{"id":63606,"date":"2005-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2005\/10\/28\/fbr-report-spdc-and-dkba-guilty-of-abuses\/"},"modified":"2005-10-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-28T00:00:00","slug":"fbr-report-spdc-and-dkba-guilty-of-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/10\/28\/fbr-report-spdc-and-dkba-guilty-of-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"FBR REPORT: SPDC and DKBA Guilty of Abuses"},"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: SPDC             and DKBA Guilty of Abuses<\/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 October, 2005<\/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=\"703\">\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\">KEY DEVELOPMENTS<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" height=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"85\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><b><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\">Overview:                 SPDC and DKBA violate human rights abuses<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Soldiers                 take what villagers need to survive<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#3\" class=\"linkMenu\">DKBA                 abuses include laying of landmines<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"746\" class=\"bodyCopy\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"bodyTitle\"><span class=\"title2\">Overview:             SPDC and DKBA violate human rights abuses<\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"1\"><\/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>A Free Burma Ranger team accumulated evidence from August and September 2005   in three Townships (Belin, Kyack Htoo, Thaton) in the Thaton District inside   Karen State. They have uncovered evidence of continuing violations of human   rights of Karen villagers by Burma Army troops (SPDC)\u00a0and by soldiers of   the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). The exploitation includes the theft   of villager\u0092s possessions, forced portering, the laying of landmines around   village communities and the injuring of women villagers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\">Below are specific accounts of human rights abuses committed.<\/p>\n<table width=\"101%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"774\" class=\"bodyCopy\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodyTitle\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"title2\">Soldiers take             what villagers need to survive<\/span><a name=\"2\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"23\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><i>Human rights abuses committed by the\u00a0SPDC in\u00a0Belin Township,     Karen State;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy\">On 17<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2005, soldiers led by Myor     Nya Myo Htun of Burma Army LIB Battalion No-2 stole a school teacher\u0092s possessions     at XXX Village.\u00a0\u00a0They also took clothes, cooking utensils, livestock     and 6000 Kyat from the villagers.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><i>Human rights abuses committed by SPDC troops in Tha Hton Township;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>On 14<sup>th<\/sup> September 2005, Burma Army IB 102 captain Aung Sam Lay     forced civilians from XXX village to send them 140 logs. <\/div>\n<div>On 16<sup>th<\/sup> September 2005, Burma Army LIB 9 forced Mayarn Gon of     XXX Village to load a rack of 200 logs to reconstruct the bridge between Htee     Nya Paw and Ma Yarn Gon. <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On 20<sup>th<\/sup> August 2005, Burma Army LIB 102 column No-2, led by\u00a0       commander Aung Zaw Oo, gave orders for four villages to each give 50 teak       leafs and 50 bamboo shafts by the date 22<sup>nd<\/sup> August 2005.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><i>The account below took place in Kyack Htoo Township;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>On 22<sup>nd<\/sup> August 2005, Burma Army LIB 96 led by commander Maung     Maung Oo demanded leaf and bamboo from villagers. XXX Village had to send     700 logs of bamboo, XXX Village sent 400 bamboos, XXX Village sent 300 bamboos.     XXX Village gave 400 bamboos. Any family who could not contribute bamboo had     to pay 500 Kyats.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<table width=\"101%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"774\" class=\"bodyCopy\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"bodyTitle\"><span class=\"title2\">DKBA abuses             include laying of landmines<\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"3\"><\/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<div>\n<p><i>Human rights abuses committed by the\u00a0DKBA in\u00a0Belin Township,     Karen State;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>On 13<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2005 DKBA troops shot and took away a pig, estimated     to be worth 25000 kyats from XXX Village as well as rice supplies.     <\/p>\n<p>On 24<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2005, Than Htin (DKBA), Bo Be (DKBA) and Mo       Kyo (DKBA) forced civilians from three villages to carry loads. The materials       were for the construction of the soldier\u0092s houses. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On 1<sup>st<\/sup> September, 2005, Than Htun of the DKBA ordered two villagers     to stop breeding chickens and pigs despite these livestock being key to their     survival. The Animist community tried to get permission for them to practice     their religious customs but the troops refused.<\/p>\n<p>On 4<sup>th<\/sup> September 2005, Bo Lwei of the DKBA and his group asked     for 2 tins of rice from XXX Village. The head of the village tried his best     to resist but the soldiers became angry and fired 20 bullets into the air.     Fearing violence, the villagers gave into their demands. <\/p>\n<p>On 9 September, 2005, Mo Joe and Pah Ker Ler of the DKBA took away a cow     which belonged XXX of the XXX Village. The next day they forced five villagers,     including the head of the village to go with them to Kaw Hai. The DKBA cut     all the villagers hair like monks and sent them back. <\/p>\n<div>On 1<sup>st<\/sup> September, 2005 DKBA Head quarter troops leaded by Mo     Joc entered three Village tracks and started warning villagers not to go out     from their village to forest. Later that day, a DKBA group starting firing     shots into a house, injuring 3 women and one man at XXX Village. The villagers     from the three village tracts continue to live in fear. They dare not go out     of their village because Mo Joe ordered his troops to lay mine around the     villages<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"70\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"746\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"70\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\" class=\"title2\">Notes to Editor<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"188%\" colspan=\"2\" height=\"21\">\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\">Names of villagers and villages have               been changed to protect their identity.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63606,\"title\":\"FBR REPORT: SPDC and DKBA Guilty of Abuses\",\"subject\":\"FBR: FBR REPORT: SPDC and DKBA Guilty of Abuses\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: SPDC and DKBA Guilty of Abuses Karen State, Burma 28 October, 2005 \u00a0 \u00a0 KEY DEVELOPMENTS \u00a0 Overview: SPDC and DKBA violate human rights abuses Soldiers take what villagers need to survive DKBA abuses include laying of landmines &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/10\/28\/fbr-report-spdc-and-dkba-guilty-of-abuses\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports","state-karen1-thaton","state-karen","state-mon"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.7.8","language":"my","enabled_languages":["en","my"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}