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The Human Rights Documentation Unit is a division of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma that is responsible for producing an annual human rights yearbook.
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 23Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2002-2003: The Situation of Refugees
According to the US Committee for Refugees, there are more than 450,000 Burmese refugees and asylum seekers in countries neighboring Burma. Driven out by the ruling military regimes unrelenting policies and practices that violate their human rights, refugees and aylum seekers have fled to Thailand, Bangladesh, India and Malaysia. The human rights abuses committed by the SPDC include forced relocations, rape, forced labor, torture, the confiscation of land and property, arbitrary arrest and lack of personal security.
Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2002-03: Internally Displaced People and Forced Relocation
The situation of internally displaced people (IDPs), in Burma remained critical throughout 2002. The U.S. State Department’s country report for 2002 on Burma estimated that forced relocations had produced hundreds of thousands of refugees, with as many as one million internally displaced persons.
"Throughout 2002 the military continued to forcibly relocate minority villages, especially in areas where ethnic activists and rebels were active, and in areas targeted for the development of international tourism." (Human Rights Watch World Report 2003)
Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2002-03: The Situation of Migrant Workers
Background:
Landmine chapter of the Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2001-2002
Landmines are weapons that kill and maim indiscriminately, whether it be civilians, soldiers, elderly people, women, children or
animals. They cause injury and death long after the official end of a war. Contrary to trends in the rest of the world, rather than
reduce or abolish the use of landmines, the SPDC has actually increased production of anti-personnel landmines and at least in
the case of the Burma-Bangladesh border, is actively maintaining minefields. In Asia, Burma is currently second only to
Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2001-2002: The Situation of Migrant Workers
There are an estimated 1 million illegal immigrants from Burma and other neighboring countries working in Thailand. Migrant
workers from Burma come from a variety of geographical locations and ethnic groups and work in several different industries
and service sectors in Thailand. There are both push and pull factors at work when people make the decision to migrate to
Thailand. The pull factors include the close geographical location of Thailand to Burma as well as the demand in Thailand for