Is the SPDC diverting aid on ethnic grounds?

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"According to recent reports received by KHRG from residents of the Irrawaddy Delta, the SPDC has not only been restricting aid supplies and access by international humanitarian workers, but has also been doing so on the basis of ethnicity. Increasing reports on the military?s restrictions and misappropriation of aid supplies necessitate immediate international investigation, as all affected residents of the delta regardless of their ethnicity remain in urgent need humanitarian assistance. The regime?s obstructions of humanitarian aid increasingly appear to fall under the criteria of crimes against humanity. In such a case, the responsibility to protect this population falls on the international community..."

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Karen Human Right Group Commentaries (KHRG #2008-B5)

Date of Publication: 

2008-05-14

Date of entry: 

2009-11-16

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English

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