Myanmar: The Kayin (Karen) state: Militarization and human rights

Index Number: ASA 16/012/1999
Date Published: 31 May 1999
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Myanmar

This document illustrates human rights violations committed against the Karen ethnic group by the army in Myanmar. These include extrajudicial executions, forced labour and portering. The document ends with AI recommendations to the Karen National Union and Myanmar's military government.