Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma
This 70-page report details abuses against convict porters including summary executions, torture, and the use of the convicts as “human shields.” The military should stop forcibly recruiting prisoners as porters and mistreating them, and those responsible for ordering or participating in such treatment should be prosecuted, Human Rights Watch and the Karen Human Rights Group said.
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ISBN: 1-56432-785-X
ISBN: 1-56432-785-X
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- Dead Men Walking
- Transport Routes and Area Use of Convict Porters in the 2011 Offensive
- Map of Post-Election Offensive Area 2010-2011
- Acronyms and Burmese Terms
- Summary
- Methodology
- I. Forced Labor in Burma
- II. From Prison to Conflict Zone
- III. Abuses against Convict Porters in Armed Conflict
- IV. After Escape to Thailand
- Recommendations
- Appendix A: List of Labor Camps under the Correctional Department in Burma
- Acknowledgements







