Each Night,” Khonumthoung News, 11 May 2007.

267. Source: “People Forced in Logging for Army Fund,” Khonumthoung News, 16 October 2007.

268. Source: “Chin Officials Accused Of Forced Labour,” DVB, 24 January 2007.

269. Source: “Hakha Residents Report Forced Labour In Chin State,” DVB, 22 May 2007.

270. Source: “Forced Labour Continues On Highway Project,” DVB, 11 December 2007.

271. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007.

272. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. March April 2007.

273. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007.

274. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. March April 2007.

275. Source: “Civilians Forced To Carry Planks for Army Camp, Pagoda and Monastery,” Khonumthoung News, 17 April 2007.

276. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

277. Source: Ibid.

278. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. January-February 2007.

279. Source: Ibid.

280. Source: “Four Civilians Guard Army Camp Each Night,” Khonumthoung News, 11 May 2007.

281. Source: “People Forced to Provide Food and Labour to SPDC army,” Khonumthoung News, 14 July 2007.

282. Source: “TPDC Forces Villagers to Widen Road on Indo-Burma Border,” Khonumthoung News, 15 February 2007.

283. Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. March April 2007.

284. Source: “Chin People to Contribute Funds for Road Construction,” Khonumthoung News, 8 May 2007.

285.  Source: “Rhododendron News” CHRO, Volume X. No. I. March April 2007.  

287. Source: “Cars forced to Transport Lt-Gen Ye Myint in Kachin State,” KNG, 19 March 2007.

288. Sources: “Civilians Forced to Guard Their Areas in Myitkyina,” KNG, 24 August 2007; “Mass Recruitment of Firefighter Reserves in Myitkyina,” KNG, 28 August 2007.

289. Source: “Residents Forced to Beautify Myitkyina at Their Cost,” KNG, 23 October 2007.

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

291. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

292. Source: Ibid.

293. Source: Ibid.

294. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 15/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

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

296. Source: The Compounding Consequences of DKBA Oppression: Abuse, poverty and food insecurity in Thaton District, KHRG, 9 July 2007.

297. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 5/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

298. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

299. Source: Ibid.

300. Source: “News Bulletin,” KHRG, 13 December 2007.

301. Source: Ibid.

302. Source: Ibid.

303. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

304. Source: Ibid.

305. Source: Ibid.

306. Source: Ibid.

307. Source: Ibid.

308. Source: Ibid.

309. Source: “News Bulletin”, KHRG, 24 September 2007.

310. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during April 2007,” CIDKP, April 2007.

311. Source: “News Bulletin”, KHRG, 24 September 2007.

312. Source: Ibid.

313. Source: Ibid.

314. Source: Bullets and Bulldozers: The SPDC offensive continues in Toungoo District, KHRG, 19 February 2007.

315. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during January-March 2007,” CIDKP, March 2007.

316. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

317. Source: Ibid.

318. Source: Ibid.

319. Source: Ibid.

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

321. Source: Ibid.

322. Source: Ibid.

323. Source: “Oppression Up Close: Photos of the SPDC army in Northern Nyaunglebin District,” FBR, 1 May 2007.

324. Sources: “KNU Press Release No. 15/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007; “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

325. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during May 2007,” CIDKP, May 2007.

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

327. 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.

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

329. Source: “Civilians Forced to Work in Army Camp Revamp,” Kantarawaddy Times, 27 July 2007.

330. Source: “Ceasefire Group Forces Karenni People to Work,” NMG, 9 June 2007.

331. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 1/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

332. Source: “Women and Elders Forced to Guard Gas Pipeline,” IMNA, May 28 May 2007.

333. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

334. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue 6, HURFOM, 30 June 2007.

335. Source: Ibid.

336. Source: “Khaw-Zar Villagers Forced to Clear Bushes and Tree Roots,” IMNA, 12 January 2007.

337. Source: “Battalions Plant Summer Paddy Using Farmer’s Equipment,” IMNA, 24 January 2007.

338. Source: “Villagers Forced By Military To Build Bridges And Bear Expenses,” IMNA, 13 February 2007.

339. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue 1, HURFOM, January 2007.

340. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue 6, HURFOM, June 2007.

341. Source: “People Forced To Provide Timber to Army Brick Factory,” IMNA, 5 March 2007.

342. Source: “Increased Taxation and Forced Labour after Military Expansion in Mon State,” IMNA, 4 April 2007.

343. Source: “Army Orders Villager to Provide Timber for Army Brick Kilns Again,” IMNA, 11 April 2007.

344. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

345. Source: Ibid.

346. Source: Ibid.

347. Source: Ibid.

348. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

349. Source: Ibid.

350. Source: Ibid.

351. Source: Ibid.

352. Source: Ibid.

353. Source: Ibid.

354. Source: “Six Hundred Villagers Forced to Work for A Week to Welcome Lt. Gen Maung Bo,” IMNA, 4 June 2007.

355. Source: “Moulmein University Students Forced to Cultivate Physic Nut,” IMNA, 5 July 2007.

356. Source: “Mudon Authorities Use Forced Labour to Beautify Physic Nut Yard,” IMNA, Saturday 19 May 2007.

357. Source: “Villagers Forced to Make Bricks for Colonel’s Gain,” IMNA, 15 January 2007.

358. Source: “Villagers Work In Brick Kilns By Day And Are Sentries At Night,” IMNA News, 07 February 2007.

359. Source: “Villagers Forced to Rebuild A Military Camp in Kae-See,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007

360. Source: “People Forced to Grow Rice for The Military in Kaeng-Tung,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

361. Source: SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, December 2007.

362. Source: “Forced Labour at A New Military Camp in Lai-Kha,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

363. Source: SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, December 2007.

364. Source: Ibid.

365. Source: Ibid.

366. Source: Ibid.

367. Source: Ibid.

368. Source: Ibid.

369. Source: “Mass Forced Labour in State Projects, Coupled with Extortion and Bullying, in Murng-Sart,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

370. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report”, SHRF, December 2007.

371. Source: “Villagers Forced to Build Water Pipeline to Divert Water to A Military Camp in Murng-Ton,” SHRF Monthly Report, May 2007.

372. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report”, SHRF, October 2007.

373. Source: “Mass Forced Labour in Road Construction in Murng-Ton,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, May 2007.

374. Source: SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, December 2007.

375. Source: “Civilians Forced Into Night Sentry Duty in Burma's Eastern Shan State,” Mizzima News, 17 August 2007

376. Source: “SHRF Monthly Report”, SHRF, December 2007

377. Source: “Irrawaddy Residents Used For Forced Labour,” DVB, 19 February 2007 .

378. Source: “Farmers Suffer Losses after Forced Crop Growing,” DVB, 3 December 2007.

379. Source: “Naypyidaw Construction Workers Say Employers Behind on Wages,” Irrawaddy, 25 December 2007.

380. Source: “Sunflowers—Than Shwe’s Latest Yadaya?,” Irrawaddy, 6 December 2007.

381. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

382. Source: Ibid.

383. Source: Ibid.

384. Source: Ibid.

385. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue  6, HURFOM, 30 June 2007.

387. Source: “Prisoners Forced to Work on Shrimp Farm Reconstruction,” Narinjara News, 15 June 2007.

388. Source: “Prisoners Forced to Work on Road by Burmese Army,” Kaladan News, 26 July 2007.

389. Source: “Released Prisoners Forced to Work on Sittwe- Rangoon Highway,” Kaladan News, 18 August 2007.

390. Source: “Prisoners Made to Labour on Sittwe-Rangoon Highway,” Kaladan News, 23 December 2007.

391. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

392. Source: Ibid.

393. Source: Ibid.

394. Source: Ibid.

395. Source: “Thayat Prisoners Used For Cheap Labour,” DVB, 4 April 2007.

396. Source: “Mandalay Prisoners Used As Cheap Labour,” DVB, 30 January 2007.

397. Source: “Forced Labour in Burma (Myanmar): Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) After 2006 International Labour Conference” Country Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Geneva, June 2007.

398. Source: “Burmese Army Form People's Militias in Border Area,” Narinjara News, 14 February 2007.

399. Source: "Authority Forms People's Militia in Western Border Town," Narinjara News, 30 August 2007.

400. Source: “Junta Forces Villagers into Fire Personnel Training in Arakan State,” Kaladan News, 8 November 2007.

401. Source: “More Than 20 Students Being Rounded Up For Army Recruitment,” Khonumthoung News, 13 April 2007.

402. Source: “Burma Junta Involves Villagers in Militia Training,” Khonumthoung News, 17 May 2007.

403. Sources: “Junta Forcibly Conscripting Kachin Youth,” Irrawaddy, 3 August 2007; "SPDC army into Forcible Recruitment in Kachin State," KNG, 3 August 2007.

404. Source: “SPDC Increase More Recruitment in Kachin State” NMG, 27 August 2007.

405. Source: “Civilians Forced to Guard Their Areas in Myitkyina,” KNG, 24 August 2007.

406. Source: “Mass Recruitment of Firefighter Reserves in Myitkyina,” KNG, 28 August 2007.

407. Sources: “SPDC army Steps Up Recruitment in Kachin State,” KNG, 6 August 2007; “Fear of Recruitment into Militia Sends 122 Students into Hiding,” KNG, 5 October 2007.

408. Source: “Fear of Recruitment into Militia Sends 122 Students into Hiding,” KNG, 5 October 2007.

409. Source: “SPDC army into Fresh Recruitment in Upper N'mai River,” KNG, 16 August 2007.

411. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue 6, HURFOM, 30 June, 2007.

412. Source: “Forced Military Recruitment in Bago and Shan State,” DVB, 24 December 2007.

413. Source: Ibid.

414. Source: “Five Kachin Teenagers Inducted in SPDC army in Shan State,” KNG, 29 August 2007.

415. Source: “State Militias Given Riot Control Training,” Irrawaddy, 14 December 2007.

416. Source: “Anti-Riot Training in Rangoon and Pakokku,” Mizzima News, 21 December 2007.

417. Source: “High School Students Are Forcibly Recruited USDA,” DVB, 16 November 2007.

418. Source: “Ninth-Grader Recruited By Burmese Military,” DVB, 10 May 2007.