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Myanmar: the Rohingya minority: fundamental rights denied

This report is based on almost 50 testimonies taken from Rohingyas which were made available to Amnesty International during the last year. These interviews were conducted in private and in confidence in accordance with the organization’s general terms of reference for primary research. Information from other reliable and credible sources is also used to corroborate … Continue reading Myanmar: the Rohingya minority: fundamental rights denied →

Myanmar: lack of security in counter-insurgency areas

This document is a summary of human rights violations in some parts of eastern Myanmar during the last 18 months which migrants reported to Amnesty International. One section of the report also examines several cases of abuses of civilians by armed opposition groups fighting against the Myanmar military. Finally, this document describes various aspects of … Continue reading Myanmar: lack of security in counter-insurgency areas →

Myanmar: ethnic minorities: targets of repression

In this document, Amnesty International outlines its findings and concerns with regard to ethnic minorities living in parts of the Mon, Shan and Kayin States, and in the Tanintharyi Division. This information is based on interviews with refugees in Thailand during February 2001. The interviewees, almost all of whom are subsistence farmers, fled from their … Continue reading Myanmar: ethnic minorities: targets of repression →

Myanmar: torture of ethnic minority women

Amnesty International has documented serious human rights violations by the tatmadaw: extra-judicial executions, ”disappearances, ” torture and cruel treatment of ethnic minority civilians, including the rape and sexual abuse of women.

Myanmar: atrocities in the Shan State

Most of the material in this report is based on the interviews Amnesty International conducted with Shan villagers in Thailand. Amnesty International believes that the testimonies are consistent with other reliable reports documenting killings and torture of Shan civilians

Myanmar: update on the Shan State

In February 1999 Amnesty International interviewed recently-arrived Shan refugees in Thailand in order to obtain an update on the human rights situation in the central Shan State. The pattern of violations has remained the same, including forced labour and portering, extrajudicial killings, and ill-treatment of villagers. Troops also routinely stole villagers’ rice supplies, cattle, and … Continue reading Myanmar: update on the Shan State →

Myanmar: the Kayin (Karen) state: militarization and human rights

In February 1999 Amnesty International delegates interviewed dozens of Karen refugees in Thailand who had fled mostly from Papun, Hpa’an, and Nyaunglebin Districts in the Kayin State in late 1998 and early 1999.

Myanmar: aftermath: three years of dislocation in the Kayah state

During February 1999 Amnesty International interviewed dozens of Karenni civilians who had escaped to Thailand in late 1998 and early 1999. They reported recent widespread incidents of forced labour and portering, arbitrary arrests and torture, and extrajudicial killings by the military, which occurred in the context of the internal displacement of civilians in the Kayah … Continue reading Myanmar: aftermath: three years of dislocation in the Kayah state →

Myanmar: unsung heroines: the women of Myanmar

Women in Myanmar have been subjected to a wide range of human rights violations, including political imprisonment, torture and rape, forced labour, and forcible relocation, all at the hands of the military authorities. At the same time women have played an active role in the political and economic life of the country. It is the … Continue reading Myanmar: unsung heroines: the women of Myanmar →

Myanmar: exodus from the Shan State

Civilians in the central Shan State are suffering the enormous consequences of internal armed conflict, as fighting between the tatmadaw, or Myanmar army, and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) continues. The vast majority of affected people are rice farmers who have been deprived of their lands and their livelihoods as a result of the State … Continue reading Myanmar: exodus from the Shan State →