The creation of large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and One result of the Tatmadaw's brutal behavior has been Had called us, we would have gone to talk with them.
When their troops attacked was our paddy, and harvesting tools. We haven't done anything against the government. Screaming, but we couldn't do anything to ease her pain. Her father and I tried to save her, and escape. When the soldiers shot my thirteen-year-old daughter, her intestines came out. Their attack on the villagers: I will never forget our suffering at Ler Kaw village. The woman's mother added more details to the account, andĬlarified that the Burmese troops faced no armed resistance that could justify In March 2002 my other cousin's husband was also killed. Was killed by Burmese troops when they entered the village. In January 1998, at Lo Kee village, my cousin's husband Son-in-law, who was just collecting betel nut in the forest. They alsoīurned our rice barn, destroying 190 tins of rice. Soldiers burned down our houses and killed and ate our animals. They shot and killed my husband and injured other villagers. The Burmese soldiers attacked us again at Htee Hto Kaw No fighting near the village at that time. We had toįlee, but they chased after us and shot and killed another villager. My sister, who was only thirteen, and my cousin, who was fifteen. While we were harvesting our fields near Ler Kaw village. One woman described to Human Rights Watch more than twenty years of Tatmadawīrutality: The Burmese Army troops first attacked in November 1979, Law (the laws of war) by the Tatmadaw have been particularly acute inĮastern Karen state, which runs along the northwestern border of Thailand. Violations of international human rights and humanitarian Civiliansīear the brunt of a state of almost perpetual conflict and militarization. Military operations against ethnic minority armed opposition groups. Soldiers, and the displacement and demolition of entire villages as part of Violence, arbitrary arrests and torture, forced labor, recruitment of child The Burmese army, or Tatmadaw, has for many years carried out numerousĪnd widespread summary executions, looting, torture, rape and other sexual ĭecades of armed conflict have devastated ethnic minorityĬommunities, which make up approximately 35 percent of Burma's population. The world's attention, the profound human rights and humanitarian crisisĮndured by Burma's ethnic minority communities has largely been ignored.
While the nonviolent struggle of Daw Aung San Suu KyiĪgainst the Burmese military government's continuing repression has captured However, the next year, they came and destroyed our Then we returned to re-build our homes, and try toįarm again. We had to flee to the jungle, where we stayed for a They killed all our pigs, goats and chickens––and Burmese soldiers came into Tho Mer Kee village andīurnt down all the houses. Summary When the Tatmadaw entered my village they killed menĪnd beat women when they caught them.
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