{"id":66179,"date":"2011-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/2011\/10\/23\/photo-essay-burma-army-uses-civilians-as-shields-in-karen-state-2\/"},"modified":"2011-10-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T00:00:00","slug":"photo-essay-burma-army-uses-civilians-as-shields-in-karen-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2011\/10\/23\/photo-essay-burma-army-uses-civilians-as-shields-in-karen-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay &#8211; Burma Army Uses Civilians as Shields in Karen State"},"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: Photo             Essay- Burma Army Uses Civilians as Shields in Karen State <\/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\">23 October, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"title1\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>On 5 June 2011, gunfire broke out between the Karen National Liberation Army   (KNLA &#8212; pro-democracy ethnic resistance) Battalion 16 and Burma Army Light   Infantry Battalion (LIB) 373 between Jauke Ku Village and Myine Tha Ya Village   in Win Ye (Waw Reh) Township, Dooplaya District. In addition to firing on KNLA   troops, LIB 373, led by Battalion Commander Aye Min Soe, began firing on and   mortaring nearby Myine Tha Ya Village and Aplone Village. When they arrived   at Myine Tha Ya Village, the Burma Army forced the villagers out from their   covering pits, which are holes the villagers dig in the ground to hide in for   protection from crossfire. After forcing them out of the covering pits, the   Burma Army forced the villagers to carry loads and serve as human shields and   minesweepers on their six-mile patrol to Meh Ta Li Village. Amongst the group   of villagers forced to carry loads were a 9 -year-old boy and a pregnant woman. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/9-yr-old-boy.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">A 9-year-old boy who was forced to carry loads while       walking between soldiers, serving as a human shield. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/14-yr-old-girl.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<p>A 14-year-old girl who was forced to carry a baby so that the mother         of the baby could carry loads.     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/50-yr-old-father.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<\/p>\n<p>A 50-year-old father who was forced to carry a load for six miles.     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/48-yr-old.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<\/p>\n<p>A 48-year-old mother who was forced to carry a load for six miles.     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/24-yr-old-mother.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old mother who was eight months pregnant and forced to carry         loads and serve as a human shield with her 5-year-old son in tow.     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/5-yr-old-son.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<\/p>\n<p>A 5-year-old boy who was forced to walk with his mother in between SPDC         troops while they patrolled for six miles to Meh La Ti Village.     <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/53-yr-old.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<p>A 53-year-old widow who was forced to carry loads without a shirt on         for six miles.       <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" class=\"phototable\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/24-yr-old-with-infant-(last-caption).jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"photocaption\">\n<p>A 24-year-old mother who was forced to carry loads as another porter         carried her 8-month-old baby alongside.       <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":66179,\"title\":\"Photo Essay &#8211; 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