Ltse N: Developments After The 2013 Unga Resolution

INSIDE
1 2015 ELECTIONS
2 MEDIA FREEDOMS RESTRICTED
3 ARBITRARY HRD ARRESTS
4 OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
4 Torture and sexual violence
5 Land confiscation
5 WAR AND PEACE TALKS
6 PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA
6 Discriminatory legislation
6 Pre-existing laws and policies
7 Failure to respond to communal violence
7 ate speec! and incitement to violence
7 12 MILLION PEOPLE E!CLUDED
FROM CENSUS
" SITUATION DIRE IN ARAKAN STATE
APPENDICES
a" #$ "5% new arrests and imprisonments
a"4 ##$ &ontradictory ceasefire tal's
a"5 ###$ "(( clas!es in )ac!in* +!an +tates
a(" #,$ Tatmadaw civilian a-uses
a(5 ,$ ate crimes and extremist violence
a(7 ,#$ &!ildren suffer most in .ra'an +tate
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DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE 2013 UNGA RESOLUTION
The Burmese authorities have failed to implement most of
the recommendations from previous United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) resolutions, in particular Resolution
6!"#", adopted in "$%&' (n some areas, the situation has
deteriorated as a result of deliberate actions by the
authorities' This briefer summari)es developments on the
*round +ith direct reference to ,ey para*raphs of the
resolution'
The authorities have either failed or refused to protect
vulnerable populations from serious human ri*hts violations,
or pursued essential le*islative and institutional reforms,
effectively bloc,in* Burma-s pro*ress to+ards *enuine
democracy and national reconciliation' This has been partly
due to an assumption that the UNGA resolution +ill either be
canceled or severely +atered do+n as a trade.off for smaller
concessions'
/o far, "$%# has been marred by an overall climate of
impunity that has seen a resur*ence of media repression, the
on*oin* sentencin* of human ri*hts defenders, an increase in
the number of land o+nership disputes, and on*oin* attac,s
on civilians by the Tatmada+ in 0achin and /han /tates amid
nation+ide ceasefire ne*otiations' The human ri*hts and
humanitarian situation in Ara,an 1Ra,hine2 /tate has
deteriorated to the e3tent that a*encies are privately
describin* the situation as 4pre.*enocidal'5
FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN 2015 IN DOUBT
(3 45 urges t!e 6overnment to continue constitutional and electoral reform in order to ensure t!at t!e elections to -e
!eld in (7"5 are genuinely credi-le* inclusive* and transparent89
63istin* constitutional provisions and ne+ re*ulations are aimed at restrictin* the ability of the N78 and
ethnic parties to fully participate in the "$%9 elections' (n :une, a parliamentary committee tas,ed +ith
revie+in* su**ested constitutional amendments voted to retain Article 9;(f), +hich bars 8a+ Aun* /an /uu
0yi from runnin* for president'
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(n :uly, the re*ime 6lection <ommission approved ne+ re*ulations seriously restrictin* the freedom to
campai*n'
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The ne+ rules limit +hen and +here individuals are allo+ed to campai*n and place undue
restrictions on candidates- public statements and events'
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The rules restrict the campai*n period to &$ days,
despite an N78 proposal for an e3tension'
#
=arty leaders and other party members +ishin* to campai*n on
behalf of candidates also re>uire specific permission from the re*ime 6lection <ommission, +hich is li,ely to
hinder 8a+ Aun* /an /uu 0yi-s ability to campai*n across Burma in support of the N78'
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(n ?arch, the National Assembly approved a bill amendin* the =olitical =arties Re*istration 7a+, removin*
the ri*ht of temporary (8 holders (+hich include many Rohin*ya) to form political parties'
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(n addition, hi*h
fees associated +ith election re*istration present a serious obstacle to the participation of smaller parties and
independent candidates'
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7a+s enacted in "$%$ set a non.refundable 9$$,$$$ ,yat (appro3imately U/A9$$)
re*istration fee for each candidate'
The National =arliament has also proposed chan*es to the electoral system itself, includin* a s+itch to a
system of proportional representation, aimed at bolsterin* the rulin* U/8=-s chances in the "$%9 contest'
;
?any ethnic political parties have obBected to such a chan*e since the proposed system +ould ma,e it difficult
for minority parties to +in seats'
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MEDIA FREEDOMS RESTRICTED
?3 45 encourages t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to fulfil its commitment to carry out compre!ensive media reform and
to protect t!e rig!t to freedom of expression* association and of peaceful assem-ly* including to allow for free and
independent media and to ensure t!e safety* security and freedom of !uman rig!ts defenders to pursue t!eir
activities89
T+o ne+ press la+s, +hich the National =arliament approved in ?arch, fell short of e3pectations' /everal
restrictive clauses remained, relatin* to the publication of material +hich insults reli*ion, undermines the rule
of la+, or threatens ethnic unity or national security'
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:ournalists also ris, fines or immediate suspension of
their publishin* licenses based on clauses in the la+s'
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(n "$%#, the re*ime repeatedly denied permission for protests callin* for an end to press restrictions, and
char*ed reporters for leadin* unauthori)ed demonstrations in support of press freedom'
%&
(n many cases,
re*ime authorities also denied reporters access to media briefin*s and events, and limited visas for forei*n
Bournalists coverin* Burma'
%#
Crom 8ecember to :uly, the re*ime arrested and!or sentenced at least %# media professionals to prison terms
under oppressive and outdated la+s'
Dn %@ 8ecember, a court in 7oi,a+ To+nship, 0arenni /tate, sentenced 6leven ?edia Group (6?G)
reporter ?a 0hine to three months in prison on char*es of trespassin*, defamation, and use of abusive
lan*ua*e after she tried to investi*ate a corruption case'
%9
Dn %$ :uly, a court in =a,o,,u To+nship, ?a*+e 8ivision, sentenced four Unity Eee,ly reporters, 7u ?a+
Nain*, Far)ar Do, =ain* Thet 0ya+, and /ithu /oe, and Unity Eee,ly <6D Tint /an to ten years in prison
+ith hard labor under the %;"& Dfficial /ecrets Act'
%6
Dn &% :anuary and % Cebruary, police arrested them for
the publication of an article on "9 :anuary, +hich claimed that the military had a secret chemical +eapons
factory in =au, To+nship, ?a*+e 8ivision'
%@
Dn @ April, a court in ?a*+e, ?a*+e 8ivision, sentenced 8GB video Bournalist Ha+ =e on char*es of
trespassin* and disturbin* a civil servant +ho he had tried to intervie+ about a scholarship pro*ram'
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Dn :uly, /pecial Branch police in Ran*oon arrested three editors and one reporter from the Bi ?on Te Nay
+ee,ly ne+s Bournal under the %;9$ 6mer*ency =rovisions Act for the publication of an article on @ :uly,
+hich claimed that 8a+ Aun* /an /uu 0yi and ethnic minority leaders had been appointed to an interim
*overnment'
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Dn %6 :uly, police arrested the Bournal-s o+ner, 0ya+ ?in 0hine, his +ife, 6i 6i /an, and
office mana*er Fin ?in Itun on the same char*es'
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Dn # Au*ust, a court in Ran*oon-s =abedan To+nship
dischar*ed one of the editors and 6i 6i /an, citin* a lac, of evidence, and reduced the remainin* prisoners-
char*es to Article 9$9(b) of the <riminal <ode'
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ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENTS OF HRD/
43 45 urges t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to continue t!e process Hof releasing prisoners of conscienceI and to fulfil
its commitment to release t!em -y t!e end of (7"?* wit!out conditions* and to ensure t!e full restoration of t!eir rig!ts
and freedoms89
5. Expresses concern a-out remaining !uman rig!ts violations* including ar-itrary arrests and detentions of political
activists and !uman rig!ts defenders H5I and urges t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to step up its efforts to put an end
to suc! violations89
The re*ime failed to fulfill its promise to release all political prisoners by the end of "$%&, and durin* "$%#,
the number detained has increased'
At the start of "$%#, appro3imately #$ political prisoners remained behind bars'
""
Crom :anuary to Au*ust
"$%#, re*ime authorities arrested and!or sentenced at least 9$ activists, includin* at least si3 human ri*hts
defenders'
"&
Accordin* to the Assistance Association for =olitical =risoners (AA==), as of &% Au*ust, there
+ere still # political prisoners behind bars and appro3imately %"" activists still a+aitin* trial on various
char*es'
"#
(n "$%#, the re*ime repeatedly arrested and sentenced IR8s for peaceful protests' 1/ee Appendix I for full list
of political prisoners2
Authorities have repeatedly char*ed Htin Kyaw, a human ri*hts defender +ho leads the community.based
?ovement for 8emocracy <urrent Corce (?8<C), for peaceful political activism' Eithin a four.month
period, he has received a total of %" sentences under Article % of the =eaceful Gatherin* and 8emonstration
7a+ and Article 9$9(b) of the <riminal <ode in connection +ith peaceful protest activities, so far totalin* %%
years and four months in prison +ith almost ei*ht years hard labor' Ie still faces trials in t+o courts in
Ran*oon and is currently bein* held in Ran*oon-s (nsein prison'
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Dn %% Cebruary, plain.clothed police officers arrested Thaw Zin, a member of the Fan*on =eople-s /upport
Net+or,, under Articles 9$9(b) and ##@ of the <riminal <ode for helpin* local protesters +ho +ere affected
by land sei)ures lin,ed to the 7etpadaun* (?ony+a) copper mine in /alin*yi To+nship, /a*ain* 8ivision'
"6
Dn "# ?arch, a court in ?ony+a, /a*ain* 8ivision, sentenced him to %9 months in prison'
"@
Dn %; and "$ Au*ust, t+o separate courts in Ran*oon sentenced land ri*hts activist Sein Than to a total of
ei*ht months in prison under Article % of the =eaceful Gatherin* and 8emonstration 7a+ for leadin* a
protest in central Ran*oon a*ainst land confiscation earlier in the year'
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Dn %$ /eptember, Ran*oon-s
0yau,tada To+nship <ourt sentenced /ein Than to an additional four months in prison +ith hard labor'
";
Dn "& ?ay, a court in <han ?ya Tha)i To+nship, ?andalay 8ivision, sentenced Aye Thein, an activist +ho
provided support to child soldiers and forced labor victims see,in* assistance from the (nternational 7abor
Dr*ani)ation ((7D), to si3 months in prison +ith hard labor under Article &9& of the <riminal <ode for
assaultin* a civil servant durin* his intervention in a ?arch "$%& land dispute bet+een community members
and authorities'
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Dn "& :uly, ?atupi To+nship <ourt, <hin /tate, convicted ei*ht <hin +omen-s ri*hts activists (si3 +omen
and t+o men) under Article % of the =eaceful Gatherin* and 8emonstration 7a+' The activists had
or*ani)ed protests on "& and "# :une in ?atupi To+nship, a*ainst Tatmada+ impunity for se3ual violence'
&%
The court ordered each of the activists to either pay a &$,$$$ ,yat (appro3imately U/A&$) fine or serve one.
month prison sentences'
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2 N78(*+(,$ T!ree Tatmadaw soldiers
from L#/ (%6 gang-raped a (D-year-old
)ac!in woman in +awng 'a ,illage*
-etween 2ogaung and pa'ant
Towns!ips* )ac!in +tate3
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11 N78(*+(,$ . Tatmadaw soldier raped
an eig!t-year-old )ac!in girl in 'a Lum
,illage* senwi Towns!ip* +!an +tate3
D4
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24 D(5(*+(,$ . Tatmadaw soldier raped
a "?-year-old 2on girl from )yun-nye
,illage* =e Towns!ip* 2on +tate3
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" ;2<12,4$ Tatmadaw soldiers from L#/
(D% gang-raped a )ac!in woman
traveling -y -us on 2yit'yina-+umpra
/um 1oad* near 2yit'yina* )ac!in
+tate3
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25 ;2<12,4$ . Tatmadaw soldier from
/attalion ?"5 -eat and attempted to rape
a 4?-year-old 2on woman* near
T!an-yuJayat Towns!ip* 2on +tate3
D7
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6 F(+,12,4$ Police attempted to rape a
woman in Pa Din ,illage* 2aungdaw
Towns!ip* .ra'an +tate3
D%
73
6 A),&3$ Tatmadaw soldiers in <young
&!aung ,illage* /ut!idaung Towns!ip*
.ra'an +tate* gang-raped a 47-year-old
1o!ingya woman3
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10 A),&3$ Tatmadaw soldiers from L#/ ?(7
gang-raped a "7-year-old girl in )a 6am
,illage* 2omau' Towns!ip* )ac!in
+tate3
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16 M24$ Tatmadaw soldiers from L#/ 56%
raped a "5-year-old )ac!in girl in <am
6ut ,illage* )ut'ai Towns!ip* +!an
+tate3
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10 ;1<($ . soldier from L#/ (6D
attempted to rape and severely -eat a 47-
year-old &!in woman in 2atupi Towns!ip*
&!in +tate3
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ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
53 4Expresses concern a-out remaining !uman rig!ts violations* including H5I forced displacement* land
confiscations* rape and ot!er forms of sexual violence and torture and cruel* in!uman and degrading treatment* as
well as violations of international !umanitarian law* and urges t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to step up its efforts to put
an end to suc! violations89
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/e3ual assault has continued +ith impunity in Burma'
Bet+een November "$%& and Au*ust "$%#, security forces
committed at least ten incidents of rape or se3ual assault
a*ainst +omen and *irls in /han, ?on, 0achin, Ara,an, and
<hin /tates'
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1/ee bo3, Sexual assault by security forces:
November 2013-August 2012
(n :uly "$%#, the United Nations =opulation Cund (UNC=A)
reported that over ",$$$ +omen and *irls sou*ht help at %#
se3ual assault victim support centers in Ara,an and 0achin
/tates'
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UNC=A also found that the threat of se3ual assault
by Tatmada+ soldiers, local officials, or police +as cited as
the chief reason for +omen in 0achin and Ara,an /tates to
flee their homes or see, asylum abroad'
&9
Tatmada+ soldiers have forcibly displaced villa*ers by
openin* fire on villa*es and torturin* those +ho remain'
&6
The Tatmada+ has also systematically tortured civilians,
particularly in 0achin and /han /tates, often +ith the e3cuse
of searchin* for lin,s to ethnic armed *roups'
&@
1/ee
Appendix I! for details of incidents2
Laphai Gam and Brang Yung, t+o 0achin farmers +ho
previously lived +ith their families in a camp for internally
displaced persons ((8=s), have been servin* seven.year
prison terms under the 63plosives Act and the Unla+ful
Associations Act since "$%& for alle*ed ties to the 0achin
(ndependence Army (0(A) and have been subBected to
torture'
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Dn 9 :une, ?yit,yina 8istrict <ourt, 0achin /tate,
sentenced them to another %& and %# years in prison
respectively for alle*ed lin,s to a bomb plot'
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The UN
Eor,in* Group on Arbitrary 8etention determined their
detention +as arbitrary and ur*ed the re*ime to immediately
release them'
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The police have also continued +ith the practice of torture' (n :uly, police arrested a ric,sha+ driver +ithout a
+arrant and tortured him, causin* his death' After a family member filed a complaint, police threatened the
family +ith arrest'
#%
(n /eptember, the Asian 7e*al Resource <entre (A7R<) submitted a report to the "@
th
session of the UN Iuman Ri*hts <ouncil (IR<), statin* that the practice of police torture in Burma +as
4standard operatin* procedure'5
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The re*ime has failed to ade>uately address decades of land confiscation by the re*ime and the military,
despite claims to the contrary'
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(n :uly, =arliament a*reed to return land or pay compensation for less than
"9J of the total acres confiscated by the military, +hile allo+in* the Tatmada+ to hold onto the rest'
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The "$$ constitution identifies the state as the ultimate o+ner of all property and authori)es it to claim and
ma,e all decisions surroundin* natural resources' No safe*uards for compensation or consultation e3ist'
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<onse>uent le*islation such as the Carmland 7a+ ("$%") provides additional le*al Bustification to confiscate
land'
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(n "$%& and "$%#, the re*ime fast.trac,ed the development of three /pecial 6conomic Hones (/6Hs), +hich
have displaced communities, particularly those near resource.rich areas'
#@
(n the case of the Thila+a /6H in
Ran*oon, the re*ime and its development partner, the :apan (nternational <ooperation A*ency (:(<A),
resettled several families to land unsuitable for sustainin* their livelihoods and, despite formal complaints from
residents, failed to provide proper compensation'
#
(n addition, re*ime security forces have often responded to protests related to land confiscation +ith
disproportionate force'
#;
Those protestin* land confiscation and lar*e.scale development proBects have
fre>uently been arrested or imprisoned' (n "$%#, the re*ime sentenced at least %"$ farmers for peaceful
protests, most related to land confiscation'
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1/ee Appendix I for full list of political prisoners2
CIVIL WAR AMID CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS IN KACHIN AND SHAN STATES
%3 45 urges full implementation of H5I ceasefire agreements -etween ot!er groups and t!e 6overnment* including for
all parties to protect t!e civilian population against ongoing violations of !uman rig!ts and international !umanitarian
law and for safe* timely* full and un!indered !umanitarian access to -e granted to all areas* also welcomes t!e
commitment -y t!e 6overnment to reac! a nationwide ceasefire wit! et!nic armed groups* and encourages an all-
inclusive political dialogue wit! t!e o-Kective of ac!ieving lasting peace89
Bet+een November "$%& and Au*ust "$%#, the re*ime formally met five times +ith a coalition of %6 ethnic
armed *roups for a ne+ round of peace tal,s'
9%
The tal,s fre>uently stalled due to disa*reement over ,ey
demands' 1/ee Appendix II for more information on peace tal,s2 The re*ime-s actions have been inconsistent
+ith its claimed commitment to peace, includin* its un+illin*ness to allo+ for *enuine political dialo*ue prior
to the si*nin* of a ceasefire a*reement'
9"
8urin* the same ten.month period, Tatmada+ troops clashed at least %"" times +ith ethnic armed *roups in
0achin and /han /tates, includin* the 0achin (ndependence Army (0(A), the /han /tate Army.North (//A.
N), the /han /tate Army./outh (//A./), the Ta-an* National 7iberation Army (TN7A), and the ?yanmar
National 8emocratic Alliance Army (?N8AA)' 1/ee Appendix III for details of clashes2 Tatmada+ troops also
attac,ed the 0aren National 7iberation Army (0N7A) t+ice in "$%#, in violation of a "$%" ceasefire
a*reement'
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The Tatmada+ also shelled 0achin and /han villa*es, resultin* in the displacement of thousands of villa*ersK
looted homesK destroyed crops and livestoc,K and ,illed, tortured, and se3ually assaulted civilians L includin*
children'
9#
1/ee Appendix I! for details of incidents2 The Tatmada+ also continued to use rape as a +eapon of
+ar in ethnic minority areas, +ith at least ten reports of rape and se3ual assault of +omen and *irls by security
forces ta,in* place in the period from November "$%& to Au*ust "$%#'
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1/ee bo3 above, Sexual assault by
security forces: November 2013-August 2012
8urin* late ?arch and early April, the Tatmada+ heavily increased military presence in /outhern 0achin /tate
under the *uise of preparin* to help conduct the census in 0(A.controlled areas'
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(n :uly "$%#, UN /pecial
Rapporteur on human ri*hts in Burma Fan*hee 7ee said that access to 0(A.controlled areas remained limited
for aid a*encies'
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Religious Conversion Bill
T!e regime !as pu-lis!ed t!e 1eligious &onversion
/ill draft3 Drafts of t!e ot!er t!ree -ills are yet to -e
pu-lis!ed3 T!e 1eligious &onversion /ill will reLuire
anyone wis!ing to convert to anot!er religion to
su-mit a detailed application giving reasons for
conversion* t!en su-mit to an interview -y four
mem-ers of a towns!ip registration -oard* w!o will
ma'e a decision in D7 days3
"7?
.nyone found guilty of
violating t!e law will -e su-Kect to a maximum of two
yearsM imprisonment and a fine of (77*777 'yat
C0+N(77E3
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Interfaith Marriage Bill
.lt!oug! not officially pu-lis!ed* t!e #nterfait!
2arriage /ill would reLuire women to see'
permission from t!e state -efore marrying outside
t!eir fait!3 T!e initial draft proposed -y t!e extremist
/udd!ist ;rganiJation for t!e Protection of <ational
1ace and 1eligion C;P<11E stipulated t!at 2uslim
men w!o married /udd!ist women would -e reLuired
to convert to /udd!ism* and t!at violators could face
up to "7 years in prison3
"75
Population Control Bill
T!e Population &ontrol /ill is anticipated to apply on
a national level for all 2uslims and ot!er religious
minorities* effectively extending t!e existing 1o!ingya
two-c!ild policy currently -eing implemented in
.ra'an +tate3 T!e -ills target t!e 2uslim population*
-ut will conseLuently affect ot!er religious
minorities3
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DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTION AGAINST ROHINGYA CONTINUE
D3 4Urges t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to accelerate its efforts to address discrimination* !uman rig!ts violations*
violence* displacement and economic deprivation affecting various et!nic and religious minorities89
"73 4Reiterates its serious concern a-out t!e situation of t!e 1o!ingya minority in 1a'!ine +tate* including repeated
instances of communal violence and ot!er a-uses in t!e past year* and a-out attac's against 2uslim minorities
elsew!ere in t!e country* calls upon t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to protect t!e civilian population from ongoing
violence* to ensure full respect for !uman rig!ts and fundamental freedoms* including full access to !umanitarian
assistance wit!out discrimination* un!indered access across 1a'!ine +tate and t!e voluntary return of internally
displaced persons and refugees to t!eir communities of origin* to allow freedom of movement* eLual access to full
citiJens!ip for t!e 1o!ingya minority and to address issues of land owners!ip and restitution of property* and* w!ile
welcoming some measures ta'en -y t!e 6overnment in t!is regard* encourages t!e 6overnment to facilitate
intercommunity dialogue and address t!e root causes of t!e issue* to underta'e full* transparent and independent
investigations into all reports of !uman rig!ts violations and to ensure accounta-ility and -ring a-out reconciliation89
"(3 4Calls upon t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to step up its efforts to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence in
all sectors of society -y* inter alia* encouraging interfait! dialogue and understanding and supporting community
leaders in t!is direction89
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(n Cebruary, =resident Thein /ein e3pedited a pac,a*e
of four discriminatory bills aimed at restrictin* the
ri*hts of Rohin*ya and other ?uslims' The bills,
+hich ma,e up the National Race and Religion
rotection! pac"age, areM the Reli*ious <onversion
BillK the (nterfaith ?arria*e BillK the =opulation
<ontrol BillK and the ?ono*amy Bill'
(n :uly, UN /pecial Rapporteur on human ri*hts in
Burma Fan*hee 7ee said the bills +ere 4incompatible
+ith international human ri*hts standards'5
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(n :une, over $ international and local human ri*hts
*roups called for the +ithdra+al of the Reli*ious
<onversion Bill, and ;@ local and re*ional NGDs and
</Ds called for the +ithdra+al of the (nterfaith
?arria*e Bill' Collo+in* the ;@ or*ani)ations-
statement, many activists received death threats as a
result of their public support for the +ithdra+al of the
bill'
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(n addition, in ?arch, the National Assembly
approved a bill amendin* the =olitical =arties
Re*istration 7a+, removin* the ri*ht of temporary (8
holders (+hich include many Rohin*ya) to form
political parties'
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Dther discriminatory la+s and policies remain in effect, deprivin* Rohin*ya of many of their human ri*hts'
Rohin*ya are still denied citi)enship' Under the provisions of the %;" <iti)enship 7a+, only the ei*ht ethnic
*roups +ho settled in Burma prior to %"& >ualify for full citi)enship' (ndividuals +hose families +ere livin*
in Ara,an /tate prior to # :anuary %;# are eli*ible to apply for naturali)ed citi)enship'
6%
Io+ever, +hen the
military re*ime enacted the %;" <iti)enship 7a+, state officials sei)ed many Rohin*ya families- e3istin*
6
documentation, deprivin* them of evidence that they lived in Ara,an /tate prior to %;#'
6"
Naturali)ed
citi)enship has been revo,ed by the state based on arbitrary accusations of 4disturbin*5 other nationals or
havin* ties outside of Burma'
6&
The re*ime reco*ni)es %&9 ethnicities, deliberately e3cludin* Rohin*ya,
=anthay, Gur,ha, and other minorities that have lived in Burma for *enerations'
6#
(n addition, Ara,an /tate authorities continued to strictly enforce anti.Rohin*ya policies, includin* re>uirin*
permission for marria*e and travel (Re*ional Drder %!"$$;) and restrictin* Rohin*ya to t+o children
(Re*ional Drder %!"$$9)'
69
F2&31,( '7 ),(8(<' 7, ,(/)7<% '7 &<'(,957**1<23 8&73(<5(
/ince inter.communal violence erupted in Ara,an /tate in :une "$%", recurrin* outbrea,s have continued to
occur across Burma' Bet+een 8ecember "$%& and Au*ust "$%#, there +ere repeated incidents of anti.?uslim
violence' Authorities failed to ta,e effective measures to protect Rohin*ya and other ?uslims, and have been
slo+ to respond to attac,s, includin* those +hich have resulted in multiple deaths'
66
Accordin* to the UN, bet+een ;.%& :anuary, Buddhist Ra,hine and local police ,illed at least # ?uslim
Rohin*ya men, +omen, and children in an instance of anti.?uslim violence in 8u <hee Far Tan Gilla*e,
?aun*da+ To+nship, Ara,an /tate'
6@
The re*ime-s subse>uent probe failed to ade>uately investi*ate the
,illin*s, accordin* to then.UN /pecial Rapporteur TomNs DBea Ouintana'
6
(n early :uly, e3tremist Buddhist mobs attac,ed ?uslim shops, homes, and other buildin*s in ?andalay
8ivision, ,illin* t+o and inBurin* %#, after e3tremist Buddhist mon, U Eirathu shared a post on Caceboo, that
falsely accused t+o ?uslim teashop o+ners in ?andalay of rapin* a Buddhist +oman'
6;
Riot police failed to
stop the tar*etin* of ?uslims'
@$
1/ee Appendix ! for details of additional instances2
Collo+in* +idespread anti.?uslim violence in "$%", at least %&@,$$$ people, mostly Rohin*ya, remain
displaced'
@%
(n addition, there are currently at least %'& million Rohin*ya refu*ees livin* in other countries'
@"
H2'( /)((5> 2<% &<5&'(*(<' '7 8&73(<5(
Throu*h its failure to ade>uately respond to instances of hate speech and inter.communal violence, the re*ime
has perpetuated an environment that fosters such behavior' This environment has led to anti.?uslim violence,
as +ell as the tar*etin* of moderates and international NGDs, includin* an attac, by Buddhist Ra,hine on
international aid +or,ers in ?arch'
@&
1/ee Appendix ! for details of additional instances2
(n :uly, ?inority Ri*hts Group (nternational ran,ed Burma
th
in a list of the +orld-s most dan*erous nations
for minorities, notin* that hate speech +as on the rise and that hate crimes a*ainst Rohin*ya had reached the
scale of 4mass atrocities'5 (t lin,ed U Eirathu and the P;6;- movement to violence and a 4coordinated anti.
?uslim campai*n'5
@#
UN /pecial Rapporteur Fan*hee 7ee also e3pressed concern about the spread of hate
speech and incitement to violence'
@9
12 MILLION PEOPLE E!CLUDED FROM 2014 CENSUS
Crom &$ ?arch to %$ April, Burma conducted its first nation+ide census in more than &$ years' (n Au*ust, the
re*ime (mmi*ration and =opulation ?inistry announced that Burma-s population stood at 9% million people,
nearly %$ million fe+er than previously estimated'
@6
The census left out %'" million people from Ara,an,
0achin, and 0aren /tates, includin* an estimated %'$; million Rohin*ya, as +ell as Burma-s mi*rant labor
population abroad'
@@
There +ere several incidents of violence surroundin* the census data collection and its aftermathK the
Tatmada+ heavily increased militari)ation in 0achin /tate durin* ?arch and April, under the *uise of
preparin* to help conduct the census in 0achin (ndependence Dr*ani)ation (0(D).controlled areas'
@
7
Re*ime actions since the conclusion of the official census have further threatened the ri*ht of Rohin*ya to self.
identify' (n :une, the re*ime be*an a Pciti)enship assessment- in ?yebon To+nship, Ara,an /tate, +ith the
stated intention of allo+in* those individuals +ho identified as PBen*ali- in the census to apply for citi)enship,
+hile e3cludin* those +ho identified as Rohin*ya'
@;
(n Au*ust, Ara,an /tate-s 6mer*ency <oordination <entre L a body that monitors the activities of aid
or*ani)ations in the state L submitted a proposal to =resident Thein /ein to ur*e the internment of all Rohin*ya
in detention camps, if the results of the Pciti)enship assessment- process proved that they +ere 4ille*al
settlers'5
$
The proposal +as bac,ed by #$ Ra,hine civil society *roups'
%
Additionally, a Pdata collection- e3ercise in ?aun*da+ To+nship that ori*inally be*an in :une appeared to be
lin,ed +ith a form of Pciti)enship assessment'-
"
(n Au*ust, this resulted in several incidents of arbitrary arrest,
se3ual assault, torture, and violence in Rohin*ya villa*es of ?aun*da+ To+nship, perpetrated by local
authorities, re*ime border police, and Tatmada+ troops, resultin* in the death of one Rohin*ya man'
&
AID SITUATION REMAINS DIRE IN ARAKAN STATE
"?3 45Welcomes t!e steps ta'en -y t!e 6overnment of 2yanmar to improve engagement and cooperation wit! t!e
0nited <ations and ot!er international actors H5I9
(n Cebruary "$%#, the re*ime suspended the activities of ?Qdecins /ans CrontiRres (?/C) Iolland, in apparent
retaliation for an ?/C.Iolland report related to the treatment of "" patients follo+in* violence in :anuary in
+hich Buddhist Ra,hine and local police ,illed at least # ?uslim Rohin*ya in Ara,an /tate'
#
Ehile the
re*ime subse>uently allo+ed ?/C.Iolland to resume some of its activities in Burma, ne*otiations +ith ?/C.
Iolland have not led to a return of the or*ani)ation to Ara,an /tate'
9
?ore forei*n aid a*encies ceased operations in Ara,an /tate in ?arch after e3tremist Buddhist Ra,hine mobs
attac,ed the offices and homes of international aid +or,ers'
6
The maBority of the aid or*ani)ations have
returned +ith reduced staff'
@
Io+ever, the absence of ?/C.Iolland, the lar*est aid or*ani)ation that operated
in Ara,an /tate, has resulted in an overall reduction in healthcare services'
(n April, the re*ime authori)ed the 6mer*ency <oordination <enter (6<<) to ta,e char*e of monitorin* aid
operations'
;
/ince then, the 6<< (+hich consists of re*ime authorities, local Ara,an /tate authorities, and
Ra,hine community members) has re>uired that an 6<< member accompany aid +or,ers durin* any activities
and has stipulated that aid or*ani)ations must apply one +ee, in advance for any movement +ithin the state'
;$
The aid suspension and restrictions have produced a dire situation for more than $$,$$$ people in Ara,an
/tate, includin* %&@,$$$ displaced ?uslim Rohin*ya'
;%
The lac, of access to aid has already led to an increase
in deaths from treatable diseases, particularly amon* children, and has hei*htened the ris, of additional
outbrea,s'
;"
1/ee Appendix !I for details2
8
1
#rrawaddy C"( Oun "4E Parliament &ommittee Deals /low to +uu )yiMs Presidential opes8 .P C"? Oun "4E 2yanmar
committeeMs vote a set-ac' for +uu )yi8 1euters C"? Oun "4E 2yanmar panel deals -low to +uu )yiMs c!ances of -ecoming president
"
#rrawaddy C"4 Oul "4E /urmaMs :lection &ommission .pproves &ampaign 1ules8 :26 C"" Oul "4E &ommission approves drafted
election campaign rules ignoring political partiesM reLuest
&
#rrawaddy C"5 2ay "4E :lection &ampaign 1ules +par' &oncern .mong ;pposition Parties8 1F. C"5 2ay "4E 2yanmar ;pposition
&oncerned ;ver Proposed &ampaign 1ules8 2iJJima <ews C"4 2ay "4E :lection campaign laws spar' de-ate
4
D,/ C7( .ug "4E :lection &ommission -ac'trac's on new campaign rules
9
2iJJima <ews C"4 2ay "4E :lection campaign laws spar' de-ate
6
#rrawaddy C(7 2ar "4E 0pper ouse .pproves /an on Politics for <on-&itiJens8 :26 C(" 2ar "4E 2yanmar politics for citiJens only$
<ew law
@
#rrawaddy C"5 Oun "7E Political Parties &anMt .fford &ampaign 2aterial8 2iJJima <ews C"7 .ug "7E Political parties face old foes of
time and money8 <arinKara <ews C"7 .ug "7E 1<DP to &ontest in "5 Towns!ips in .ra'an8 #rrawaddy C(7 .ug "7E &!in Party +truggling
to Pay &andidatesM Fees8 )!onumt!ung <ews C76 +ep "7E &<P !emmed in -y fund constraints and time8 2yanmar Times C"? +ep "7E
Democracy &ongress Pfinis!edM$ founder
#rrawaddy C"% 2ar "7E <ewly-registered Parties Face Financing Pro-lems8 1euters C"7 2ar "7E @estern sanctions fuel rare stri'es in
2yanmar8 <L2 C"% 2ar "7E 2eeting C6Q(7"7E of 0nion :lection &ommission ta'es place
9
#rrawaddy C"? Oun "4E /urmaMs 0pper ouse ,otes to &!ange :lectoral +ystem8 2yanmar Times C(5 Oul "4E Free and fairR
;pposition says no8 2yanmar Times C(? Oun "4E :lectoral c!ange motion reveals true political colours8 2yanmar Times C(5 .ug "4E
Parliamentary commission proposes open list P1 system
%$
D,/ C"" Oun "4E De-ate on proportional representation continues in parliament8 +.< C"" Oun "4E :t!nic political party alliance
opposes proportional representation system8 2yanmar Times C(? Oun "4E :lectoral c!ange motion reveals true political colours
%%
#rrawaddy C"D 2ar "4E President +igns <ew 2edia Laws* to 2ixed 1eaction From Oournalists8 2yanmar Times C(4 2ar "4E
&onfusion and appre!ension over new media laws
12
#rrawaddy C"D 2ar "4E President +igns <ew 2edia Laws* to 2ixed 1eaction From Oournalists8 2yanmar Times C(4 2ar "4E
&onfusion and appre!ension over new media laws
%&
D,/ C76 Oan "4E Permit denied for Kournalists see'ing Kustice for 2a )!ine8 :26 C(7 .pr "4E Protesting Oournalists from Pyay and
.unglan &all for Press Freedom8 D,/ C(% .pr "4E 2iJJima reporter arrested for protesting media suppression8 #rrawaddy C"( Oul "4E
Oournalists Protesting +entencing /arred From T!ein +ein :vent
%#
#rrawaddy C(% Oan "4E 6ovt 1eKects &all for #ntMl #nvestigation #nto .lleged 1o!ingya )illings8 0< <ews &entre C(? Oan "4E Top 0<
officials call for pro-e into latest violence in 2yanmarMs 1a'!ine state8 #rrawaddy C"" 2ar "4E Foreign Press ,isa &ur-s <ot Tied to
1o!ingya 1eporting8 2iJJima <ews C"4 Fe- "4E Foreign Kournalists to get one-mont! visas
%9
#rrawaddy C(? Dec "?E Prison Term for 1eporter Leads to ;utcry ;ver 2edia Freedom
%6
1F. C"7 Oul "4E 2yanmar ands Oournalists Ten =ears ard La-or ;ver &!emical @eapons 1eport8 D,/ C"7 Oul "4E Oournalists
sentenced to "7 years for revealing Pstate secretsM
%@
D,/ C7? Fe- "4E Oournalists arrested after pu-lication of &!emical @eapons story8 #rrawaddy C7( Fe- "4E Oournalists Detained for
1eporting .lleged /urmese &!emical @eapons Factory
%
.P C7% .pr "4E 2yanmar Kournalist gets Kail time for trespassing
%;
D,/ C7% Oul "4E :ditors detained after +uu )yi ta'eover report8 D,/ C"D Oul "4E /urmese newspaper pu-lis!er arrested in T!ailand8
#rrawaddy C(" Oul "4E T!ailand .rrests ? in /urma <ewspaper Trial8 1+F C(5 Oul "4E Four detained newspaper Kournalists appear in
court on :mergency Provisions .ct c!arges8 :26 C(( .ug "4E Trial of t!ree editors from /i 2on Te <ay Oournal postponed to .ugust
"$
D,/ C"D Oul "4E /urmese newspaper pu-lis!er arrested in T!ailand8 #rrawaddy C(" Oul "4E T!ailand .rrests ? in /urma <ewspaper
Trial8 1+F C(5 Oul "4E Four detained newspaper Kournalists appear in court on :mergency Provisions .ct c!arges
"%
D,/ C74 .ug "4E &!arges reduced in /i 2on Te <ay trial8 #rrawaddy C"5 .ug "4E /i 2on Te <ay Oournalists Denied /ail8 :26 C77
.ug "4E Oournalists face Plesser c!argeM over false article
""
F#D C"7 Oan "4E /urma$ President T!ein +ein fails to 'eep !is promise to release all political prisoners -y year-end
"&
..PP CFe- "4-+ep "4E 2ont!ly &!ronology of Political Prisoners in /urma for Oanuary-.ugust (7"4
"#
..PP C+ep "4E 2ont!ly &!ronology of Political Prisoners in /urma for .ugust (7"4
"9
:26 C76 2ay "4E 2D&F activist detained for anti-government protest8 :26 C(5 Oun "4E .ctivist gets six more mont!s in prison for
leaflet protest8 1F. C7D Oul "4E 2yanmar .ctivist 6ets =et .not!er Oail Term in Pursuit of Oustice8 :26 C7( .ug "4E .ctivist Kailed for
defamatory c!arge8 :26 C7( .ug "4E .ctivist Kailed for insulting t!e +tate8 D,/ C77 .ug "4E .ctivist sentenced to one year for false
claims of <LD coup8 :26 C"( .ug "4E tin )yaw sentenced to anot!er year in prison8 2D&F C.ug "4E #nterview wit! 2D&F mem-er8
:26 C"D .ug "4E 2D&FMs founder gets anot!er year in prison8 :26 C74 +ep "4E .ctivist could face more t!an a decade in prison* as
sentences pile up8 #rrawaddy C"" +ep "4E .ctivistMs Prison Term 1ises to 2ore T!an a Decade
"6
D,/ C"" Fe- "4E Latpadaung activist T!aw Sin detained
27
D,/ C(5 2ar "4E Latpadaung activist T!aw Sin sentenced to "5 mont!s
"
2iJJima <ews C(7 .ug "4E Protest leader sentenced to four mont!s wit! !ard la-our8 D,/ C(" .ug "4E 2ic!aung'an activist
sentenced to % mont!s8 :26 C(" .ug "4E Land-rig!ts leader Kailed8 D,/ C(" .ug "4E 2ic!aung'an activist sentenced to % mont!s8
#rrawaddy C(" .ug "4E 1angoon Land Protest Leader 6ets % 2ont!s in Prison
";
:26 C"" +ep "4E 2ic!aung'an protest leader receives 4-mont! Kail term
&$
F#D C"5 Oul "4E @!o are /urmaMs political prisonersR8 ..PP C2ay "4E 2ont!ly &!ronology of /urmaMs Political Prisoners for Oune
(7"4
&%
&!inland 6uardian C(? Oune "4E &!in woman seriously inKured during attempted rape -y /urma .rmy soldier8 &1; C(5 Oul "4E
/urma$ :ig!t &!in activists convicted8 fined
&"
&1; C(5 Oul "4E /urma$ :ig!t &!in activists convicted8 fined8 D,/ C(4 Oul "4E &!in activists found guilty of illegal protest against
rape
33
)ac!inland <ews C"( <ov "?E .n %-=ear-;ld 6irl 1aped /y a /urmese .rmy Private8 #2<. C7D Oan "4E .rmy covers up alleged rape
-y giving family money8 #rrawaddy C"5 Oan "4E &oncerns ;ver #mpunity in /urma +oldierMs .lleged 1ape of "?-=ear-;ld8 #ndependent
2on <ews .gency C7D Oan "4E .rmy covers up alleged rape -y giving family money8 #rrawaddy C(D Oan "4E +oldier .ccused of 1ape
.ttempt in 2on +tate8 )aladan <ews C77 Fe- "4E 1a'!ine set to fire 6awdusara village in 2aungdaw sout!8 )aladan <ews C7% .pr "4E
2ore .rmy /attalions in 2aungdaw8 )#& C(( .pr "4E :t!nic @omen P#gnored* .-used .nd ,ictimiJedM8 )ac!inland <ews C"D 2ay "4E
/urmese 6overnment +oldiers 1aped "5-year-old 6irl and 1ansac'ed &ivilian omes8 &!inland 6uardian C(? Oun "4E &!in woman
seriously inKured during attempted rape -y /urma .rmy soldier
&#
0<FP. C74 Oul "4E :nding sexual violence in conflict t!roug! t!e esta-lis!ment of @omen and 6irl &entres in 2yanmar
&9
0<FP. C74 Oul "4E :nding sexual violence in conflict t!roug! t!e esta-lis!ment of @omen and 6irl &entres in 2yanmar
&6
Fortify 1ig!ts C7D Oun "4E P# T!oug!t T!ey @ould )ill 2eM$ :nding @artime Torture in <ort!ern 2yanmar
&@
Fortify 1ig!ts C7D Oun "4E P# T!oug!t T!ey @ould )ill 2eM$ :nding @artime Torture in <ort!ern 2yanmar
38
#rrawaddy C76 Oun "4E .fter .lleged Torture* T!ree )ac!in 2en +entenced for :xplosives ;ffenses8 D,/ C76 Oun "4E )ac!in court
slaps Kailed #DPs wit! additional sentences8 /&0) C76 Fe- "4E Lap!ai 6am Detention #llegal +ays 0nited <ations8 /&0) C"" Oul "4E
/rang =ung Detention #llegal +ays 0nited <ations
39
#rrawaddy C76 Oun "4E .fter .lleged Torture* T!ree )ac!in 2en +entenced for :xplosives ;ffenses8 D,/ C76 Oun "4E )ac!in court
slaps Kailed #DPs wit! additional sentences
#$
/&0) C76 Fe- "4E Lap!ai 6am Detention #llegal +ays 0nited <ations8 /&0) C"" Oul "4E /rang =ung Detention #llegal +ays 0nited
<ations8 F#D C"5 Oul "4E @!o are /urmaMs political prisonersR
#%
.1& C7% +ep "4E /012.$ Practice of Torture -y Law :nforcement .gencies
#"
.L1& C74 +ep "4E +u-mission to 1& (7t! session* .genda #tem ?* 6eneral De-ate$ /012. Q 2=.<2.1$ Features of t!e practice
of torture -y law enforcement agencies
#&
2yanmar Times C77 Oul "4E 2Ps pressure govt to return farmland
44
D,/ C7? Oul "4E /urmese army plans to return only a Luarter of seiJed land nationwide
#9
&onstitution of t!e 1epu-lic of t!e 0nion of 2yanmar C(77%E* &!apter "
#6
.1& C7" <ov ""E /012.$ Draft land law denies -asic rig!ts to farmers
47
&!ina :conomy Times C?7 2ay "4E 2yanmar develops t!ree +:Ss wit! full speed and &!inese companies s!ould play t!eir role8
:26 C75 Oun "4E +urvey commences on railway to &!ina8 +62 C+ep ""E +old ;ut$ Launc! of &!ina pipeline proKect unleas!es a-use
across /urma8 .ra'an ;il @atc! CDec "(E Danger Sone8 T<# C+ep "(E Land gra--ing in Dawei C2yanmar$ /urmaE$ .n CinterEnational
!uman rig!ts concern8 2iJJima <ews C77 ;ct ""E .ut!orities of Dawei deep seaport t!reaten land owners to sell at low price8 2yanmar
Times C"" Fe- "?E #mpending evictions taint T!ilawa economic Jone8 )16 C"5 2ar "?E Losing 6round - Land conflicts and collective
action in eastern 2yanmar
#
/ang'o' Post C"( 2ay "4E Time for transparency* 2yanmar--ased -usinesses told8 T!e 6uardian C"? 2ay "4E /urmaTs investment
rus! is leaving t!e poor maKority -e!ind8 Oapan Times C7( Oun "4E O#&. said funding 2yanmar evictions8 #rrawaddy C7? Oun "4E T!ilawa
1esidents Formally &omplain to To'yo8 .sian Tri-une C7? Oun "4E Displaced ,illagers File &omplaint 1egarding OapanMs #nvestment in
2yanmarMs T!ilawa +pecial :conomic Sone8 D,/ C76 Oun "4E Displaced T!ilawa villagers descend on To'yo
49
D,/ C"5 .ug "4E +intgu farmers clas! wit! police in ploug! protest
9$
..PP CFe- "4-.ug "4E 2ont!ly &!ronology of Political Prisoners in /urma for Oanuary-Ouly (7"48 D,/ C(7 .ug "4E Farmers
sentenced % mont!s for 2andalay ploug! protest
51
<L2 C76 <ov "?E 1epu-lic of t!e 0nion of 2yanmar* Press 1elease Team* Press 1elease <o3 "7Q(7"?* ?rd @axing of TaJaungmon*
"?75 2: C5t! <ovem-er* (7"?E
9"
D,/ C(6 .ugust "4E 2ilitary is committed to peace process* says T!ein +ein8 2yawady C(6 .ug "4E +enior 6eneral discusses peace
process wit! national race leaders8 #rrawaddy C(7 .ug "4E +!an* @a and 2ongla Leaders 2eet /urmese President and .rmy &!ief8
+.< C7( Oun "4E Peace Process$ . lot done* more needs to -e done
53
)#& C"4 Oan "4E /urma .rmy ,iolates &easefire8 )#& C"7 Oun "4E &easefire 0nder T!reat as /urma .rmyMs .ttac' on )aren .rmy
)ills ;ne and @ounds ;ne8 #rrawaddy C"7 Oun "4E Trust +!a'en as /urma .rmy .llegedly .ttac's )aren +oldiers
9#
@L/ C"4 Oan "4E +ame #mpunity* +ame Patterns
55
)ac!inland <ews C"( <ov "?E .n %-=ear-;ld 6irl 1aped /y a /urmese .rmy Private8 #2<. C7D Oan "4E .rmy covers up alleged rape
-y giving family money8 #rrawaddy C"5 Oan "4E &oncerns ;ver #mpunity in /urma +oldierMs .lleged 1ape of "?-=ear-;ld8 #ndependent
2on <ews .gency C7D Oan "4E .rmy covers up alleged rape -y giving family money8 #rrawaddy C(D Oan "4E +oldier .ccused of 1ape
.ttempt in 2on +tate8 )aladan <ews C77 Fe- "4E 1a'!ine set to fire 6awdusara village in 2aungdaw sout!8 )aladan <ews C7% .pr "4E
2ore .rmy /attalions in 2aungdaw8 )#& C(( .pr "4E :t!nic @omen P#gnored* .-used .nd ,ictimiJedM8 )ac!inland <ews C"D 2ay "4E
/urmese 6overnment +oldiers 1aped "5-year-old 6irl and 1ansac'ed &ivilian omes8 &!inland 6uardian C(? Oun "4E &!in woman
seriously inKured during attempted rape -y /urma .rmy soldier8 @L/ C"4 Oan "4E +ame #mpunity* +ame Patterns
56
)ac!inland <ews C"" .pr "4E )#. 0nder .ttac' ;n +everal Fronts8 #rrawaddy C(" .pr "4E 5*777 Displaced -y )ac!in &las!es .mid
)#; LeaderMs 0+ ,isit
57
0<#& =angon C(6 Oul "4E +tatement of t!e +pecial 1apporteur on t!e +ituation of uman 1ig!ts in 2yanmar
58
59
#rrawaddy C74 Oun "4E .ctivists Face ,iolent T!reats .fter ;pposing #nterfait! 2arriage /ill
60
#rrawaddy C(7 2ar "4E 0pper ouse .pproves /an on Politics for <on-&itiJens8 :26 C(" 2ar "4E 2yanmar politics for citiJens only$
<ew law
6%
/urma &itiJens!ip Law C"D%(E &!apter #, - <aturaliJed &itiJens!ip
6"
Pacific 1im Law and Policy Oournal COun "4E T!e +low-/urning 6enocide of 2yanmarMs 1o!ingya
6&
/urma &itiJens!ip Law C"D%(E &!apter #, - <aturaliJed &itiJens!ip8 .ltsean interview C74 +ep "4E Hname and location wit!!eld for
security reasonsI
6#
2inistry of otels and Tourism C"% .ug "7E T!e % 2aKor <ational :t!nic 1aces in /urma8 Pacific 1im Law and Policy Oournal COun "4E
T!e +low-/urning 6enocide of 2yanmarMs 1o!ingya
69
Fortify 1ig!ts C(5 Fe- "4E Policies of Persecution$ :nding .-usive +tate Policies .gainst 1o!ingya 2uslims in 2yanmar
66
0+ +tate Department C(% Oul "4E /urma (7"? #nternational 1eligious Freedom 1eport
6@
0< <ews &entre C(? Oan "4E Top 0< officials call for pro-e into latest violence in 2yanmarMs 1a'!ine state
6
0<1& C"( 2ar "4E 1eport of t!e +pecial 1apporteur on t!e situation of !uman rig!ts in 2yanmar* TomUs ;Kea Vuintana
6;
D,/ C7( Oul "4E Police line streets of 2andalay after fres! riots8 .FP C7? Oul "4E +ectarian unrest s!a'es maKor 2yanmar city8 .FP
C(" Oul "4E TFalse rapeT caused 2yanmar riots
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1euters C7( Oul "4E 2yanmar police fire ru--er -ullets to end sectarian trou-le in 2andalay8 D,/ C(7 Oul "4E Police line streets of
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Appendix I
158 DOCUMENTED NEW ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENT OF ACTIVISTS & HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (AS OF 15 SEPTEMBER 2014)
# Name
Date of
arrest
Location of court/incident
Date
sentenced/
charge
Law Reason for arrest
Sentence/
Status
Shwepyithar Township, Rangoon
Division
11 Sep 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
Protest against land confiscation,
distribution of anti-regime pamphlets
2 years
North Okkalapa Township,
Rangoon Division
3 Sep 14
Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code &
Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
1 year and 4
months with
hard labor
Dagon Seikkan Township,
Rangoon Division
19 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
1 year with hard
labor
Hlaing Tharyar Township,
Rangoon Division
1 year with hard
labor
Mayangone Township, Rangoon
Division
1 year with hard
labor
Thingangyun Township, Rangoon
Division
1 year with hard
labor
South Dagon Township, Rangoon
Division
1 year with hard
labor
North Dagon Township, Rangoon
Division
21 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
1 year with hard
labor
East Dagon Township, Rangoon
Division
21 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
1 year with hard
labor
Bahan Township, Rangoon
Division
9 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
3 months
South Okkalapa Township,
Rangoon Division
24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
6 months with
hard labor
1
Htin Kyaw
1

(activist)
5 May 14
Kyauktada Township, Rangoon
Division
4 Jun 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
3 months
Division
10 Sep 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Leadership of a protest over land
confiscation
4 months with
hard labor
Division
20 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
confiscation
4 months 2
Sein Than
2

(activist)
27 Jul 14
Latha Township, Rangoon
Division
confiscation
4 months with
hard labor
3 Win Hlaing
3
Unknown Prome Township, Pegu Division 28 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Unknown 3 months

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EMG (06 May 14) MDCF activist detained for anti-government protest; EMG (25 Jun 14) Activist gets six more months in prison for leaflet protest; RFA (09 Jul 14) Myanmar Activist Gets Yet Another Jail Term in
Pursuit of Justice; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for insulting the State; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for defamatory charge; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for insulting the State; DVB (07 Aug 14) Activist
sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup; EMG (12 Aug 14) Htin Kyaw sentenced to another year in prison; MDCF (Aug 14) Interview with MDCF member; EMG (19 Aug 14) MDCFs founder gets another
year in prison; EMG (04 Sep 14) Activist could face more than a decade in prison, as sentences pile up; Irrawaddy (11 Sep 14) Activists Prison Term Rises to More Than a Decade
2
Mizzima News (20 Aug 14) Protest leader sentenced to four months with hard labour; DVB (21 Aug 14) Michaungkan activist sentenced to 8 months; AI (04 Sep 14) Myanmar: Imprisoned for peacefully protesting: U
Sein Than; EMG (11 Sep 14) Michaungkan protest leader receives 4-month jail term
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(activist)
28 Mar 14
Kyauktada Township,
Rangoon Division
Protest against electricity price hike, protest
against the eviction of Moehti Moemi gold
miners
3 months
Unknown
Division
25 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike 3 months
5
Win Cho
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18 Jan 14
Division
1 Apr 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Leadership of a farmers protest
3 months,
sentence
completed
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Aung Soe
6

(activist)
Unknown
Maymyo Township, Mandalay
Division
6 Aug 14
Articles 143, 145, and 505(b) of the
Criminal Code
Unknown
3 years and 6
months
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Tin Win
7

(activist)
Feb 14
Pakokku Township, Magwe
Division
12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month
8
Mya Swe
8

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
9
Win Myint
9

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
10
Nyunt Aung
10

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
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Zaw Myo Khine
11

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
12
Zin Ko Win
12

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
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Phoe Toat
13

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
14
Tun Hlaing
14

(activist)
Feb 14
Division
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Ngun Chin Pay
15

(f) (activist)
24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat
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Sui Sui Kyi
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(f)
(activist)
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Kaw Htwe
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(f)
(activist)

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DVB (26 Aug 14) Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology List
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DVB (02 Apr 14) Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison; DVB (26 Aug 14) Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months
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AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014
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DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape
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Khin Khin Zi
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(activist)
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Thang Zing
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(f)
(activist)
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Khin Thluai Par
20

(f) (activist)
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Maun Han
21

(activist)
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Tei Maung
22

(activist)
23 Myint Aye
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24 Jun 14 Prome Township, Pegu Division 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Protest calling for the resignation of a
regime official
30,000 kyat
24 Kyaw Swe
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24 Jun 14 Prome Township, Pegu Division 22 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Solo protest against Letpadaung copper
mine
30,000 kyat
25 Yae Khe
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26 Apr 14 Prome, Pegu Division 17 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against Zaw Pe's imprisonment 20,000 kyat
26
Kyu Lwin
26

(farmer)
27 Jun 14
Tavoy Township, Tenasserim
Division
16 Jul 14
Voluntary causation of grievous hurt to
deter a public servant from his duty,
defamation or verbal abuse, and destruction
of evidence
Protest against land confiscation
9 months and
15 days
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Thaung Nyunt
27

(farmer)
27 Jun 14
Tavoy Township, Tenasserim
Division
16 Jul 14
deter a public servant from his duty and
defaming or verbal abuse
Protest against land confiscation 6 months
28
Tun Tun Oo
28

(farmer)
27 Jun 14
Tavoy Township,
Tenasserim Division
16 Jul 14
deter a public servant from duty
Protest against land confiscation 3 months
29
Kaung Tun
29

(farmer)
N/A
Kantbalu Township, Sagaing
Division
14 Jul 14 Article 427 and 447 of the Criminal Code Leadership in plow protest 3 years
30
Lu Maw Naing
30

(media)
31 Jan 14
Division
10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory
10 years with
hard labor
31
Paing Thet Kyaw
31

(media)
1 Feb 14
Division
10 years with
hard labor
32 Yazar Oo
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1 Feb 14 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory 10 years with

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AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List
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AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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DVB (28 Apr 14) Mizzima reporter arrested for protesting media suppression; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for disturbing officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for 'disturbing' officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for 'disturbing' officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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DVB (16 Jul 14) Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing
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DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing state secrets; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to
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Sithu Soe
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(media)
1 Feb 14
Division
10 years with
hard labor
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Tint San
34

(media)
1 Feb 14
Division
10 years with
hard labor
Division
15 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months
Tamwe Township, Rangoon
Division
9 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months 35
Zaw Win
35

(activist)
9 May 14
Mingala Taungnyunt Township,
Rangoon Division
24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months
Division
15 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months
Division
9 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months 36
Tin Maung Kyi
36

(activist)
9 May 14
Mingala Taungnyunt Township,
Rangoon Division
24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months
37 Myat Ko
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11 Feb 14 Allen Township, Magwe Division 4 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Protest calling for regime Livestock,
Fisheries, and Rural Development Minister
Ohn Myints resignation
1 month
38
Yar Zar
38

(activist)
5 Mar 14
Yamethin Township, Mandalay
Division
30 Jun 14
Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal
Code
Efforts to help gold miners protest 9 months
39
Win Aung
39

(gold miner)
5 Mar 14
Division
30 Jun 14
Code
Protest against work suspensions from
Moehti Moemi National Prosperity
Company
9 months
40
Min Zaw Oo
40

(gold miner)
5 Mar 14
Division
30 Jun 14
Code
Moehti Moemi National Prosperity Co
9 months
41
Myint Aung
41

(gold miner)
5 Mar 14
Division
30 Jun 14
Code
Moehti Moemi National Prosperity
Company
9 months
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Irrawaddy (17 Jul 14) Court Sentences 2 Activists to Prison Terms for Anti-Govt Pamphlets; EMG (16 Jul 14) Two more democracy activists jailed; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners
for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014
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Irrawaddy (17 Jul 14) Court Sentences 2 Activists to Prison Terms for Anti-Govt Pamphlets; EMG (16 Jul 14) Two more democracy activists jailed; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners
for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014
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Irrawaddy (11 Feb 14) Marching Villagers Call for Burma Minister to Be Sacked Over Comments; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014
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AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism
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Unknown Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 24 Jun 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Organization of public speech to support
amending Article 436 of 2008 constitution
Unknown
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Saw Mya Saw
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Wakema Township, Irrawaddy
Division
23 Jun 14
Articles 19(e), 420, and 486 of the Criminal
Code
Possession of a knife and two ID cards 2 years
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13 Jun 13 Shwegu Township, Kachin State 10 Jun 14
Explosives Act and for possessing a
weapon and detonating explosives
Alleged bomb plot 22 years
5 Jun 14 14 years
15 Dec 13
Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot
5 years 46 Brang Yung
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7 Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State
15 Nov 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged links to the KIA 2 years
5 Jun 14 13 years
15 Dec 13
Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot
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5 Jun 14 Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot 3 years
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49

(activist)
Feb 14
Shwepyithar Township,
Rangoon Division
Jun 14 Unknown Preaching ceremony 1 month
50
Aye Thein
50

(activist)
31 Dec 13
Chan Mya Thazi Township,
Mandalay
23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant
6 months with
hard labor
51 Win Ko
51
N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
52 Kyaw Thiha
52
N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
53 Ohn Kyaw
53
N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
54 Nwe Yin Than
54
(f) N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor

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AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014
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AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014
45
Irrawaddy (12 Jun 14) Burma Jails Another Kachin on Explosives Charges
46
Kachin News Group (18 Jun 12) Police arrest refugees in Mogaung township in Kachin state; Irrawaddy (15 Nov 13) Myitkyina Court Sends Four to Prison for Being KIA Members; DVB (16 Nov 13) Four Kachin IDPs
sentenced for unlawful association; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences; Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; FIDH
(10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end
47
(10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end; FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burmas political prisoners?
48
(10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end
49
AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology List
50
AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burmas political prisoners?
51
AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014
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(f) N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
56 Myo Myo Thin
56
(f) N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
57
Shwe Lant (aka
Ma Shan Ma)
57

N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
58 Win Aung
58
N/A
Mandalay
6 months with
hard labor
59 Yee Win
59
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
Protest against Moehti Moemi gold mine
privatization
1 year and 6
months
60 Yee Myint
60
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine
privatization
1 year and 6
months
61 Myo Tint
61
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
62 Le Sue
62
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
63 Thu Thu Aye
63
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
64 Htwe
64
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
65 Ant Kyaw
65
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
66 Phoe Kyaw
66
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
67 Maung Kyaw
67
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
68 Chit Min Oo
68
N/A
Division
21 May 14
Criminal Code
privatization
1 year and 6
months
69
Zaw Pe
69

(media)
Aug 12 Magwe, Magwe Division 7 Apr 14 Articles 448 and 353 of the Criminal Code
Attempt to conduct an interview of
education officials
1 year (reduced
to 3 months,
sentence
completed)

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66
67
68
69
AP (08 Apr 14) Myanmar journalist gets jail time for trespassing; DVB (04 Jul 14) DVB journalist Zaw Pe freed
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70 Win Myint Hlaing
70
Aug 12 Magwe, Magwe Division 7 Apr 14 Articles 448 and 353 of the Criminal Code
Attempt to conduct an interview of
education officials
1 year (reduced
to 3 months,
sentence
completed)
71
Nay Myo Zin
71

(activist)
18 Jan 14
Division
1 Apr 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Leadership of a farmers protest
3 months,
sentence
completed
72
Thaw Zin
72

(activist)
11 Feb 14
Monywa Township, Sagaing
Division
24 Mar 14
Articles 447, 143, and 188 of the Criminal
Code
Protest against land confiscation related to
the Letpadaung copper mine
1 year and 3
months
73 Sein Myint
73
13 Feb 14
Shwebo Township, Sagaing
Division
10 Mar 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation 3 months
74 Tun Linn
74
13 Feb 14
Division
10 Mar 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation 3 months
75 Nyunt Swe
75
13 Feb 14
Division
10 Mar 14
and Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
Protest against land confiscation
2 years and 3
months
76
Maung Lin
76

(farmer)
N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 3 years
77
Saple
77

(farmer)
N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation
1 year and 9
months
78
Tin Hla
78

(farmer)
2 years and 3
months
79
Min Min
79

(farmer)
1 year and 9
months
80
Ba Din
80

(farmer)
1 year and 9
months
81
Mya Win
81

(farmer)
1 year and 9
months
82
Than Tun
82

(farmer)
1 year and 9
months
83
Aung Tin Win
83

(farmer)
2 years and 3
months

70
AP (08 Apr 14) Myanmar journalist gets jail time for trespassing; DVB (04 Jul 14) DVB journalist Zaw Pe freed
71
DVB (02 Apr 14) Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison
72
DVB (11 Feb 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin detained; DVB (17 Feb 14) Protesters arrested after appealing for Latpadaung activists release; DVB (25 Mar 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin sentenced to 15
months; AAPP (May 14) Political Prisoner Profile: Thaw Zin
73
EMG (12 Mar 14) Residents call for rule of law as more convicted for land-grab protests; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014
74
75
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Irrawaddy (19 Feb 14) Pegu Court Sentences 12 Farmers to Prison for Land Protest; AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and
imprisoned
77
AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned
78
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81
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AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned; Than Tun died in police custody
83
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Thar Din
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(farmer)
N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 6 months
85
Pho Shwe
85

(farmer)
86
Pho Ngwe
86

(farmer)
87
Aung Moe Naing
87

(farmer)
88
Pho Kyar
88

(farmer)
89
Thein Aung
89

(activist)
15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Protest against Peaceful Gathering and
Demonstration Law
6 months
90
Thant Zin Oo
90

(activist)
Demonstration Law
3 months
91
Aung Chat Win
91

(activist)
Demonstration Law
3 months
92
Kyaw Naing
92

(activist)
Demonstration Law
3 months
93
Zin Aung
93

(activist)
Demonstration Law
3 months
94
Bawk Ja
94
(f)
(activist)
18 Jul 13 Myitkyina, Kachin State 24 Jan 14 Criminal Code Negligent homicide
6 months,
(sentence
completed)
95
Ye Myat Oo
95

(child soldier)
Dec 13
Bassein Township, Irrawaddy
Division
7 Jan 14 Military Law Desertion of the Tatmadaw 1 year
96
Nay La
96

(farmer)
Jun 13
Mawlamyinegyun Township,
Irrawaddy Division
1 Jan 14 Articles 447 and 427 of the Criminal Code Unknown 2 months
97 Zaw Bauk
97
Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 15 Dec 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged ties to the KIA 2 years
98
Kyaw Min Khine
98

(media)
16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A
1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to
Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A
99 Ei Ei San
99
(f) 16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released

84
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AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burmas Political Prisoners for January 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List
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AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burmas Political Prisoners for January 2014
94
AAPP (Jan 14) Monthly Chronology List; Irrawaddy (19 Jul 13) Activist Bauk Ja Arrested for Negligent Homicide; Myanmar Times (23 Jul 13) Kachin activist Daw Bauk Ja arrested over 2008 death
95
Irrawaddy (22 Jan 14) Burmese Child Soldier Imprisoned for Leaving Military; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burmas Political Prisoners for January 2014
96
AAPP (Jan 14) Monthly Chronology List
97
FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end
98
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(media)
100
Yin Min Htun
100

(media)
16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A
101
Khin Myint
101

(activist)
9 Jul 14 Unknown N/A Unknown
Assistance to farmers in their attempt to
regain confiscated land
N/A
102
Naung Naung
102

(activist)
8 Jul 14
South Dagon Township, Rangoon
Division
N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act
Distribution of pamphlets claiming that Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic leaders had
been appointed to an interim government
N/A
103
Naing Sai Aung
103

(media)
8 Jul 14
Pabedan Township, Rangoon
Division
N/A
104
Win Tin
104

(media)
8 Jul 14
Division
N/A
105
Min Wathan (aka
Kyaw Zaw Hein)
105

(media)
8 Jul 14
Division
N/A
106
San Tin
106

(media)
8 Jul 14 Pabedan Township, Rangoon Divi N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released
107
Ye Min Aung
107

(media)
8 Jul 14
Division
N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released
108 U Uttara
108
(monk) 10 Jun 14
Division
N/A
Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and
1990 Law Relating to the Sangha
Monastery land ownership dispute
Released on
bail
109
U Pasara
109

(monk)
10 Jun 14
Division
N/A
Released on
bail
110
U Neindira
110

(monk)
10 Jun 14
Division
N/A
Released on
bail
111 U Tazeina
111
10 Jun 14 Tamwe Township, Rangoon N/A Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Monastery land ownership dispute Released on

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AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014
102
EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology List
103
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014
104
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014
105
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List
106
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List
107
Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; Mizzima News (05 Aug 14) Charges downgraded in interim government report case, says lawyer
108
DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue
Buddhist council
109
Buddhist council
110
Buddhist council
111
Buddhist council
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112
U Sondrasiri
112

(monk)
10 Jun 14
Division
N/A
Released on
bail
113 Than Myam
113
3 Jun 14
Tavoy Township,
Tenasserim Division
N/A Disturbing local authorities
Preventing local authorities from surveying
disputed land
Released on
bail
114
Myint Ko
114

(activist)
30 May 14
Bassein Township, Irrawaddy
Division
N/A Television and Video Act
Operation of a video filming business
without a license
N/A
115
Aung Soe
115

(activist)
18 May 14
Sarlingyi Township, Sagaing
Division
N/A Unknown Protest against land confiscation N/A
116
Tun Tun Oo
116

(activist)
9 May 14
Dedaye Township, Irrawaddy
Division
N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law
Demonstration Law
N/A
6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation N/A
117
Pauk Sa
117

(farmer) 11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released
6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation
Released on
bail 118
Thant Zin Htet
118

(farmer)
11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released
Released on
bail 119
Nyo
119
(f)
(farmer)
11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released
120
Mone
120
(f)
(farmer)
Released on
bail
121
Kyaw Thu
121

(farmer)
Released on
bail
122 Maung Win
122
Released on
bail
123 Aik Kyein
123
5 May 14 Kentung Township, Shan State N/A Unlawful Association Act
Allegedly possessing a gun belonging to
SSA-South
Released
124
Shajan Saun
Yeain
124

2 May 14
Muse Township,
Shan State
N/A Unknown Unknown N/A

112
Buddhist council
113
DVB (04 Jun 14) Tavoy farmers charged with disturbing authorities over disputed land
114
AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014
115
Irrawaddy (19 May 14) Burmese Protesters Kidnap Chinese Workers at Letpadaung Mine
116
Irrawaddy (15 May 14) Another Activist Faces Section 18 Charges
117
Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers
clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute; Irrawaddy (07 May 14) Farmers Injured in Clash With Police After Court Decision
118
Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers
clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute
119
DVB (15 May 14) Police assault protestors in Pegu, say witnesses; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burmas Political Prisoners for May 2014; Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest
in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute
120
DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute
121
DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute
122
DVB (15 May 14) Police assault protestors in Pegu, say witnesses; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for May 2014
123
Irrawaddy (16 May 14) Arrest of Party Member Could Affect Peace Process, SNLD Says; DVB (19 May 14) Shan party says govt charges false; DVB (23 May 14) Detained Shan leader charged with unlawful
association; DVB (30 May 14) Charges dropped against detained Shan politician
124
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Muse Township,
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2 May 14
Muse Township,
Shan State
127
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2 May 14
Muse Township,
Shan State
128 Lapaung
128
2 May 14
Muse Township,
Shan State
10 Apr 14
Maddaya Township, Mandalay
Division
N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Plow protest against land confiscation N/A
129
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26 Aug 14
Maymyo Township, Mandalay
Division
N/A
and Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code
Protest against the judiciary N/A
130
Ye Yint Aung
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(farmer)
10 Apr 14
Division
131
Ko Aung
131

(farmer)
Apr 14
Division
132
Nay Win
132

(farmer)
Apr 14
Division
133
Thein Aung
Myint
133
(activist)
27 Mar 14 Mandalay, Mandalay Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike
Released on
bail
134 Saw Hla Aung
134
Released on
bail
135 Kyaw Myo Tun
135
Released on
bail
136 Tin Tin Khat
136
Released on
bail
137
Than Naing
137

(activist)
26 Mar 14
Pakokku Township, Mandalay
Division
N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest for constitutional amendment Released
138
Pyone Cho
138

(activist)
26 Mar 14
Division
139
Mee Mee
139
(f)
(activist)
26 Mar 14
Division

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129
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130
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131
132
133
EMG (28 Mar 14) Four arrested for Mandalay protests, demonstrations continue in Yangon; Irrawaddy (01 Apr 14) Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest
134
135
136
137
Irrawaddy (26 Mar 14) Four Detained, Charged at Burma Constitutional Amendment Rally; EMG (27 Mar 14) Activists blame regional chief minister for political persecution in Magway
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Nilar Thein
140
(f)
(activist)
26 Mar 14
Division
141
Thaw Tar Oo
141

(activist)
15 Feb 14
Sintgaing Township, Mandalay
Division
Leadership of a protest for constitutional
amendment
N/A
142
Kyaw Win
142

(activist)
15 Feb 14
Division
amendment
N/A
143
Nay Zaw Lin
143

(activist)
15 Feb 14
Division
amendment
N/A
144
Kyaw Hlaing
144

(activist)
15 Feb 14
Division
amendment
N/A
145
San Min
145

(activist)
15 Feb 14
Division
amendment
N/A
146
Win
146
(f)
(farmer)
11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Land confiscation protest Released
147 Thwe Thwe Win
147
5 Feb 14
Salingyi Township, Sagaing
Division
Released
148 Phyu Phyu Win
148
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
149 Khin Thaung
149
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
150 Ma Sein
150
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
151 Ye Cho
151
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
152 Hse Tin
152
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
153 Myint Naing Win
153
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
154 Thike Tun Shwe
154
5 Feb 14
Division
Released
155
Aung Kyaw Soe
Oo
155

5 Feb 14
Division
Released

140
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AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014
142
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144
145
146
Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014
147
DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed
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EMG (05 Jan 14) Solo protest against charter change in Nay Pyi Taw; Myanmar Times (13 Jan 14) Activist hands himself in to police after protest
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Appendix II
Contradictory ceasefire talks between the regime and ethnic armed groups
Peace talks for a nationwide ceasefire agreement have encountered several stumbling blocks since talks began in
November 2013, following the formation of a 16-member coalition of ethnic armed groups:
1. Federalism is not on the table: The regime and the Tatmadaw have continuously resisted the demand for a
federal union and federal army, which would allow some autonomy and fair representation in the military.
1

2. The Tatmadaws unreasonable demands: The Tatmadaw has put forward their own prerequisites for
coming to the negotiation table. These demands, first voiced in April 2014, include:
To abide by existing laws: This requires the ethnic armed groups to disarm, putting them in a vulnerable
position, as there is no guarantee to stop attacks by the regime and the Tatmadaw. The Tatmadaw has
violated nearly all prior ceasefire agreements, including those signed during under President Thein Sein.
2
In
Mon and Chin States where there is no active conflict, troops have attacked civilians, including children.
3

To abide by the 2008 constitution: Reforming the 2008 constitution is essential to allow for the ethnic
armed groups central demand for a federal union, as the charter gives the central government full decision-
making power over all states and divisions. Other crucial issues are the provision that grants 25% of
parliamentary seats to the military (effective veto over constitutional amendments), and the provision that
allows the regime to claim and make decisions over natural resources and power-sharing in Burma.
4

3. Exclusion of ethnic groups: In August 2014, the regime indicated that it would only sign the ceasefire
agreement with 15 out of 16 members of the ethnic armed groups peacemaking team, and with two non-
member ethnic groups. Ethnic groups have compared this decision to the 1947 Panglong Agreement, which
also excluded several ethnic groups, and preceded the civil war that has continued until today.
5

4. Contradictions with the Tatmadaw: When the Tatmadaw put forward their six demands [See below, table]
in April, many of the ethnic armed groups said it would be impossible to negotiate further. Talks resumed at the
end of May after assurances that disarmament and acceptance of the 2008 constitution would not be necessary.
Yet, in August, Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing reiterated the six demands to ethnic
leaders from Shan State, and declared the Tatmadaw would defend the 2008 constitution at all costs.
6

Ethnic armed groups demands
7
Tatmadaw demands prior to ceasefire accord
8

The formation of a genuine federal union
Equal rights and autonomy for all states
The resolution of political issues politically
The formation of political dialogue
framework with the government within 30
days of signing the ceasefire agreement
The continuation of political dialogue outside
parliament in accord with agreed framework
The formation of a federal army
That ethnic armed groups:
Possess the true will to get peace
Abide by the agreements reached
Do not exploit the peace agreements
Do not burden civilians*
To abide by the law and regulations issued by government**
To abide by the 2008 constitution
*[Puts blame on ethnic groups for any clashes with Tatmadaw]
**[This effectively requires all ethnic armed groups to disarm]

1
RFA (04 Nov 13) Myanmar Cease-Fire Deal Impossible This Month: Rebel Groups; Irrawaddy (01 Nov 13) Pulling Back the
Curtain on Ethnics Groups Laiza Talks
2
Kachin News Group (15 Jun 11) Burmese government dispatches three army divisions to Kachin State; Irrawaddy (14 Jun 11)
Chinese Dam Workers Allowed to Return; Kachin News Group (23 Jun 11) KIA denies starting war with Burmese Army;
Irrawaddy (23 Feb 12) DKBA Ceasefire Breaks Down; KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire; KIC (17 Jun 14)
Ceasefire Under Threat as Burma Armys Attack on Karen Army Kills One and Wounds One; Irrawaddy (17 Jun 14) Trust
Shaken as Burma Army Allegedly Attacks Karen Soldiers
3
Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private; IMNA (09 Jan 14) Army covers up
alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldiers Alleged Rape of 13-
Year-Old; Independent Mon News Agency (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (29 Jan
14) Soldier Accused of Rape Attempt in Mon State; Kaladan News (07 Feb 14) Rakhine set to fire Gawdusara village in
Maungdaw south; Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Women Ignored,
Abused And Victimized; Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked
Civilian Homes; Chinland Guardian (23 Jun 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier
4
KIC (03 Jun 14) Karen General Constitutional Reform Our Greatest Concern; RFA (04 Jun 14) Myanmar Military Wants All
Ethnic Rebels Groups in Cease-Fire Agreement; Irrawaddy (25 Jun 14) Words and Peace; Khonumthung News (05 Sep 14)
Govt. Soldiers bullied villagers accusing pro-Chin National Army
5
Irrawaddy (04 Aug 14) Burma Govt, Ethnics Discuss Roster of Eligible Ceasefire Groups
6
SHAN (01 Sep 14) UNFC crisis, ethnic-democratic alliance meet and Commander-in-Chief hard-line stance; DVB (26 August
14) Military is committed to peace process, says Thein Sein; Myawady (26 Aug 14) Senior General discusses peace process
with national race leaders; Irrawaddy (27 Aug 14) Shan, Wa and Mongla Leaders Meet Burmese President and Army Chief;
SHAN (02 Jun 14) Peace Process: A lot done, more needs to be done
7
EMG (02 Nov 13) Govt and ethnic armed groups disagree over the timeframe to start political dialogue
8
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Appendix III
122 (documented) Tatmadaw clashes in Kachin, Shan States: November 2013 to August 2014

1. 5 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
1

2

3. 6 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
3

4

5. 7 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kawng Ja and Kawng Lwin Villages, Mansi
Township, Kachin State.
5

6. 8 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Gawng Run and Mahkaw Yang Villages, Mansi
6

7. 9 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Gau Village, Mansi Township, Kachin
State.
7

8. 10 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Saga Namhkum, Mansi Township, Kachin
State.
8

Kachin State.
9

10. 18 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Lim Pa and Kawng Ja Villages, Mansi
10

11. 19 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in and around Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi
11

12. 20 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
12

Kachin State.
13

14. 23 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Gau Village, Mansi Township, Kachin
State.
14

15. 23 November: Tatmadaw troops shot and killed two KIA soldiers close to Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in Mansi
15

16. 25 November: Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-S forces in Mongkeung Township, Shan State.
16

17. 26 November: Tatmadaw troops clash with SSA-S forces in Mongkeung Township, Shan State.
17

18. 4-5 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with joint KIA and TNLA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan
State.
18

19. 11 December: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 125 clashed with KIA forces near Mung Si in Muse Township,
Shan State.
19

20. 16 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Pangsai, Muse Township, Shan State.
20

21. 16 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
21

22. 20 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
22

23. 20 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Mung Ding Pa Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
23

24. 22 December: Tatmadaw troops from IB 143 attacked KIA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
24

25. 22 December: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 17 used artillery to attack TNLA forces in Kyaukme Township,
Shan State.
25

26. 24 December: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin
State.
26

27. 4 January: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalions 717, 506, and 502 in Kyaukme Township,
Shan State.
27

28. 4 January: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 504 and 506 clashed with joint KIA Battalion 34 and TNLA
Battalion 717 forces in Kyaukme Township, Shan State.
28

29. 4 January: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
29

30. 4 January: Tatmadaw troops clashed with joint TNLA/KIA forces in Namhsan Township, Shan State.
30

31. 5 January: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 290 clashed with Kachin Peoples Militia (a militia force affiliated
with the KIO) forces near Nam Ngawn Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State.
31

32. 6 January: Tatmadaw troops from IB 56 clashed with KIA Battalion 12 forces near Mung Ding Pa Village,
Mansi Township, Kachin State.
32

33. 6 January: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KNLA Battalion 5 forces, after Tatmadaw soldiers advanced
into KNLA territory.
33


34. 31 January: Tatmadaw troops attacked KIA forces in and around Nam Gau, Gawng Run, and Nam Hkan
Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State.
34

35. 31 January: Tatmadaw troops attacked and captured a KIA post in Momauk Township, Kachin State.
35

36. 6 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 601 and IBs 276 and 237 captured a KIA post in Gawng Run
Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State.
36

37. 7 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 602 attacked KIA Battalion 12 forces in Mansi Township, Kachin
State.
37

38. 7 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-S troops near Kyaukme Township, Shan State.
38

39. 10 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 261 and 421 clashed with Kachin Peoples Militia forces near Ja
Ing Yang Village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State.
39

40. 10 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 261 attacked KIA troops in Hka Mazup Village, close to Laiza,
Momauk Township, Kachin State.
40

41. 10 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 505 and 506 clashed with TNLA forces near Nam Yan Village,
Mantong Township, Shan State.
41

42. 11 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 18 and Kachin Peoples Militia forces and
captured a KIA post near Ja Ing Yang Village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State.
42

43. 11 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Mantong and Namhsan Townships, Shan
State.
43

44. 12 February: Tatmadaw troops attacked Kachin Peoples Militia forces and seized Hpung Maw Post near
Laiza, Momauk Township, Kachin State.
44

45. 12 February: Tatmadaw troops from IB 261 and LIBs 421, 424, 425, and 426 attacked and burned a KIA
post near Hka-U Village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State.
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46

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47. 12 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Ja Ing Yang Village, Bhamo Township,
Kachin State.
47

48. 22 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 241 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 near Nam Gut Village,
Kutkai Township, Shan State.
48

49. 23-24 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 519 and 522 and an ethnic Lahu Border Guard Force unit
attacked SSA-S soldiers traveling through Mongton Township, Shan State.
49

50. 24 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Manpein Village, Namkham Township, Shan
State.
50

51. 24 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 123 clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces near Chying Htawng
Village, near Mansi Township, Kachin State.
51

52. 24 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 241 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces between Gyu Mwi and
Ba Hpang Villages, Muse Township, Shan State.
52

53. 26 February: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 6 attacked and captured a KIO administrative office in Hpakant
53

54. 26 February: Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 367 forces near Shubain
Village, Mongmit Township, Shan State.
54

55. 27 February: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Panphyat Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan
State.
55

56. 2 March: Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 captured Loi Hkam Bum, a KIA post in Namtu Township, Shan
State.
56

57. 4 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 507 clashed with Kachin Peoples Militia forces in Yi Hku Village,
Muse Township, Shan State.
57

58. 11 March: Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-N forces close to SSA-N headquarters in Wanhai, Kyethi
Township, Shan State.
58

59. 24 March: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 34 forces in Mongmit Township, Shan State.
59

60. 1 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kutkai and Muse Townships, Shan State.
60

61. 4 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Thar Pan Kon Village, Kutkai Township, Shan
State.
61

62. 4-5 April: Tatmadaw troops from IB 95 clashed with KIA forces in Muse Township, Shan State.
62

63. 10 April: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 68 attacked KIA Battalion 27 forces and captured a KIA
administrative office and base camp in Mansi Township, Kachin State.
63

64. 10 April: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 601 clashed with Kachin Peoples Militia forces in Hka Pra Village,
64


65. 10-11 April: Tatmadaw troops accompanying census enumerators launched attacks on KIA positions near
Mai Ja Yang, in Mansi Township, Kachin State.
65

66. 10 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in five villages in Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
66

67. 11 April: Tatmadaw troops captured the KIA Battalion 27 headquarters and the Pan Hkam gate camp into
China.
67

68. 11 April: Tatmadaw troops from troops from IB 69 and LIBs 323 and 567 clashed with KIA Battalion 12
forces in Maw Swi Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State.
68

69. 12 April: Tatmadaw troops seized the Pan Hkam border gate and camp in Mansi Township, and took
control of the Mansi-Pan Hkam-Man Wein route in Mansi Township, Kachin State.
69

70. 15 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces in Hka Hkip Village, Kutkai Township,
Shan State.
70

71. 15-16 April: Tatmadaw troops captured two KIA bases in Momauk Township, Kachin State, and gained
control of the Bhamo-Loije route spanning Bhamo and Momauk Townships, Kachin State.
71

72. 20 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Namsa Village, Kutkai Township, Shan
State.
72

73. 23 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces on the road between Namkham,
Namkham Township, and Nampaka, Kutkai Township, Shan State.
73

74. 23 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalion 112 forces in Namkham Township, Shan State.
74

75. 23 April: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 68 and 240 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces at Bau Noi
75

76. 23 April: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Namkham Township, Shan State.
76

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77. 23 April: Following an attack earlier in the morning, Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in
Namkham Township, Shan State.
77

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78. 25 April: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 144 clashed with TNLA forces in Man Bang Village, Namkham
78

79. 29 April: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 239 and LID 88 attacked KIA Battalion 36 and 38 forces in Ying La
Bum, Muse Township, Shan State.
79

80. 4 May: Tatmadaw troops stationed at Mai Hpang post near Monkoe Village, Muse Township, Shan State,
fired 32 mortar rounds into the nearby mountain range, targeting KIA forces.
80

81. 5 May: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Pung Ling Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
81

82. 8 May: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kyauk Hpyar Village, between Bhamo and Namkham
Townships, Shan State.
82

83. 10 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 507 and 568 clashed with KIA Battalion 38, TNLA Battalion 818,
and MNDAA Battalion 17 forces between Mongkoe and Paung Hsing Villages, Muse Township, Shan
State.
83

84. 12 May: Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 256 forces between Munpat and
Hsam-ngam Villages, Namhsan Township, Shan State.
84

85. 13 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Man Htun Village, Kutkai
85

86. 13 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 112 clashed with KIA forces near Loilem, Shan State.
86

87. 13 May: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces in Htet-kyet Village,
Namkham Township, Shan State.
87

88. 14 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 301 clashed with KIA Battalion 12 and 27 forces in Nam Sa and
Sharaw La Hkyet Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State.
88

89. 14 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 290 clashed with TNLA Battalion 335 and MNDAA Battalion 3
forces in Ta Mon Ye Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State.
89

90. 15 May: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 17 forces near Hu Bu Manau Bum hill, Shan State.
90

91. 15 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 45 clashed with TNLA Battalion 223 and MNDAA forces near Nam
Jarap Village, Hsenwi Township, Shan State.
91

92. 1 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 237 in Dum Bau Bum fired artillery shells in Mung Hka Village,
Kachin State, targeting KIA forces there.
92

93. 2 June: Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 527 forces in Pa Hlaing Village,
Kyaukme Township, Shan State.
93

94. 3 June: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces between Nam Seint and
San Kar Villages, Namkham Township, Shan State.
94


95. 4 June: Around 50 Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces at Nam Ba Tek,
Pang Sai, Muse Township, Shan State.
95

96. 4 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 215 and 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Man Jum Valley,
between Ta Mung Nye and Maw Han Villages, Kutkai Township, Shan State.
96

97. 4 June: About 60 Tatmadaw and pro-regime militia group Pyi Tu Tsits troops clashed with TNLA
Battalion 478 forces near Nawng Ang Village, Namkham Township, Shan State.
97

98. 11 June: Tatmadaw troops began an assault on an SSA-N camp at Red Ruby Mountain, Monghsu, Shan
State.
98

99. 15 June: The Tatmadaw deployed troops from LID 66, 88, and 99 in Kachin and Shan States.
99

100. 16 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 and regime-backed militia force Pyi Tu Tsits fired two mortar
shells at KIA forces in Man Jak Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State.
100

101. 16 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 215 and 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Kawng Sa
Village, Namkham Township, Shan State.
101

102. 17 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 103 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Nam Hka Bum, Mansi
102

103. 17 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 clashed with KIA Battalion 38 forces in Man Jak Village,
Tachilek Township, Shan State.
103

104. 17-18 June: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Gaw Ngu Yang
104

105. 19 June: Tatmadaw troops gained control of an SSA-N camp at Red Ruby Mountain, Monghsu, Shan
State.
105

106. 20 June: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Pung Ling Village, Mansi
106

107. 22 June: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Dingga Bum, Mansi
107

108. 26 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 88 clashed with TNLA in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
108

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110

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111

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112. 13 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces near Pyawng Bum, Loilem Township,
Shan State.
112

113. 14 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces in Hka Lum Village, Pangsai, Muse
113

114. 16 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Bang Noi Man Ping Village, Kuktai
114

115. 17 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces near Di Ma and Seng Hom Villages, Loilem
115

116. 19-21 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Mongkoe Village, Tachilek Township, Shan
State.
116

117. 20-21 July: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 248 clashed with SSA-N Brigade 72 forces in Kyethi Township,
Shan State.
117

118. 8 August: Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Sabaw Maw ruby mine in Hpakant Township,
Kachin State.
118

119. 8 August: Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-N forces in Kyethi Township, Shan State.
119

120. 10 August: Tatmadaw troops destroyed a KIA base in a village next to the Sabaw Maw ruby mine in
Kyethi Township, Shan State.
120

121. 17 August: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA forces in Kyaukme Township, Shan
State.
121

122. 18 August: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA forces in Namkham Township, Shan
State.
122

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Irrawaddy (13 Nov 13) TNLA Rebels Reject Govt Ceasefire Proposal, Clash With Burma Army
2
3
Kachinland News (07 Nov 13) Fierce Battle Rages Near Namlim Pa Village
4
5
Kachinland News (08 Nov 13) Battles Rage in KIAs 12th Battalion Territory; Irrawaddy (07 Nov 13) Fresh Fighting Between
KIA, Govt Troops in Kachin State


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Kachinland News (11 Nov 13) One Civilian Killed and Another Injured as Mortar Shells Hit Gawng Run Village
7
8
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Kachinland News (18 Nov 13) Kachin Civilians Flee as Battles Blaze in Namlim Pa and Surrounding Area
10
Kachinland News (18 Nov 13) Kachin Civilians Flee as Battles Blaze in Namlim Pa and Surrounding Area
11
EMG (20 Nov 13) Military tensions arise between army, KIA in Kachin State
12
Kachinland News (22 Nov 13) IDPs Arrive in Man Win Area; Battles Rage in Mansi and Northern Shan State
13
Kachinland News (22 Nov 13) IDPs Arrive in Man Win Area; Battles Rage in Mansi and Northern Shan State
14
Kachinland News (23 Nov 13) One KIA Captain and Another Soldier Killed in a Skirmish with Burmese Army Troops
15
Kachin News Group (27 Nov 13) KIA soldiers killed in ambush
16
SHAN (27 Nov 13) Burma Army increasing patrols in resistance areas
17
SHAN (27 Nov 13) Burma Army increasing patrols in resistance areas
18
EMG (06 Dec 13) Thirteen killed in fresh skirmishes between govt troops, Kachin rebels
19
Kachinland News (17 Dec 13) Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State as Ethnic Armed Groups Prepare for the
Next Meeting
20
Next Meeting
21
Irrawaddy (19 Dec 13) Kokang Rebels Blamed for Deadly Shan State Blasts
22
Kachinland News (20 Dec 13) Battles rage in Namlim Pa and Mungding Pa
23
Kachinland News (20 Dec 13) Battles rage in Namlim Pa and Mungding Pa
24
Kachin News Group (24 Dec 13) Remote controlled mines target Burma army troops in Kachin state
25
DVB (24 Dec 13) Taang army claim govt offensive in Kyaukme
26
Kachin News Group (25 Dec 13) Christmas clashes between Burma army and KIA
27
EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Taang ethnic armed groups and govt army; Kachinland News (07
Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State
28
EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Taang ethnic armed groups and govt army; Kachinland News (07
Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State
29
Kachin News Group (08 Jan 14) KIA releases two Tatmadaw soldiers following clashes
30
EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Taang ethnic armed groups and govt army
31
Kachinland News (07 Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State
32
Kachin News Group (08 Jan 14) KIA releases two Tatmadaw soldiers following clashes
33
KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire
34
Kachin News Group (31 Jan 14) Burma army captures KIA post, heavy fighting continues in southern Kachin state
35
Kachin News Group (31 Jan 14) Burma army captures KIA post, heavy fighting continues in southern Kachin state; Kachin
News Group (01 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIAs Dagaw Mada Post
36
Kachin News Group (07 Feb 14) Burma army takes another KIA post in southern Kachin state
37
Kachin News Group (10 Feb 14) 2 KIA officers killing during clash in Bhamo district
38
Myanmar Times (11 Feb 14) SSA-S not concerned about western military engaging with Tatmadaw
39
Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as a New Offensive Begins near Laiza; Irrawaddy (12 Feb 14) Presidents Union
Day Message Flags-up Federalism
40
Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as a New Offensive Begins near Laiza
41
Irrawaddy (12 Feb 14) Presidents Union Day Message Flags-up Federalism; Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as
a New Offensive Begins near Laiza
42
Kachin News Group (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital
43
Kachin News Group (10 Feb 14) KIA soldier dies resisting Burma army attack
44
Kachinland News (13 Feb 14) Burmese Army Continues Offensive Operations Against Kachin Independence Army
45
Kachin News Group (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital
46
Kachinland News (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital
47
Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) Burma Army Launches Deadly Incursion Into Kachin Rebel Territory
48
Kachinland News (25 Feb 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State
49
DVB (26 Feb 14) Burma Army clashes with SSA-S, TNLA in Shan State; Irrawaddy (25 Feb 14) Burma Army, Shan Rebels
Clash Over Temporary Camp
50
EMG (27 Feb 14) Two skirmishes break out in Shan State
51
52
53
KLN (28 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIOs Se Zin County Administrative Office
54
KLN (28 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIOs Se Zin County Administrative Office
55
EMG (01 Mar 14) Skirmishes continue between TNLA, govt
56
Irrawaddy (04 Mar 14) Army Increases Attacks in North Burma, Seizes 2 Shan Rebel Camps
57
Kachinland News (05 Mar 14) Burmese Army Sends More Troops to Frontline as Peace Negotiators Prepare to Meet
58
DVB (13 Mar 14) Shans plan their own census
59
Kachinland News (25 Mar 14) Battles Resume in Northern Shan State
60
Kachinland News (03 Apr 14) A Series of Battles Fought Between KIA and Burmese Government Troops
61
Irrawaddy (04 Apr 14) TNLA Clashes With Burma Army as Census Continues
62
FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern
Kachin State, Burma
63
Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts; EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during
Thingyan; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in Burmas northern Kachin state
64
Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts
65
DVB (11 Apr 14) Hundreds flee as census-related clashes break out in Kachin; FBR (11 Apr 14) Burma Army attacks Kachin
and Shan villagers and a Kachin IDP camp; over 1,800 people displaced; FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl,
Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma; JST for Humanitarian Response
in Kachin & Northern Shan States (12 Apr 14) Press release: Humanitarian crisis update for Kachin State and Northern Shan


State; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in Burmas northern Kachin state; Irrawaddy (10
Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post
66
EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during Thingyan
67
68
Kachin State, Burma
69
EMG (21 Apr 14) Why conflict continues in Kachin State; EMG (19 Apr 14) Clashes and tensions with KIA persist
70
Kachinland News (17 Apr 14) Humanitarian Crisis Looms as Fighting Intensifies in Kachin and Northern Shan State
71
EMG (21 Apr 14) Why conflict continues in Kachin State; Kachinland News (17 Apr 14) Humanitarian Crisis Looms as
Fighting Intensifies in Kachin and Northern Shan State; Kachinland News (15 Apr 14) KIA Ambush Burmese Army Convoys as
More Troops Deployed
72
Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State
73
74
75
76
Irrawaddy (23 Apr 14) 10 Soldiers Killed in Shan State Clashes: TNLA
77
Irrawaddy (23 Apr 14) 10 Soldiers Killed in Shan State Clashes: TNLA
78
79
Kachinland News (29 Apr 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State Amid Peace Talks
80
Kachinland News (05 May 14) Fierce Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State
81
Kachinland News (05 May 14) Fierce Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State
82
Kachin News Group (09 May 14) Burma army and KIA fight whole day in southern Kachin state
83
Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble; Kachin News Group (19
May 14) UN warns of worsening refugee conditions in Kachin and Shan states
84
Kachin News Group (19 May 14) UN warns of worsening refugee conditions in Kachin and Shan states
85
Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State
93
94
95
96
97
98
SHAN (19 Jun 14) SSA-North loses Mongsu camp to Burma Army
99
Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops
100
101
102
103
104
Kachin News Group (24 Jun 14) Burmese troops and KIA repeatedly clash in southern Kachin state
105
SHAN (19 Jun 14) SSA-North loses Mongsu camp to Burma Army
106
107
108
EMG (30 Jun 14) Army, TNLA fail to hold talks to curb fighting
109
110
111
112
Kachinland News (18 Jul 14) Battles Rage On in Northern Shan State
113
114
115
116
Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group
117
SHAN (22 Jul 14) Resume fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Army-North affects six villages; Irrawaddy (22 Jul
14) Clashes Continue Between SSA and Burma Army
118
Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine; Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14)
Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village
119
Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine; Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14)
Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village
120
Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine
121
Irrawaddy (18 Aug 14) One Civilian Killed After TNLA, Govt Troops Clash
122

Appendix IV
(Documented) Tatmadaw civilian abuses in Kachin, Shan States: November 2013 to August
2014

2 November: Three Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 286 gang-raped a 29-year-old Kachin woman in Sawng
Hka Village, between Mogaung and Hpakant Townships, Kachin State.
1

7 November: Tatmadaw artillery fire killed a 10-year-old child in Gawng Run Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
2

8 November: Tatmadaw soldiers detained and tortured a 54-year-old Kachin man in Nam Gau Village, Mansi
3

11 November: A Tatmadaw soldier raped an eight-year-old Kachin girl in Hka Lum Village, Hsenwi
4

14 November: Tatmadaw troops shot and killed a 40-year-old Kachin man in Mung Ding Pa, Mansi
5

17 November: Tatmadaw soldiers killed a 20-year-old mentally challenged man in Nam Lim Pa Village,
6

9 December: Tatmadaw troops shelled civilians working in a rice field near Mung Ding Pa in Mansi
7

7 January: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 401 fired artillery shells into civilian areas in Papun Township, Karen
State.
8

8 January: Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 298 abducted three Kachin women traveling by bus on Myitkyina-
Sumpra Bum Road, near Myitkyina, Kachin State; two managed to escape and the soldiers gang-raped the
remaining woman.
9

17 January: It was reported that a local NGO had found six shallow graves near Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in
Mansi Township, Kachin State, of elderly or mentally challenged residents who were unable to flee when
Tatmadaw troops attacked Mansi Township in November 2013.
10

30 January: Free Burma Rangers discovered three tortured bodies of victims who had been killed by the
Tatmadaw in November 2013.
11

30-31 January: Tatmadaw troops attacked Nam Gau and Nam San Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State,
capturing over 20 villagers.
12

26 February: Tatmadaw troops set up camp in two village tracts in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State,
interrogated villagers at gunpoint, extracted forced labor, looted, and shot livestock.
13

1-2 March: More than 1,000 Tatmadaw troops from LIB 77, 115 and 520, shelled 11 villages in a ceasefire
zone, causing 2,000 villagers to flee, and tortured a villager in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State.
14

4 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 5 extorted money from travelers arriving in or departing from
Kamaing, Hpakant Township, Kachin State.
15

4 March: Tatmadaw troops set fire to rubber fields and bamboo forests that are the source of livelihood for
many families in Bhamo and Waingmaw Townships, Kachin State.
16

5 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 80 occupying a former KIA outpost stopped and extorted money from
local residents in Nam Byu, Tanai Township, Kachin State.
17

7 March: It was reported that Tatmadaw troops had harassed and robbed villagers and travelers in U Di Bum
Village, Hpakant Township, Kachin State.
18

21 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 77 and 503 attacked Ngar Jarng Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan
State, and detained and tortured five villagers suspected of links with the Restoration Council of Shan State
(RCSS) and the village administrator.
19

23 March: Tatmadaw troops from IBs 519 and 53 looted villager property and livestock in Banggeng Village,
near Mongton Township, Shan State.
20

23 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 515 beat, stabbed, and robbed a man in Murng Ort Village, Tangyan
21

24 March: Tatmadaw troops detained and tortured a restaurant owner in Nam Lin Pone Village, Kyaukme
22

10 April: Two Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 320 gang-raped a 17-year-old girl in Ka Gam Village, Momauk
23

10 April: Tatmadaw troops launched attacks on KIA positions close to Mai Ja Yang, Mansi Township,
Kachin State, and displaced 300 residents of U Yang and Nam Hka Pa Villages.
24

10 April: Shrapnel from Tatmadaw troops mortar shelling of KIA positions near Mongpan Township, Shan
State injured a 40-year-old Shan villager.
25


10 April: Tatmadaw troops looted homes and livestock in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan
State.
26

10-11 April: Over 1,000 Kachin residents of Lagat Yang IDP camp, and another 1,000 residents of at least
ten Shan villages, fled to the Burma-China border, to Chinas Yunnan Province, or to Namkham Township,
Shan State, in reaction to Tatmadaw troops offensive against KIA forces.
27

11 April: Shrapnel from Tatmadaw troops mortar shelling seriously injured a 25-year-old Kachin civilian in
Maw Swi Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State.
28

11 April: Tatmadaw troops mortar shelling of Man Win Town, Bhamo Township, Kachin State, injured an
elderly woman and an eight-year-old boy.
29

11 April: Tatmadaw troops shelled homes in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan State, injuring
at least one civilian.
30

11 April: Tatmadaw troops from IB 69 shot and injured two civilians and fired mortar rounds in Maw Swi
Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State.
31

12 April: Tatmadaw troops arrested 30 Kachin civilians who were mining jade, and transported them to a
base in Hpakant Township, Kachin State.
32

12 April: Tatmadaw troops broke into a temple in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan State, and
arrested two men who went to survey the damage.
33

16 April: Tatmadaw offensives in Mansi Township displace over 1,000 Shan villagers near Mai Ja Yang,
Mansi Township, Kachin State, who fled to China as a result.
34

16 April: Tatmadaw forces shot and injured a Kachin civilian at a checkpoint near Chyari Dagaw Village,
Momauk Township, Kachin State.
35

17 April: Tatmadaw troops fired artillery shells on Chyari Bum Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State.
36

3 May: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 detained 14 Kachin IDPs in Lagat Yang IDP Camp, Man Wein
Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State, for suspected links to the KIA.
37

4 May: Four hundred IDPs from six villages who were fleeing from a Tatmadaw offensive in Mongpan
Township, Shan State, arrived in Muse Township, Shan State. The IDPs reported that Tatmadaw soldiers
robbed and threatened them.
38

9 May: Tatmadaw troops shelled Pang Hkam Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State, injuring a 20-year-old
civilian.
39

13 May: Tatmadaw troops raided Man Ong, Man Kong, and Pha Dan Villages in Namkham Township, Shan
State, and detained a Taang [Palaung] farmer in the same area.
40

15 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 415 ransacked and robbed villagers homes and beat a mentally
challenged person in Mauk Sam Village, Hsihsang Township, Shan State.
41

16 May: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 568 raped a 15-year-old Kachin girl in Nam Gut Village, Kutkai
42

29 May: Tatmadaw LID 88 troops shot and threw a grenade at a Shan couple on a motorbike, close to a
military checkpoint near Namkham Township, Shan State, fatally wounding one woman.
43

15 June: Residents fled after Tatmadaw forces burned down a house and opened fire on Ton Pan Village,
Kutkai Township, Shan State, after clashing with the TNLA nearby.
44

16 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 318 shot and killed a 41-year-old Kachin IDP, near Mung Ding Pa
45

16 June: A Tatmadaw LIB 88 soldier killed a 40-year-old shopkeeper in his shop in Nam San Godaung
Village, on the road between Muse and Namkham Townships, Shan State.
46

17 June: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 103 fired mortar shells on Gaw Ngu Yang Village, Mansi Township,
Kachin State.
47

18 June: It was reported that Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 had set up a new post in Nam Jang Gu Dawng
Village, between Muse and Namkham Townships, Shan State, and had ordered 12 neighboring villages to
each supply 50 bamboo poles and 20 hardwood posts.
48

18 June: It was reported that Tatmadaw troops from LID 66 had ordered residents of three villages in
Hpakant Township, Kachin State, to move out by the end of the month, and had expelled jade miners without
resident IDs to Mogaung Township, Kachin State.
49

7 July: It was reported that during the first week of July, Tatmadaw troops had attacked villages in Monghsu,
Loilem, and Kyethi Townships, used villagers as forced labor and destroyed crops and livestock, displacing
209 residents of Pha Saung Village, Kyethi Township, Shan State.
50

19 July: Tatmadaw troops launched a mortar shell attack on Mang Poe Village, Namkham Township, Shan
State, killing a 70-year-old woman, a 50-year-old man, and injuring over 10 children.
51

19-21 July: Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces, displacing over 800 civilians from Mongkoe
Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State, forcing them to seek shelter in Namkham Township, Shan State.
52


28 July: Tatmadaw troops shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in his home in Kutkai Township, Shan State.
53

29 July: After the discovery of two murdered Tatmadaw soldiers in Namkham Township, Shan State,
Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 arrested and interrogated the village chairman, secretary, and three community
leaders and tortured them for two days.
54

1 August: Following the torture of five villagers and other threats from Tatmadaw troops, about 500 residents
of Naungmata Village, Namkham Township, Shan State, fled across the border to China.
55

12 August: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 108 beat and tortured a village administrator in Hpakant Township,
Kachin State.
56

13 August: It was reported that Tatmadaw clashes with KIA forces on 8-9 August in Hpakant Township,
Kachin State, had displaced over 200 villagers who took refuge at two churches east of Hpakant.
57

18 August: Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 shot two civilians, killing one and severely wounding the
other, in Namkham Township, Shan State.
58

20 August: It was reported that Tatmadaw clashes in Kyethi Township had forced 40 IDPs to flee to a
Buddhist monastery in Kyethi Township, Shan State.
59

28 August: A Tatmadaw commanding officer and soldiers from LIB 344 arrested and tortured three
villagers in Paletwa Township, Chin State, accusing them of links to the Chin National Army.
60

1
Kachinland News (06 Nov 13) 286th LIR Soldiers Raped a 29-year-old Mother
2
3
FBR (19 Nov 13) Burma Army Captures, Kills and Tortures Villagers in Kachin State, Forcing Over 2,000 to Flee
4
Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private
5
FBR (19 Nov 13) Burma Army Captures, Kills and Tortures Villagers in Kachin State, Forcing Over 2,000 to Flee
6
FBR (22 May 14) 2013 Free Burma Rangers Annual Report
7
Next Meeting
8
KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire
9
Kachinland News (10 Jan 14) Burmese Army Soldiers Raping Ethnic Women With Impunity; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns
Over Impunity in Burma Soldiers Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old
10
Irrawaddy (17 Jan 14) Graves Found Near Abandoned IDP Camps in Kachin State; Kachin News (22 Jan 14) KIA refuses
Burma army access to site of alleged atrocity
11
FBR (01 Feb 14) Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villages, Capturing 18 Villagers; Bodies of Torture Victims Discovered
12
FBR (01 Feb 14) Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villages, Capturing 18 Villagers; Bodies of Torture Victims Discovered
13
KIC (21 Mar 14) 2,000 Civilians Flee Burma Army Attacks; DVB (18 Mar 14) Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says
rights group
14
KIC (21 Mar 14) 2,000 Civilians Flee Burma Army Attacks; DVB (18 Mar 14) Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says
rights group
15
Kachinland News (07 Mar 14) Abuses Increased as More Government Troops Deployed in Kachin Region
16
17
18
19
SHAN (26 Mar 14) Burma Army arrests and tortures suspected of associating with SSA
20
SHRF (28 Mar 14) Spreading Burma Army attacks and abuses against civilians in Shan State undermine nationwide
ceasefire negotiations
21
SHRF (08 Apr 14) Burma Army soldiers beat, stab and rob villager in northern Shan State; KIC (15 Apr 14) Burma Army
Soldiers Accused Of Armed Robbery
22
SHAN (26 Mar 14) Burma Army arrests and tortures suspected of associating with SSA
23
Kachin State, Burma; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Groups And Advocates Demand Investigation Into Burma Armys Systematic Use
of Rape, Sexual Violence
24
Irrawaddy (10 Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post
25
Irrawaddy (10 Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post
26
SHRF (05 Jun 14) Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near
Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014)
27
FBR (11 Apr 14) Burma Army attacks Kachin and Shan villagers and a Kachin IDP camp; over 1,800 people displaced; FBR
(19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin
State, Burma; JST Humanitarian Response in Kachin & Northern Shan States (12 Apr 14) Press release: Humanitarian crisis
update for Kachin State and Northern Shan State; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in
Burmas northern Kachin state
28
Kachinland News (12 Apr 14) One Civilian Hit By Mortar Fire as Battles Rage in Southern Kachin State
29
Kachin State, Burma
30
31
Kachin State, Burma; Kachinland News (12 Apr 14) One Civilian Hit By Mortar Fire as Battles Rage in Southern Kachin State
32
FBR (24 Apr 14) Civilian Killed by Landmine, Teenage Girl Raped and Over 3,600 New IDPs in Kachin State
33
34
35
Irrawaddy (21 Apr 14) 5,000 Displaced by Kachin Clashes Amid KIO Leaders US Visit


36
FBR (24 Apr 14) Civilian Killed by Landmine, Teenage Girl Raped and Over 3,600 New IDPs in Kachin State
37
Kachin News Group (06 May 14) Tensions remain high after army harasses and detains Kachin refugees; Irrawaddy (05 May
14) Burma Army Detains 14 Kachin IDPs, NGO Says; Mizzima News (05 May 14) Tatmadaw arrests 14 at Kachin refugee
camp; Kachinland News (06 May 14) IDPs Flee Fighting in Mungpaw, Some Confined to Their Camp
38
Kachinland News (06 May 14) IDPs Flee Fighting in Mungpaw, Some Confined to Their Camp
39
40
Irrawaddy (14 May 14) Burma Army Detains Palaung Man Accused of TNLA Links: Activists
41
Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes
42
Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes
43
Kachin News Group (11 Jun 14) Villagers in northern Shan state suffer after Tatmadaw's Kachin offensive
44
Irrawaddy (16 Jun 14) Palaung Villagers Flee Burmese Army Shelling: TNLA
45
Kachinland News (17 Jun 14) Two Kachin Civilians Killed by Burmese Army Soldiers
46
DVB (21 Jun 14) Kachin family call for Rule of Law, refuse blood money from Burmese commander; Kachinland News (17
Jun 14) Two Kachin Civilians Killed by Burmese Army Soldiers
47
48
49
50
SHAN (07 Jul 14) Over 100 villagers flee Burma Army abuses amid mounting tension in central Shan State; Irrawaddy (15
Jul 14) Hundreds Hide at Monastery After Recent Fighting in Northern Shan State; Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly
Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group
51
Irrawaddy (21 Jul 14) Two Civilians Killed in Renewed Clashes in Northern Shan State: TNLA
52
Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group
53
DVB (06 Aug 14) Fatal shooting sparks fear of conflict in Kutkai; Irrawaddy (01 Aug 14) Shan Village Abandoned for Fear of
Burma Army Reprisals
54
DVB (01 Aug 14) Villagers flee Namhkam after alleged army threats; Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Whole Shan village flees to
China after alleged murder of government soldiers
55
DVB (01 Aug 14) Villagers flee Namhkam after alleged army threats; Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Whole Shan village flees to
China after alleged murder of government soldiers; Irrawaddy (01 Aug 14) Shan Village Abandoned for Fear of Burma Army
Reprisals
56
DVB (15 Aug 14) Kachin villagers get apology from Burma Army commander
57
Irrawaddy (13 Aug 14) 200 Kachin Civilians Flee Fighting Near Hpakant; Irrawaddy (15 Aug 14) Security a Concern as Jade
Mining Set to Resume in Hpakant
58
59
Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14) Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village
60
Khonumthung News (05 Sep 14) Govt. Soldiers bullied villagers accusing pro-Chin National Army

Appendix V
Hate crimes and extremist violence continue

9-13 January: According to the UN, Buddhist Rakhine and
local police killed at least 48 Muslim Rohingya in Du Chee Yar
Tan Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.
1

14 February: Buddhist Rakhine extremists killed 11 Rohingya
at Kone Kar stream, in Minbya Township, Arakan State.
2

24 February: Buddhist Rakhine villagers set fire to three
Muslim Rohingya houses in Du Chee Yar Tan Village,
Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.
3

26 March: Buddhist Rakhine burned down seven Muslim
Rohingya-owned stores in Doe Tan Village, Maungdaw
Township, Arakan State.
4

16 April: An extremist mob burned four houses in Nattalin
Township, Pegu Division after a Buddhist woman and her family
refused to turn over her Muslim partner to a crowd the night
before.
5

22 April: Buddhist Rakhine extremists tortured and beat more
than 35 Muslim Rohingya firewood collectors in Maungdaw
Township, Arakan State.
6

1 May: Two Rakhine severely beat a Muslim Rohingya
fisherman in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State.
7

2 May: Eight Buddhist Rakhine attacked a Muslim Rohingya
motorcyclist on the Maungdaw-Aley Than Kyaw highway,
8

3 May: Unidentified armed men killed three and injured nine
people, including Muslim Rohingya, in a shooting in Thin Baw
Kwe Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.
9

8 June: About 16 extremist Buddhist Rakhine dressed in police
uniforms attacked four Muslim Rohingya sentry men of Nwa
Yon Daung Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State,
demanding information about Rohingya Solidarity Organization,
and withdrew when a riot police patrol approached.
10

1-4 July: Extremist Buddhist mobs attacked Muslim shops in
Mandalay, homes, a Muslim cemetery, and other buildings in
Mandalay Division, killing two and injuring 14.
11

Instances of hate speech and incitement

15 January: In Mandalay, more than 10,000 monks, including extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu and
leaders of the 969 movement, gathered to garner support for proposed legislation restricting interfaith
marriage, and launched the Upper Burma Branch of the Organization for the Protection of Nation and
Religion (OPNRR).
12

2 February: About 3,000 local Buddhist Rakhine held a protest against Muslim Rohingya in Akyab [Sittwe],
Arakan State, to call for additional police, stricter enforcement of the 1982 Citizenship Law, and the removal
of UN and INGO representatives in Akyab, Arakan State.
13

4 February: Local Buddhist Rakhine residents in Akyab, Arakan State, hold a rally to call for Muslim
Rohingya to be denied voting rights and to allow police the use of deadly force in emergency situations.
14

12 February: NLD cancelled a literature talk in Rangoons North Okkalapa Township after about 30 monks
from the Patriotic Burmese Monks Union (PBMU) pressured planners to call off the event, saying that two of
the four speakers were Muslim.
15

23 February: Hundreds of people in Naypyidaw attended a rally organized by the OPNRR in support of a
draft law which would ban interfaith marriage between Buddhist women and non-Buddhist men.
16

4 March: Four MPs from the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) met with the regime
Immigration and Population Minister Khin Yi in Naypyidaw and requested Rohingya not be used in the
census at a meeting.
17

10 March: Extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu began a visit to Arakan State to preach about safeguarding
Buddhism and national identity.
18

Map of IDP camps and incidents of anti-
Rohingya violence and intimidation in
Arakan State
Incidents of violence
and/or intimidation
IDP camp
Adapted from: OCHA
(01 Jun 14) Myanmar:
Internal Displacement in
Rakhine State

16 March: More than 46,000 ethnic Rakhine in Akyab, Kyaukpyu, Maungdaw, Ponnagyun, Myebon, and
Mrauk U Townships, Arakan State, held simultaneous demonstrations to protest the use of the term
Rohingya as an ethnic category in the census.
19

20 March: Representatives from Rakhine, Kaman, Myo, Kamee, Maramagyi, Dainat, and Thet ethnic groups
released a statement opposing the recognition of Rohingya as an ethnic category in the census.
20

28 March: In Lashio Township, Shan State, more than 300 local residents staged a protest against the official
recognition of the term Rohingya as an ethnic category in the 2014 census.
21

1 July: An unconfirmed post that two Muslim teashop owners in Mandalay raped a Buddhist woman went
viral on social media after extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu shared it on his Facebook page.
22

Security forces target Rohingya

31 March: A Tatmadaw officer and riot police in Hpaung Seik Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State,
severely beat two Rohingya who wanted to claim Rohingya as their ethnicity in the national census.
23

6 April: Tatmadaw soldiers in Nyaung Chaung Village, Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, gang-raped a
40-year-old Rohingya woman.
24

14 April: Police arrested, tortured, and denied medical treatment to four Rohingya village administrators for
allegedly burning the Taungbro Letwe police station in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.
25

29 April: Police extorted money from a Rohingya man attempting to keep trespassers out of his fishing pond
in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.
26

23 May: Police severely beat an eight-year-old Rohingya boy on his way back from collecting firewood in
27

24 May: Officials summoned administration officers to Aley Than Kyaw District police station to order the
destruction of a mosque and 14 houses in their village in Khonza Bill Village. Maungdaw Township, Arakan
State.
28

5 June: Riot police in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, burned down 25 Rohingya-owned shops in the
Kyauk Hla Gaar market, then attempted to arrest the shop-owners.
29

22 June: Tatmadaw soldiers from Marawaddy outpost in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, destroyed
several betel farms that belonged to Rohingya.
30

1
UN News Centre (23 Jan 14) Top UN officials call for probe into latest violence in Myanmars Rakhine state
2
Asian Tribune (04 Mar 14) Myanmars Suspension of MSFs Work in Arakan is Criminal
3
Kaladan News (27 Feb 14) Arson attack again to Du Chee Ya Tan village of Maung Daw
4
Kaladan News (26 Mar 14) Rakhine set on fire the Doe Tan market in Maungdaw north
5
DVB (18 Apr 14) Interfaith couple targeted by mob in Pegu
6
Kaladan News (27 Apr 14) Firewood collectors tortured in Maungdaw
7
Kaladan News (01 May 14) Two Rakhines attack Rohingya fisherman in Buthidaung
8
Kaladan News (03 May 14) Rakhines attack a Rohingya motor-cycle rider
9
EMG (06 May 14) Village leader and scholar killed in Maungdaw attack
10
Kaladan News (09 Jun 14) 969 members torture sentry men at Maungdaw Township
11
DVB (02 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar
city; Reuters (02 Jul 14) Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to end sectarian trouble in Mandalay; DVB (20 Jul 14) Police line
streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city; Irrawaddy (02 Jul 14) 5
Injured in Mandalay Unrest, Damage Limited: Police; RFA (02 Jul 14) Anti-Muslim Riots Turn Deadly in Myanmars Mandalay
City; Al Jazeera (02 Jul 14) Myanmar police break up sectarian riots; AFP (05 Jul 14) Mob burns school in riot-hit Myanmar city
12
Irrawaddy (16 Jan 14) Monk Conference Backs Bills to Restrict Interfaith Marriage, Rohingya Voting; Irrawaddy (21 Jan 14)
Religious Roots of Social Harmony Discussed in Rangoon
13
Myanmar Times (05 Feb 14) Rakhine protestors converge in Sittwe
14
DVB (05 Feb 14) MSF, OCHA hit back at anti-aid worker sentiment in Arakan State
15
DVB (14 Feb 14) NLD cancels literary event after pressure over Muslim speakers
16
Mizzima News (24 Feb 14) Hundreds attend rally in support of inter-faith marriage ban
17
Mizzima News (05 Mar 14) Rakhine MPs seek Rohingya ban in census
18
Mizzima News (17 Mar 14) Rakhine State protests oppose Rohingya as census category
19
Mizzima News (17 Mar 14) Rakhine State protests oppose Rohingya as census category; EMG (17 Mar 14) Ethnic Rakhine
oppose use of Rohingya in state census taking
20
EMG (21 Mar 14) Ethnic groups hold press conference to oppose Rohingya in census
21
EMG (29 Mar 14) Lashio residents protest against putting Rohingya in national census
22
DVB (02 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city
23
Kaladan News (31 Mar 14) Security forces tortured Rohingya for claiming Rohingya as their ethnicity
24
Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw
25
Kaladan News (15 Apr 14) Arrest and torture for blaze in Maungdaw north
26
Kaladan News (01 May 14) No rights to protect own property in Maungdaw
27
Kaladan News (24 May 14) School boy severely tortured by police officer in Maungdaw
28
Kaladan News (26 May 14) Authority orders to destroy mosque and houses in Maungdaw
29
Kaladan News (06 Jun 14) Kyauk Hla Gaar market burnt down in Maungdaw
30
Kaladan News (24 Jun 14) Army destroy betel farms for firewood in Maungdaw

Appendix VI
Children suffer most from the humanitarian crisis in Arakan State

30 March: A five-year-old boy in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab [Sittwe], Arakan State, died without
medical care after suffering post-appendix operation complications.
1

31 March: A one-year-old in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab, Arakan State, died without medical care after
contracting an infection and developing a fever.
2

1 April: A father of four in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab, Arakan State, died without medical care from
symptoms related to diabetes.
3

2 April: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 15,000 children in IDP camps
in Arakan State had no access to psycho-social support, 300 acutely malnourished children in Akyab, had no
therapeutic treatment.
4

2 April: A joint World Health Organization (WHO)-UN statement announced that life-saving therapeutic
treatment for more than 300 children suffering from acute malnutrition had been suspended in Akyab, Arakan
State.
5

8 April: UNOCHA revealed that emergency medical cases were not being referred to hospitals in Arakan
State because NGOs could not obtain travel authorizations or hospital spaces for patients.
6

20 May: UNOCHA reported that in April, over 23,000 people in Arakan State lacked access to safe drinking
water and needed daily help from aid agencies.
7

17 June: It was reported that a two-year-old boy had died from diarrhea complications in a Rohingya IDP
camp in Arakan State, after his family was unable to find medical assistance.
8

1 August: The regime Health Ministry reported that out of 26 cases of Japanese encephalitis in Arakan State
in July, eight children had died: Four in Akyab Township, three in Ponnagyun Township, and one in
Taunggoat Township. A ministry official said it would not be possible this year to administer the vaccine that
prevents the disease.
9

13 August: An Akyab general hospital medical superintendent reported that two more people in Arakan State
had died from encephalitis in August, and that there were now 41 reported cases.
10

13 August: It was reported that in the last two months, nine children had died from meningitis at Akyab
general hospital.
11

20 August: UNOCHA stated that combined state and INGO efforts in July provided just 50% of the health
services provided in February 2014, before the expulsion of aid agencies in March.
12

1
Myanmar Times (03 Apr 14) In the shadow of the census, a health crisis unfolds
2
3
4
OCHA (02 Apr 14) Hundreds of thousands of people severely affected by disruption of humanitarian assistance in Rakhine
State, Myanmar
5
AFP (03 Apr 14) UN warns of health crisis in Myanmar
6
DVB (08 Apr 14) Aid in Arakan at bare minimum
7
OCHA (20 May 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 4: 1-30 April
8
TIME (17 Jun 14) These Arent Refugee Camps, Theyre Concentration Camps, and People Are Dying in Them
9
Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Japanese encephalitis kills eight children in Rakhine State
10
Mizzima News (14 Aug 14) Death toll rises from Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Rakhine
11
Narinjara News (13 Aug 14) Nine children died of meningitis in Sittwe hospital
12
OCHA (20 Aug 14) Myanmar Humanitarian Bulletin Issue July 2014

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