Brief News : Myanmar
Over the past several weeks, the military junta in Burma, led by the dictator Than Shwe, has launched major attacks on ethnic minorities in eastern Burma, driving 13,000 people from their homes. Humanitarian organizations report that these are the largest attacks in Burma in 10 years, and that they are adding to what was already a humanitarian disaster. Astonishingly, the military junta has destroyed or forced villagers to abandon 2,800 villages in eastern Burma alone in the past 10-12 years. According to the respected refugee organization Refugees International, this has created the largest population flow in Southeast Asia and the most serious internal displacement crisis in all of Asia.
Over the past several weeks, men, women, and children have been shot by the military junta, and others have been captured and tortured. Soldiers of the regime are on an all-out rampage in eastern Burma, burning down rice barns, houses, and entire villages. We have been able to obtain a few, sad pictures of the effects of these attacks.
Recently eleven thousand people have been displaced in the latest actions of the by Burmese Army in the Western and Northern Karen state. At least 11 civilians were killed, some of them viciously mutilated. Villagers have been shot at point blank range in coordinated attacks, and others shot as they fled.
The offensive began last November as the SPDC army increased its presence in the area east of Pyinmana, coinciding with the abrupt move of the capital. It further said that attacks have stepped up in the past weeks and the situation is deteriorating into a severe humanitarian crisis.
Villages have been burned and the livelihoods of the villagers destroyed. The State Peace Development Council’s (SPDC) Army has laid landmines to kill and injure any villager who dares to return.
Thousands are hiding in the jungles, without food, medicine or shelter. Around 2,000 of those in hiding are in areas of Mon Township and continue to be pursued by the SPDC army.
Over the past several weeks, the military junta in Burma, led by the dictator Than Shwe, has launched major attacks on ethnic minorities in eastern Burma, driving 13,000 people from their homes. Humanitarian organizations report that these are the largest attacks in Burma in 10 years, and that they are adding to what was already a humanitarian disaster. Astonishingly, the military junta has destroyed or forced villagers to abandon 2,800 villages in eastern Burma alone in the past 10-12 years. According to the respected refugee organization Refugees International, this has created the largest population flow in Southeast Asia and the most serious internal displacement crisis in all of Asia.
Over the past several weeks, men, women, and children have been shot by the military junta, and others have been captured and tortured. Soldiers of the regime are on an all-out rampage in eastern Burma, burning down rice barns, houses, and entire villages. We have been able to obtain a few, sad pictures of the effects of these attacks.
Recently eleven thousand people have been displaced in the latest actions of the by Burmese Army in the Western and Northern Karen state. At least 11 civilians were killed, some of them viciously mutilated. Villagers have been shot at point blank range in coordinated attacks, and others shot as they fled.
The offensive began last November as the SPDC army increased its presence in the area east of Pyinmana, coinciding with the abrupt move of the capital. It further said that attacks have stepped up in the past weeks and the situation is deteriorating into a severe humanitarian crisis.
Villages have been burned and the livelihoods of the villagers destroyed. The State Peace Development Council’s (SPDC) Army has laid landmines to kill and injure any villager who dares to return.
Thousands are hiding in the jungles, without food, medicine or shelter. Around 2,000 of those in hiding are in areas of Mon Township and continue to be pursued by the SPDC army.
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