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Increased security demands force villagers to guard along Kanbauk to Myingkalay pipeline

Mon State: In order to tighten the security along the SPDC’s 180 mile-long gas pipeline which is from Kanbauk, Ye byu Township, Tenasserim Division to Myingkalay, opposite the river-side of Pa’an, Karin State, the local authorities ordered the civilians to guard the pipeline every night with 10 persons per village. One resident said that this command would be implemented at the end of the first week of May. Read more

2010 Elections Is Meaningless for the Mon People

After reaching the deadline of April 22nd, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) had to make a statement regarding their position on whether to accept pressure to transform their armed force into a militia force under the command of the Burmese army – since then the situation in Mon areas has been unstable.  The troops of the Burmese Army have moved into or close to the 1995 ceasefire designated areas, and hundreds of Mon people have been displaced, escaping from their villages. Read more

When Frogs Eat Frogs: Systematic Abuses by DKBA Forces Against Karen Communities

A Karen proverb says, ‘Frogs are extinct because they eat each other.’ Now, like this proverb, the same ethnic groups oppress each other, so they will be extinct and get nothing beneficial.
A village headman in Kawkareik Township

In some cases, they [DKBA troops] are worse than the Burmese military.  As they speak Karen language, they are defined as Karen, but their manner is the same as Burmese Army.
Saw Phoe Thar,  a 63 year old resident of Kook Ka Rate, Karin State. Read more

Residents from New Mon State Party territory react to advance of Burmese battalions

HURFOM: Reports that military columns from the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) have entered into territory controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) have fed fears amongst area residents of a potential break in the 15 year old cease fire. Read more

Ye Township USDA office use government administration to request family lists from area residents

HURFOM,YE TOWNSHIP: In order to obtain the exact lists of the eligible voters, a government backed civilian group, the Union Solidarity and Develop Association  (USDA), which is expected to enrollee as a political party, has used the assistance of the Burmese government Township Peace and Development Council [TPDC] authorities to significantly increased its influence in Ye township. Many local sources have reported that the USDA plans to use this effort as leverage to win the most seats for their members in the new parliament in the anticipated 2010 election.   Read more

Can Ethnic Problems Be Solved After the 2010 Elections?

In early March, Burma’s ruling military regime officially announced an “Election Commission Law” and “Political Party Registration Law” and encouraged all political groups in the country to register as political parties in the elections, which will be held before the end of 2010.    Read more

Cycles of abuse: How extortion of remittances from Burmese workers perpetuates worker migration

Introduction:

Announced in 2008 the Royal Thai Government (RTG) instituted a project of ‘National Verification’, intending to issue temporary passports for Thailand’s estimate 1.8 to 3 million migrant workers1. While migrant workers from Laos and Cambodia were able to registered at offices provided by their home country within Thailand, the vast majority of migrants, of whom nearly 1.5 to 2 million are Burmese, were forced to travel back to Burma to either return home or register at offices in Myawaddy, Tachilek and Kawthaung.
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Extortion efforts against residents near Kanbauk to Myinkalay pipeline expanded

HURFOM,Mon State: Residents along the Kanbauk to Myain Kalay gas pipeline have reported increased efforts to extort money by Burmese government State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces. Read more

Over 300 villagers flee from MOMC.7 offensive in Pegu Division

HURFOM: Pegu: Over 300 villagers have fled from assaults issued by a military column under the leadership of Military Operation Management Command (MOMC) No. 7 in Kyaukkyi Township, Pegu Division. Read more

A mother’s fears realized

WCRP: “I don’t want to return until I have earned enough money to start a shop for my family in my hometown,” said Mi Yi, a Mon woman from Kaw-kha-lein village, Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, southern Burma. Read more

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