"According to evidence gathered by Amnesty International in June and July 1991, the Myanmar (Burma)1 armed forces, officially known by their Burmese name tatmadaw, continue to seize arbitrarily, ill-treat and extrajudicially execute members of ethnic and religious minorities in rural areas of the country. The victims include people who were detained or targeted for shooting because soldiers suspect they may sympathize with or support ethnic minority guerrilla groups that have been fighting the tatmadaw for many years. They also include people seized by the tatmadaw and compelled to perform porterage - carrying food, ammunition and other supplies - or mine-clearing work. Among those who allegedly have been killed or ill-treated are members of the Karen, Mon and "Indian"2 ethnic minorities, which groups include people belonging to the Christian, animist3 and Muslim religious minorities..."