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2. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
3. Source: SPDC Operations in Kler Lweh Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District, KHRG, 30 April 2006.
4. Source: SPDC Attacks on Villages in Nyaunglebin and Papun Districts and the Civilian Response, KHRG, 11 September 2006.
5. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attacks in Western and Northern Karen States”, FBR, 14 March 2006.
6. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
7. Source: “Burma Army landmine/IED Kills Three and Wounds Eight in Mon Township," FBR, 8 December 2006.
8. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
9. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
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12. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
13. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 12 June 2006.
14. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
16. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
17. Source: “Army Harasses Rohingyas on Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road,” Kaladan News, 20 April 2006.
18. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
19. Sources: Shoot on Sight: The ongoing SPDC offensive against villagers in northern KarenState. Burma Issues, December 2006; Forced Relocation, Restrictions and Abuses in Nyaunglebin District, KHRG, 10 July 2006.
20. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
21. Source: SPDC Operations in Kler Lweh Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District, KHRG, 30 April 2006.
22. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, BPHWT, September 2006.
23. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG 12 June 2007.
24. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
25. Sources: Surviving in Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006; Forced Labour, Extortion, and Festivities: The SPDC and DKBA burden on villagers in Pa'an District, KHRG, 22 December 2006.
26. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
28. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, BPHWT, September 2006.
29. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
30. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
31. Source: Burma: Displacement Continues in One of the World’s Worst IDP Situations, Global IDP Project, 27 June 2005.
32. Source: The Rohingya Minority: Fundamental Rights Denied, AI, May 2004.
33. Source: “Army Confiscates Farms for Natala Villagers in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 16 April 2006.
34. Source: “69 Model Villagers Are HIV/AIDS Affected,” Narinjara News, 24 August 2006.
35. Source: “Evacuation Order for Archaeological Excavation Worries Villagers in Kyauk Taw Township,” Narinjara News, 19 March 2006.
36. Source: “Army Confiscates Farms for Natala Villagers in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 16 April 2006.
37. Source: “Natala Villager Killed, Rohingya Village Destroyed,” Kaladan News, 26 April 2006.
38. Source: “Soldiers torch village chief’s house and jhum huts in Chin State,” Khonumthung, 24 July 2006.
39. Source: “Fifty households to be evicted for monastery expansion,” Khonumthung, 29 August 2006.
40. Source: “Villagers to Relocate within Deadline,” Khonumthung, 13 November 2006.
41. Source: “Chin People Flee to India for Fear of Army Training,” Khonumthung, 13 September 2006.
42. Source: “Kachin State,” BERG, September 2000.
43. Source: Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2005, HRDU, June 2006.
44. Source: Internal Displacement and Protection in Eastern Burma, TBBC, October 2005.
45. Source: “‘We will run out of food here in a week and must move these people’,” FBR, 24 November 2006.
46. Source: “SPDC Attacks on Villages in Nyaunglebin and Papun Districts and the Civilian Response,” KHRG, 11 September 2006.
47. Sources: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 13 June 2006; One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.
48. Source: “Rights Groups Urge End to Salween Dam Projects,” Mizzima News, 11 February 2006.
49. There are also differences in the demarcation of boundaries between Karen State and Mon State. Similar disparities exist for Tenasserim Division, however, these are less clear cut and thus shall be considered separately for the purposes of this report.
50. Source: Toungoo District: The Civilian Response to Human Rights Violations, KHRG, 15 August 2006.
51. Source: “New Burma Army Attacks and IDP Update,” FBR, 29 May 2006.
52. Source: “Message from A Relief Team Leader Now in the Karen State,” FBR, 11 April 2006.
53. Source: “Update on Burma Army Attacks in Toungoo and Nyaunglebin Districts,” FBR, 1 April 2006.
54. Source: Forced Relocation, Restrictions and Abuses in Nyaunglebin District, KHRG, 10 July 2006.
56. Source: “Karen IDPs Arrive at a Village after 2 Weeks Fleeing,” FBR, 4 April 2006.
57. Source: “New Burma Army Attacks and IDP Update,” FBR, 29 May 2006.
58. Source: Forced Relocation, Restrictions and Abuses in Nyaunglebin District, KHRG, 10 July 2006.
59. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 15/06,” KNU, 26 August 2006.
60. Source: “New Burma Army Attacks and IDP Update,” FBR, 29 May 2006.
62. Source: “Burma Army Activities in Toungoo District, Western Karen State,” FBR, 25 May 2006.
63. Source: “Total Number of IDPs Now in Karen State Is Over 13,000 People,” FBR, 2 May 2006.
65. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 15/06,” KNU, 26 August 2006.
66. Source: “New Burma Army Attacks and IDP Update,” FBR, 29 May 2006.
68. Source: “Over 15,500 Displaced in North, Northwestern and Western Karen State,” FBR, 10 May 2006.
69. Source: “Attacks Continue in Toungoo District,” FBR, 16 May 2006.
70. Source: “Burma Army Activities in Papun (Muthraw) District, Karen State,” 20 June 2006.
71. Source: “4,100 Displaced in New Attacks as Total Number of IDPs Rises to over 16,000,” FBR, 9 June 2006.
72. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 25/06, KNU, 30 August 2006.
73. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 29/06,” KNU, June 2006.
74. Source: “Update on Attacks in Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State,” FBR, 13 November 2006.
75. Source: “Burma Army Machineguns Hiding Places as Karen Families Flee New Onslaught,” FBR, 27 October 2006.
76. Source: “Five Villagers Killed and Three Wounded in Continuing Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 2 November 2006.
77. Source: “Man Burned Alive by Burma Army troops as they Burn his Village Down, 1 November 2006,” FBR, 7 November 2006.
78. Source: “Update on Attacks in Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State,” FBR, 13 November 2006.
79. Source: “Burma Army Abuses During Current Offensive in Toungoo District,” FBR, 13 November 2006.
80. Source: “Five Villagers Killed and Three Wounded in Continuing Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 2 November 2006.
81. Source: “Junta official urges Thai authorities not to support KNPP.” Kantarawaddy Times, 15 May 2006.
82. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
83. Source: “Health Crisis for ‘Internally Displaced Persons’ and Civilians in Mon Territory,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 31 July 2006.
84. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
85. Sources: “Junta’s Development Project Shifts Homes,” IMNA, 25 April 2006; “Authorities Order Relocation of Private Homes in Burmese Border Town,” IMNA, 27 April 2006.
86. “Restrictions on Movement Exacerbate Vulnerability for 1,500 Displaced Civilians in Ye Township, Mon State,” Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: June 2006 Update, TBBC, June 2006.
87. Source: “Health Crisis for ‘Internally Displaced Persons’ and Civilians in Mon Territory,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 31 July 2006.
88. Source: “Fresh campaign against SSA begins,” SHAN, 18 January 2006.
89. Source: “SSA-S Ambushes Burmese Troop,” SHAN, 6 December 2006.
90. Sources: “Worries after Fighting Erupts Close to Border,” Bangkok Post, 12 December 2006; “Sporadic Clashes between SSA-S and Burmese Army,” SHAN, 12 December 2006; “Wa Not Joining Battle with Shans,” SHAN, 16 December 2006; “Burmese Troops Clash with SSA near Tachilek,” Irrawaddy, 13 December 2006, “Wa Not Joining Battle with Shans,” SHAN, 16 December 2006.
91. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
92. Sources: “New Wave of Wa Settlers Reach Border,” SHAN, 21 April 2006; “No more Wa exodus,” SHAN, 9 May 2006.
93. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
95. Source: “Update On Shan IDPs,” FBR, 4 January 2006.
96. Source: “Forced Relocation and Land Confiscation in Kaeng-Tung,” SHRF Monthly Report, SHRF, August 2006.
97. Source: “Watchers Forecast Looming Border War,” SHAN, 18 August 2006.
98. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2006 Survey, TBBC, November 2006.
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