Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Burma’s Kachin State
This 83-page report describes how the Burmese army has attacked Kachin villages, razed homes, pillaged properties, and forced the displacement of tens of thousands of people. Soldiers have threatened and tortured civilians during interrogations and raped women. The army has also used antipersonnel mines and conscripted forced laborers, including children as young as 14, on the front lines.
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ISBN: 1-56432-874-0
ISBN: 1-56432-874-0
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- “Untold Miseries”
- Map of Burma
- Detailed Map of Kachin State
- Summary
- Methodology
- I. Armed Conflict in Kachin State
- II. Burmese Army Abuses in Kachin State
- III. Abuses by the Kachin Independence Army
- IV. Protecting Internally Displaced Kachin in Burma
- V. International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
- VI. Recommendations
- Acknowledgements






