Disappearences: reports of violations in Burma

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Description: "Par Gyi, a 49-year-old freelance journalist, and former bodyguard of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, travelled to Kyaikmayaw town, Mon State, to reporting on recent conflicts between the Burmese army and Kayan rebels in the area. In end September 2014, he disappeared. In time, other journalists in the area, discovered that Par Gyi had been arrested on 30 September 2014 by a group of military personnel, headed by Captain San Min Aung, of the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 208, which is based in the area from where the victim disappeared. The military claimed that Par Gyi had been arrested because he had been suspected to be an affiliate of Klohtoobaw Karen Organisation (KKO), part of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). On 19 October 2014, Par Gyi?s wife, Than Dar, along with four other people, went to LIB 208 to enquire about her husband. The group met with Captain San Min Aung. The Captain said that when the military arrested Par Gyi, Minister of Border Affairs was also present. However, the Captain stated that he had no idea about the whereabouts of Par Gyi. Than Dar?s group contacted the Minister by telephone. But, the Minister only suggested that they contact the Army?s South Eastern Command for information. The group did just that. They requested permission to meet Staff Officer Grade 1 in the Army?s South Eastern Command. And, they were given an appointment for 20 October 2014 at 8 a.m. However, when they returned to the area on the 20th, the Staff Officer was unable to meet with them..."
Source/publisher: Asian Human Rights Commission
2014-10-30
Date of entry/update: 2015-04-26
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Language: English
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Description: The recent killing by the Myanmar Army of the journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, also known as Par Gyi, highlights the need to end impunity in Southeast Myanmar, according to the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), a leading community based organisation in the region.
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
2014-11-06
Date of entry/update: 2014-11-29
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Language: English
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Description: "...Throughout 2008 Burma?s military junta maintained its campaign of oppression and tyranny against ordinary Burmese citizens, ethnic minorities, monks, political opposition groups and pro-democracy activists. Arrests and detention continued against, and were shaped by, a milieu of extremely significant national events. In August and September 2007, protests against the price increases of fuel erupted throughout Burma. Pro-democracy activists led the initial demonstrations in Burma?s main city, Rangoon. Approximately 400 people marched on 19 August 2007, in what turned out to be the largest demonstration in the military-ruled nation for several years. The authorities moved swiftly to quell the protests, rapidly arresting dozens of activists. Nonetheless, protests continued around the country. Numbers were small, but demonstrations were held in Rangoon, Sittwe and other prominent towns. The protests culminated with the Saffron Revolution; tens of thousands of Buddhist monks joined in a number of protests from 17-26 September. In the brutal crackdown which followed, many were killed and mass arbitrary arrests were carried out. Thousands of activists and monks were arrested and held in makeshift detention compounds..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Docmentation Unit (HRDU)
2009-11-23
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-05
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Language: English
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Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB
2000-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-23
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Language: English
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Description: "Throughout 2002, SPDC personnel continued to arbitrarily detain persons across Burma for illegal association with groups seen as anti-government. In the aftermath of the ‘global war on terror,? the SPDC began to structure its anti-opposition activity within the framework of countering terrorist organizations. In areas of ethnic insurgency, these detentions were common and in most cases individuals suspected of such illegal association were seized, detained, interrogated, and sometimes tortured and killed without warrant or evidence against them. In 2002, there were also numerous reports of individuals who disappeared following arrest and detention, many of whom are feared dead. Human rights organizations, such as the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), have argued that the current definition of ‘political prisoner? used in the context of Burma is too narrow and excludes the thousands of ethnic minority villagers who are routinely arrested, tortured, and imprisoned under Articles 17/1 (contact with illegal organizations) and Article 17/2 (rising against the State)..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB
2003-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-10
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Language: English
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Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB
1995-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: "...In the year 2000 there remained an estimated 2,500 political prisoners in Burma?s notorious jails. (Amnesty International and other international NGOs estimated this number to be 1,600) These individuals were being held in various prisons across Burma, suffering as a consequence of their involvement in the Burmese struggle for freedom and democracy. The living and social conditions of these political prisoners are grim and deteriorating daily..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit, NCGUB
2001-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: "In Burma the SPDC maintains an extensive network of MIS, police and government officials ready to detain anyone suspected of holding or expressing anti-government opinions. The military in Burma has established and enforced laws curtailing civil and political freedoms and utilized laws that allow it to crush any political opposition. The SPDC?s laws and regulations criminalize freedom of thought, the dissemination of information and the right of association and assembly. The most commonly employed laws banning the demonstration of civil and political rights have been the 1923 Government?s Official Secrets Act, the 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, the 1957 Unlawful Associations Act, the 1962 Printers? and Publishers? Registration Law, the 1975 State Protection Law, and Law No. 5/96. These laws and orders have restricted the civil and political rights of Burmese citizens for years; now, with technological advances available across the globe, new laws have been enacted in order to provide the SPDC authorities additional legal bases to curtail freedom of expression and the exchange of information. For more information on these laws, please refer to the chapters on the freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly and association..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB
2002-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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