SPDC accused of committing crimes against humanity
Burmese regime is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians during its military offensive against ethnic rebels, Amnesty International said in a report.
Amnesty International said the latest push against the KNU had been particularly punishing.
Civilians living in the areas affected have been subjected to abuses including torture, forced labour, killings, arbitrary arrest and the destruction of homes, villages, farmland and food stocks, Amnesty said.
"The report highlights that these violations constitute crimes against humanity," Amnesty's Asia-Pacific Director Sam Zarifi said in an interview with the BBC Burmese Service.
Burmese regime is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians during its military offensive against ethnic rebels, Amnesty International said in a report.
Amnesty International said the latest push against the KNU had been particularly punishing.
Civilians living in the areas affected have been subjected to abuses including torture, forced labour, killings, arbitrary arrest and the destruction of homes, villages, farmland and food stocks, Amnesty said.
"The report highlights that these violations constitute crimes against humanity," Amnesty's Asia-Pacific Director Sam Zarifi said in an interview with the BBC Burmese Service.
AI: Forced evictions on cyclone victims stepped up
The London based human rights group, Amnesty International, says the Burmese authorities are stepping up their efforts to evict cyclone victims out of emergency shelters.
Benjamin Zawacki of Amnesty told journalists in Thailand there were indications that the Burmese government wanted to force people back to their flattened villages in the cyclone worst hit area, the Irrawaddy Delta.
He said Amnesty International can confirm at least thirty instances or accounts of forcibly displacement since the 19th of May.
Amnesty does not have evidence to suggest that it is, at least yet, the policy of the regime to forcibly displace people back to their villages and their townships in the Delta area, but circumstantial evidence is certainly beginning to lean in that direction, added Mr Zawacki.
The London based human rights group, Amnesty International, says the Burmese authorities are stepping up their efforts to evict cyclone victims out of emergency shelters.
Benjamin Zawacki of Amnesty told journalists in Thailand there were indications that the Burmese government wanted to force people back to their flattened villages in the cyclone worst hit area, the Irrawaddy Delta.
He said Amnesty International can confirm at least thirty instances or accounts of forcibly displacement since the 19th of May.
Amnesty does not have evidence to suggest that it is, at least yet, the policy of the regime to forcibly displace people back to their villages and their townships in the Delta area, but circumstantial evidence is certainly beginning to lean in that direction, added Mr Zawacki.
Forced eviction of cyclone victims intensified
The London-based human rights group, Amnesty International, says the Burmese authorities are stepping up efforts to evict cyclone victims out of emergency shelters.
The cyclone has caused extensive damages mainly in the delta region and survivors have been forced to leave their houses and live on the road side or in monastries.
Amnesty confirmed at least thrity cases of forced evictions but the spokesman said he did not see evidence to suggest that it is the government's policy.
In the mean time, aid experts from the ASEAN and the UN started deploying in Irrawaddy delta, more than a month after the cyclone devastated the region.
The survivors have been mainly relying on private donors who have been providing vital supplies which international agencies have been unable to do so freely.
The cyclone left more than 133,000 people dead or missing and UN estimates more than two million survivors need food and shelter. But 1.1 million people have yet to receive anything from foreign donors.
The London-based human rights group, Amnesty International, says the Burmese authorities are stepping up efforts to evict cyclone victims out of emergency shelters.
The cyclone has caused extensive damages mainly in the delta region and survivors have been forced to leave their houses and live on the road side or in monastries.
Amnesty confirmed at least thrity cases of forced evictions but the spokesman said he did not see evidence to suggest that it is the government's policy.
In the mean time, aid experts from the ASEAN and the UN started deploying in Irrawaddy delta, more than a month after the cyclone devastated the region.
The survivors have been mainly relying on private donors who have been providing vital supplies which international agencies have been unable to do so freely.
The cyclone left more than 133,000 people dead or missing and UN estimates more than two million survivors need food and shelter. But 1.1 million people have yet to receive anything from foreign donors.
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