Crimes in Burma
by Daniel Pedersen on Oct.01, 2009, under Frontline Reports
World’s leading jurists call for investigation into crimes against humanity, war crimes in Burma
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MANew report from Harvard Law School finds that UN documents on Burma provide grounds for investigation into international crimes; calls for more concerted UN action on Burma.
Five of the world’s leading international jurists have commissioned a report from the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, calling for the UN Security Council to act on more than fifteen years of condemnation from other UN bodies on human rights abuses in Burma
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Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
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"Secret Genocide is a scholarly book on the plight of the Karen of Burma. Author Daniel Pedersen writes about the secret genocide of the Karen people at the hands of the Burmese junta, who use murder, rape, forced labour and torture to quell their enemies. Decades after the Karen took up arms against Rangoon; there is no telling when - or if - their struggle for a secure homeland will finally be accomplished"
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October 5th, 2009 on 5:10 p
5.october Tollgates upon tollgates: En route with extortion along the Asian Highway
As the town of Myawaddy on the Thai-Burma border has grown through increased trade, so too have efforts by local military forces to extract revenue from the workers, traders and travellers who pass through it. With increasing exploitative and military pressures in the surrounding rural areas, many local villagers have also joined the ranks of those seeking economic refuge—or just opportunities to work or buy and sell goods—in town and across the border. Villagers in the area live under a motley patchwork of political and military authorities that operate over 20 checkpoints along the Asian Highway between Myawaddy and Rangoon. At each checkpoint transport trucks and passenger vehicles must pay tolls while travellers may be searched and forced to give ‘donations’ or ‘tea money’ to inspecting soldiers. Fixed tolls and ad hoc extortion are used to support the checkpoint itself and the military personnel controlling it. This report includes information collected in August and September 2009. http://www.khrg.org/khrg2009/khrg09f17.html
October 5th, 2009 on 5:12 p
ALERT: Flu Outbreak in Papun District,Karen State,Burma
http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/alert-flu-outbreak-in-papun-districtkaren-stateburma/