FROM THE NEWS TODAY:

Burma's ethnic Karen women are subjected to rape, torture, murder and forced labour perpetrated by the Burmese junta in its military onslaught on Karen State, said a new report released on Monday.

The report titled 'State of Terror' published by the Karen Women's Organisation cites in detail the cases of 959 women and girls in Karen State, who have been subjected to the Burmese Army's human rights abuses. It also includes other lesser cases of abuses.

While human rights violation has been an ongoing practice of the Burmese Army in Karen state, the report said the junta's fresh offensives during 2005 and 2006 have led to a rise in human rights violation and it deliberately targets civilians of which women and children are most vulnerable.

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http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2007/Feb/21-Feb-2007.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/report-accuses-burmas-military-of- rape-murder/2007/02/12/1171128903531.html

More INFORMATION

Part of a presentation by the Shan Representatives, At the Multi-National Groups Seminar, held at the Rangoon City Hall,
(September 29, 1957)

Most outrageous for the Shan People are the overwhelming number of reports of rape cases in the east. One of the blackest events in the Union’s history must be the news of the death of a holy nun after being gang-raped. And on top of all this, instances of Shan girls being sold in the cities by Burmese soldiers are being witnessed.
One of the most distasteful acts is the enticement of Burmese soldiers with monetary rewards to marry Shan girls. This is certainly an act of deliberate racial degradation. http://shanland.org/resources/history/Publications/ forward_for_shanlands_grievances.htm/

Gang Rape by Soldiers Reported in Kachin State
By Khun Sam
February 15, 2007
Four school girls were allegedly gang raped by Burmese army soldiers in Putao Township, Kachin State in early February. Relatives of the alleged victims are seeking more compensation than was paid by the army, according to a local source.
The army paid 300,000 kyats (US $232) in compensation, but the families consider the amount too low, the source said. The family is seeking 2 million kyats ($1,550) to be divided by the four girls.
The case was not reported to local police, the source said, because of a fear of reprisals.
“The army officials have told the parents to clam down and not to report it to any other authority, saying they had already compensated for the case,” the source told The Irrawaddy.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6692&z=163

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND IMPUNITY IN TA-KHI-LAEK

In October 2006, a 13-year-old Akha girl was sexually assaulted and suffered attempted rape by an SPDC soldier of LIB331 at Pung Lo village in Hawng Lerk village tract, Ta-Khi-Laek township.
Although the SPDC soldier was caught by the villagers and sent to the base of LIB331, he was immediately released by the commander in front of the villagers, without any actions taken against him on the ground that he was mentally unstable.
On 6 October 2006, early in the morning, Ae-Mi (not her real name), an Akha girl of 13, of Paang Sali village in Hawng Lerk village tract, Ta-Khi-Laek township, went to the market at Waeng Keo village in the same village tract with some vegetables to sell.
On the way, when she got to Pung Lo village, near the base of LIB331, an SPDC soldier suddenly came out of nowhere and sexually harassed her for some time and finally tried to rape her. When she realized the soldier was going to rape her, Ae-Mi screamed for help.
Fortunately, many villagers heard her scream and quickly came to her help. The villagers together managed to seize the soldier and brought him to the LIB331 military base which was not far away.
However, the commander not only did not take any action against the soldier but immediately released him right in front of the villagers, telling them not to pay attention to that soldier because he was not mentally stable.
http://shanland.org/humanrights/monthlyreport/2007/shrf-monthly- report-january-2007

Dear John,
I am sure that there are a lot of UN-REPORTED CASES in the remote areas.
It was deliberated targets to ALL the ethnics minorities.
Sando

Rape, murder, torture, burning down the villages, force relocation and force labour perpetrated by the army of ruling Burma’s regime–so-called “ pyithu tatmadaw” ( people’s army) not only in the areas of Karen, Shan, Kachin ethnic groups but also in the areas of majority Bamar, especially in the areas of urban towns and villages.

The SPDC generals and their accomplices don’t distinguish either Bamar majority or ethnic minority. Whoever is suspected of making activities against them, they don’t hesitate to commit a crime.

Entire population in Burma is suffering by the regime.
Not only Karen, Kachin or Shan ethnic minority are being abused.