{"id":62962,"date":"2006-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/03\/27\/380-newly-displaced-karen-people-arrive-at-the-salween-river\/"},"modified":"2006-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"380-newly-displaced-karen-people-arrive-at-the-salween-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/03\/27\/380-newly-displaced-karen-people-arrive-at-the-salween-river\/","title":{"rendered":"380 Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"662\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" bordercolor=\"#003333\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"bodybox\"><span class=\"title1\">FBR REPORT: 380             Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River. Over 5000             Now in Hiding.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">Karen State, Burma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">28 March, 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"title1\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">\n<div class=\"divdashedline\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"662\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" bordercolor=\"#003333\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"26\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" height=\"26\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">SUMMARY<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" height=\"47\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"47\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\">380 NEWLY DISPLACED                 KAREN PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE SALWEEN RIVER<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"> <a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Over 5,000 IDPs                 Now In Hiding as a Result of Latest Attacks in Northern and Western                 Karen State<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/20060328_01.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" alt=\"Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Toungoo District on the Salween River\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Toungoo District   on the Salween River. 27 March 2006.<font color=\"#006600\"> <\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/20060328_02.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"276\" alt=\"IDPs from Toungoo District in their temporary shelters\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">IDPs from Toungoo District in their temporary shelters.   27 March 2006.<\/span> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/20060328_03.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Toungoo District IDPs in makeshift shelters on the Salween River\"><br \/><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"caption\">Toungoo District IDPs in makeshift shelters on the Salween River. 27 March 2006. <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> There are now over 380 newly   arrived Karen displaced people in makeshift shelters on the Salween River. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 303 people (adding to the over   80 that have been here since last week), came down just yesterday (26 March)   after a long and risk filled march from Toungoo District, Northern Karen State.   One baby was born last night, 26 March 2006, as the IDPs made their way from   Toungoo District to the Salween River. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> These people are part of a group   of over 600 Karen who fled Burma Army attacks on their homes in February. They   had to survive being chased by the Burma Army, then were blocked by other Burma   Army units on their route just as they arrived close to the Salween River. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> They then had to go back up   to the mountains and with the help of the Karen resistance cross a road controlled,   mined and patrolled by the Burma Army. Some people are still trapped on the   north side of this road but these 303 were able to escape across it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\"> The Shock of Seeing Families and   Friends in the Sun: <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> When we first walked up to a   group of 83 who had arrived earlier, we all felt a little shocked to see them   sweltering in the sun. The Salween River here only runs at about 400 ft above   sea level and this time of year it is extremely hot. These were people who we   knew from earlier missions and some are friends. They are all from high mountain   villages where it is cool year around. To see them huddled under plastic sheets   in the blazing sun, far from their villages and farms made us sad and angry.   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> One woman recognized us from   a relief mission last year where we visited her village, and she said,&#8221;Younger   brother&#8221;, welcome and come here&#8221;. She beckoned me to her shelter made of a bamboo   frame with blue plastic sheeting thrown on top. Her young son on the bamboo   floor and looked closely at us. She picked up her shoulder bag and said, &#8220;I   have a book here in which I have written everything that has happened to us   since the Burma Army attacked. I have kept the details everyday. I also took   photos and gave the team that helped us to get here the film. &#8221; Then she smiled   and said, &#8220;Welcome and it is good to see you&#8221;. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> By now most of the people of   this group were coming close to us and were smiling. &#8220;We are so glad to see   you&#8221;, they said, and &#8220;We are sorry we do not have much.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Their positive attitude was   inspiring and lifted us up. We talked with the people and soon some of us were   playing with the kids. &#8220;What else could we do&#8221;?, I asked myself. What we are   able to do seems so small compared to what the people need. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> More than anything, they want   to go home and live in freedom and safety. We asked ourselves, &#8220;How could we   help them do that?&#8221; We want to help them go home, but with the resources we   have and in the face of the power of the Burma Army how is it possible? We do   not know, but we not give up trying, just as the people here have not given   up. We are together in this even if we can not change the situation much. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> With the help of many groups   like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.partnersworld.org\/\">Partners<\/a>, we are bringing what   relief supplies we can, focusing on medical care. Groups like the Committee   For Internally Displaced Karen People (CIDKP), and the Karen Office for Relief   and Development (KORD), are supplying basic food and shelter, while other groups   like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khrg.org\/\">Karen Human Rights Group<\/a> (KHRG) and   Back Pack Medical teams have people who focus on human rights reporting and   health respectively. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Here are many different groups   and individuals trying to help, but we are all small and the need is greater   than what we together can meet. We are grateful to be able to work together   and grateful to the Karen resistance (KNU) that is helping to find a safe temporary   place for these people. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"746\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"21\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\">5,000             PEOPLE NOW IN HIDING FROM ATTACKS OF THE BURMA ARMY<\/span><\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"2\"><\/a>             <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In addition to the people described   above, who have already fled to the Salween River, there are now over 5,000   people displaced in Toungoo and Nyaunglebin Districts due to ongoing attacks   by Burma Army troops of the 66th and 99th Divisions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> These attacks have intensified   and now there are over 2,000 people in hiding in Toungoo District alone. These   are mostly from 16 villages in the Southern part of Toungoo District, (Tantabin   Township, mostly west of the Kler La\/Baw Ga Lee Gyi to Busakee Road). In Nyaunglebin   District there are over 3,000 people now in hiding; in Mon, Kyauk Kyi and Shwey   Gyn Townships. The Burma Army is attacking in 1-4 battalion sized force and   chasing people into the jungle. Homes are then looted, sometimes burned and   then landmines are left behind to terrorize the population. Their purpose is   to cut off the people from their lively hood, cut all support for the pro-democracy   Karen resistance, and gain control over the population. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army wants the people   to be completely under their domination and acquiesce to their demands or move   to relocation sites. When people refuse to leave their land, they are attacked.   The use of landmines has also increased as the Burma Army try&#8217;s to block all   trade and travel from the mountains (where most the Karen they cannot control   live), to the plains. It is the feeling of the Karen leaders here, that as the   hot season progresses the attacks will increase. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The greatest need the people   here have now is security, food, medicine and support to continue their children&#8217;s   education-even when they are on the run. Thank you for your help and care. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> God bless you, A Relief Team   Leader <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">ENDS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":62962,\"title\":\"380 Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River\",\"subject\":\"FBR: 380 Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: 380 Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River. Over 5000 Now in Hiding. Karen State, Burma 28 March, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 SUMMARY \u00a0 380 NEWLY DISPLACED KAREN PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE SALWEEN RIVER. 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