Index to Reports by the Karen Human

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       INDEX TO REPORTS BY THE KAREN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP 
                AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORM
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Karen Human Rights Group
Box 22
Mae Sot, Tak 63110
Thailand

(Email for the KHRG sent to strider@xxxxxxxxxxx will be forwarded to them)

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STATEMENT_OF_NAW_MYA_THAUNG
Manerplaw, January 24, 1992

Filename: jan24_92

Summary: A statement by Naw Mya Thaung, a 36 year-old female from Htee Pa Nar
Village, Shwegun Township regarding atrocities, looting and destruction
in Htee Pa Nar Village by SLORC troops

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THE_SLORC'S_RELOCATION_CAMP_AT_BO_KA_HTA
Manerplaw, October 31, 1992
Filename: oct31_92 

Summary: This account from Ler Doh Township, Kler Lu Htoo (Nyaunglebin)
Province, was given in an interview with a Karen Baptist pastor who has
witnessed firsthand the conditions at Bo Ka Hta relocation camp.

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REPORT_BY_AN_ESCAPED_SLORC_MUNITIONS_PORTER
(Including details on conditions in Mandalay Prison)
Manerplaw, November 13, 1992

Filename: nov13_92

Summary: An account given by a Burmese porter recently escaped from the
SLORC's current offensive in the northern Karen area of Saw Hta.  He was
serving a criminal sentence in Mandalay Prison when he was taken to Saw Hta
as a munitions porter, so his description includes details of his arrest and
imprisonment, conditions in Mandalay Prison, and his life as a porter. 

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THE_CURRENT_SITUATION_IN_MUDRAW_(PAPUN)_DISTRICT
The_Current_SLORC_Offensive_and_Displaced_People
Manerplaw, November 13, 1992

Filename: nov13_92

Information gathered through discussions with some of the displaced villagers
and Karen Army commanders involved.

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SUPPLEMENTARY_REPORT_ON_KARENNI_STATE

Further_Statements_Regarding_SLORC_Murder,_Extortion,_Slavery,
and_Forced_Relocation_in_Karenni_(Kayah)_State

Manerplaw, November 15, 1992

Filename: nov15_92

Summary:  Supplementary to the report "Karenni State: Forced Relocation,
Concentration Camps and Slavery" issued at Manerplaw on August 10, 1992. 
These accounts were given in interviews with more of the refugees who have
fled to the Karen Revolutionary Area to escape SLORC persecution, internment
in Deemawso concentration camp, and forced labour as porters and on the
Loikaw-Aung Ban railway line.

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SLORC_ACTIVITIES_IN_LER_BA_KO_VILLAGE:

Testimony_by_a_refugee_from_central_Karenni_(Kayah)_State
and_List_of_Villages_Relocated_in_March_1992
December 31, 1992

Filename: dec31_92

Summary: An account of some of the SLORC's activities in 
central and northwestern Karenni (Kayah) State given by a 
Karenni refugee who arrived in the Karen Revolutionary Area in 
late 1992.

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PORTER_TESTIMONIES:__KAWMOORA_REGION
December 31,1992

Filename: dec31_92.2

Summary: Statements by four Karen men who escaped to Thailand in mid-December
1992, after being  used as porters for 2 months in the SLORC's ongoing
offensive in the Kawmoora  area, on the Thai border 150 km south of Manerplaw
near the Thai town of Mae Sot.  The SLORC offensive in this area has been
going on continuously for years.  These four men provide an idea of its 
effect on the Karen villagers behind SLORC lines.

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PORTER_TESTIMONIES:
THE_SLORC'S_SAW_HTA_OFFENSIVE
January 10, 1993

Filename: jan10_93

Summary: Interview with seven men who have successfully escaped to the Karen
lines.  Their names have been changed to protect them and their families,
although the names of the dead which they give are real.  Names of their home
villages have been deliberately omitted, as well as other unnecessary details
which could be used by the SLORC to trace them. 

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BRIEF_INTERVIEWS_REGARDING_OPIUM
Testimony_of_two_escaped_porters_from_Shan_State
February 1, 1993

Filename: feb1_93

Summary: Statement given by two Shan men from central Shan State, the region
of Burma which produces over half the world's opium and its refined product,
heroin.  They are villagers who were rounded up by SLORC troops in late 1992
and brought several days by truck under brutal conditions all the way south
to southern Karenni (Kayah) State, where they were then used by the SLORC as
porters in their Saw Hta offensive in northern Karen State.

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SLORC_RAPE_IN_THATON_DISTRICT
Manerplaw, February 1, 1993

Filename: feb1_93.2

An account of a rape by SLORC troops given by a Karen refugee who arrived in
the Karen Revolutionary Area in late December 1992 with her husband and
children, having left their  home village in Thaton District due to increased
SLORC activity there.  Her name has been changed and the name of her village
deliberately omitted in order to protect her relatives.

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TORTURE_OF_KAREN_WOMEN_BY_SLORC
February 16, 1993

Filename: feb16_93

Summary: Accounts by three women of how they were tortured by SLORC troops
who entered their village in the latter half of 1992.  They bear scars all
over their bodies to prove their story.  In particular, the flesh on the back
of Naw May Paw's legs has been burned completely off in large patches.

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SLORC'S_USE_OF_WOMEN_PORTERS
February 16, 1993

Filename: feb16_93

Statements given by women who have recently been forced to carry ammunition
and supplies for SLORC troops.  These women were enslaved for over a month,
and their ages range from 15 to 60.  Their stories are typical of those told
by the thousands of women regularly used as porters by SLORC troops.

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MALE_PORTER_TESTIMONIES
February 17, 1993

Filename: feb17_93

Summary: Accounts by two men who escaped to Karen territory after 3 months as
porters for the SLORC Army ending in January 1993.

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STATEMENTS_BY_INTERNALLY_DISPLACED_PEOPLE

Karen_Civilians_Displaced_by_SLORC_Activities_in_Thaton_District
April 28, 1993
Filename: apr28_93

Summary:  Eight statements transcribed from recorded interviews with
internally displaced Karen civilians.  The interviews were conducted in the
Karen language in March 1993, in villages inside Burma which are temporarily
safe from Burmese troops.

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PHOTO_EVIDENCE_OF_SLORC_MURDER_IN_THATON_DISTRICT
May 1, 1993
Filename: may1_93.fot

Summary: Text to accompany photo taken in Thaton District, Karen State, at
the beginning of March 1993.  It shows the remains of Pa Boe, a Karen farmer
about 30 years old from Mya Lay village.  The photo is available on request
from the Karen Human Rights Group.  If you request a copy, it would help if
you could help defray the cost of printing and mailing.

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PHOTOS_OF_DEAD_PORTERS_IN_THE_SALWEEN_RIVER
May 1, 1993

Filename: may1_93.fo2

Copies of the photos are available on request, although these may require a
significant time.  Contributions are welcome.  

Summary: Description and background of photos of dead porters in the Salween
RIver.

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LIVING_CONDITIONS_AROUND_PA'AN_TOWN
May 5, 1993

Filename: may5_93

Summary: Statement regarding current conditions around Pa'an Town given by a
recently arrived refugee who lived there.  Pa'an is the capital of Karen
State, and there is no fighting in the immediate area.  This man's name has
been changed to protect him, although he and his family have no plans to
return to Pa'an.

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FORCED_RELOCATION_IN_KYAUK_KYI_TOWNSHIP
June 10, 1993


Filename: jun10_93

Summary: A report was given by a Karen refugee from the area south of Kyauk
Kyi Town in Kyauk Kyi Township, Nyaunglebin District, Pegu Division.

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STORIES_FROM_KYAUN_SEIN_VILLAGE
June 15, 1993

Filename: jun15_93

Four statements related by women who have recently fled SLORC activities in
Kyaun Sein Village, Pa'an Township, Thaton District, western Karen State.

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THE_SLORC'S_1993_OFFENSIVE_AGAINST_KAREN_CIVILIANS        
July 10, 1993

In three parts.
Filenames: 
jul10_93.1_3
jul10_93.2_3
jul10_93.3_3

Summary:  This report consists of summaries of transcripts of statements 
with 31 refugees from throughout Pa'an, Thaton, and Papun Districts in Karen
State, Eastern Burma.  Their stories are fairly grim and do not make for
pleasant reading.  Due to its length, this report is divided into three
parts.

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PHOTO_DESCRIPTIONS_TO_ACCOMPANY_KAREN_HUMAN_RIGHTS_GROUP_REPORTS
Filename: photos


The photos on this list accompany many of the reports issued by the Karen
Human Rights Group. Copies of the photos are available on request, although
these may require a significant time.  Contributions are welcome.  The photos
in the list relate to the following existing reports: (list follows)

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TRANSCRIPT FROM A VIDEO TAPED INTERVIEW OF A KAREN REFUGEE BY THE KAREN HUMAN
RIGHTS GROUP
Filename: video