Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Hpa-an Field Report: Explicit Killing, Fighting Leading to Massive Displacement, Arbitrary Taxation and the Improvement of Healthcare and Education, January to December 2016

This field report includes information submitted by KHRG researchers detailing events occurring in Hpa-an District between January 2016 and December 2016. It describes different human rights violations and other issues important to the local community including, arbitrary taxation by Karen National Union (KNU), KNU/KNLA-Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) and Border Guard Force (BGF), road construction and its impacts, logging, forced recruitment, explicit killings, landmine incidents, and the large-scale displacement of civilians due to the Tatmadaw and BGF offensive against the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA splinter group) in early September 2016.

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