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- Child traffickers circle Burma's most vulnerable.
The Age, 13 May 2008.
Child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of Burma's catastrophic cyclone and two suspects have already been arrested, the UN said today.
- Recent atrocities overshadow Myanmar's bloody past. Los Angeles Times, 05 October 2007.
The papers purported to document countless rapes, murders, village burnings, forced displacements and other atrocities allegedly perpetrated in his Shan state, an ethnic minority region in northwestern Myanmar.
- A plight we can ignore no longer.
The Independent, 26 July 2007.
The people of Burma endure human rights abuses on an unimaginable scale. Rape, torture and forced labour are facts of their lives. So why does the world refuse to act? A cross-party group of MPs has returned shocked by what they discovered there
- Burmese army using rape to terrorise villagers.
Guardian Unlimited, 2 April 2007. Rape is being used as a "weapon" to terrorise villagers in Burma leading to a refugee influx in neighbouring India, a new report claims.
- Chin women’s group launch rape report.
Asian Tribune, 28 March 2007
A new report documenting the use of rape against ethnic women in Burma was launched today, as Burma’s regime marks “Armed Forces Day”.
- Caught Between Two Hells: The Burmese Women's Union Gives Voice to Migrant Workers Burmese Women’s Union, 2008
- No End in Sight for Internal Displacement Crisis, A Profile of the Internal Displacement Situation, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Norwegian Refugee Council, 2008
- Hidden Crimes Against Chin Women: A Preliminary Report: A Preliminary Report. Women's League of Chinland 2007
- Burma: A Worsening Crisis of Internal Displacement, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2007
- Unsafe State: State-sanctioned sexual violence against Chin women in Burma, Women's League of Chinland, 2007
- STATE OF TERROR, The Ongoing Rape, Murder, Torture and Forced Labour Suffered by Women Living Under the Burmese Military Regime in Karen State of Burma, Karen Women Organisation, 2007
- Abuse Without End: Burmese refugee women and children at risk of trafficking. Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children 2006
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