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Attempted
Genocide in Burma
......... one must also understand that there are
various other offences
described in the Genocide Convention that are justiciable at the International
Court of Justice. Most interesting is the crime of attempted genocide which does
not require that a genocide have occurred but rather that a "substantial step"
has been taken in that direction ..........
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Interview with a Free Burma Ranger
......... Much of what is happening is difficult to capture with photos,
video and reports. It is generally a slow and insidious strangulation of
the population rather than an all out effort to crush them. While the
campaign of control against the ethnic villagers and IDPs meets the UN
definition of genocide, it is not the kind of genocide that occurred in
Cambodia or Nazi
Germany...........
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Interview with Journalist Evan Williams
............I believe the intent, acts and result of military actions result on
genocide-like impact on the people............I think what is happening
in Burma in the unreported valleys is a crime against humanity that
requires urgent international intervention and action to save people’s
lives and as such it compares with all other such attacks on civilian
groups anywhere..............
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In the case of
Burma, although it ratified the Convention in 1956, the current military regime
has adopted Genocide as a terror against the ethnic national groups of Karen,
Karenni and Shan people, etc. and the evidences were well-documented in the
resources of...........
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One of the
tactics of this ruthless regime includes military offensives where hundreds of
villages are destroyed and burned so that people are forced to flee to the
jungle or cross the border; they cannot return to their homes. If they do, they
face arrest and torture being accused of aiding or joining the rebels during
their period of hiding.] The territory is conveniently called ‘cleaned’ of the
rebel forces ............
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Just A Bad Dream?
_ Feraya
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Burmese
soldiers have to marry Shan women to "burmanize" them...........This way they
want the soldiers to oppress the Shan people until they are all gone-killed, run
away, burmanized............The weapons they use are not only guns and bombs but
also rape, torture, drugs, Aids, prostitution, armed robbery, forced
relocation , slavery.........
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Real
People’s Desire: Freedom from Persecution
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Dr. Tayza
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a representative from Chin Human Rights Organization spoke to the
meeting about human rights situations in Chin State. He said there is no
doubt about military regime’s intention of destroying identity, culture
and tradition of non-Burman minorities............a
Chin lady delegate, who is currently based in India, talked about forced
labour in Chin State of Burma............an
ethnic lady from Kachin National Organization explained about the
problem of human trafficking, exploitation of natural resources and
environmental destruction in Kachin State.............
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Junta’s
Ethnic Cleansing in Eight Stages _
Dr. San Oo Aung
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According to President of
Genocide Watch,
Gregory Stanton,
genocide develops in eight stages that are "predictable but not inexorable".
The
FBI has
found somewhat similar stages for
hate groups.
And we can see that SPDC junta's ethnic cleansing is going along the same
lines..............
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