Description:
"...From January 2011 to date, CHRO has documented 20 separate incidents of forced labour,
some involving orders to multiple villages. 50 percent of the incidents involved orders from the
Burma Army (typically portering), and the other half were orders from the local authorities
(typically road construction, planting jatropha, and other forms of manual labour).
In May 2011, the International Labour Organization (ILO) held an official awareness-raising
workshop in Hakha, the capital of Chin State, involving more than 160 officials, including
administrators, judges, police and Burma Army personnel. This was the first official workshop
of its kind held in Chin State and an important step towards tackling the issue of forced labour
in the area. At the time of writing CHRO has documented 12 separate incidents of forced
labour since the workshop took place, 50 percent portering exacted by Burma Army soldiers
and the other half by civilian authorities, including the Chief Minister of Chin State..."
Source/publisher:
Chin Human Rights Organization
Date of Publication:
2012-08-27
Date of entry:
2012-09-03
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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Language:
English