Description:
"Even though they have a sign in our village [Ye Pyu Township] that
there will be no forced labor or portering in our village, we still have
to do forced labor. ...[The army officials] told us that if people ask
you about it, don?t tell them that we are forcing you to do it, but that
we are just asking you to help do it." (Page 25)
"This report was published on the heels of the International Labour
Organization?s visit to Burma to investigate the continuing forced
labor and the military regimes compliance with its calls to end the
practice. The report documents the widespread continuance of
forced labor and the regime?s attempts to hide the practice from the
ILO?s view. For the report, EarthRights International staff
interviewed many Karen, Tavoyan and Shan victims in Shan State
and Tenasserim Division over the past year..."
Source/publisher:
EarthRights International
Date of Publication:
2001-10-15
Date of entry:
2010-11-01
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English