AllSBNews: Shan Herald Agency for News

Monday, December 14, 2015

Posted: 13 Dec 2015 10:06 PM PST

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page i

Acknowledgements ii

Table of Contents iii

List of Acronyms iv

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

Appeals from the War Victims 3

II. INTRODUCTION 6

Aim 7

Background on the Listening Project 8

Brief History of Shan People in Kachin State 9

Scope and Limitation of the Report 11

III. METHODOLOGY 12

Listening Teams and Facilitation 13

Report's Participants 13

Report Development 15

Process of the Listening Activities 15

IV. CHARACTERISTIC OF TARGET AREAS 19

Data Collecting Areas 22

Location One: Dawthphoneyan 22

Location Two: Mo Mauk 22

Location Three: Mansi 23

Location Four: Bahmo 23

V. TATMADAW and KIA Abuses in Kachin State 24

Unjustified Killings 24

Burning Down Villages 26

Forced Recruitment of Soldiers 30

Landmines 32

Rape and Forced Marriage 35

Forced Labor 37

Article 17/1 and Ill-Treatment 38

Forced Recruitment of Child Soldiers 42

Illegitimate Taxation and Confiscation 43

VI. CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROTRACTED CONFLICT 47

VII. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 59

REFERENCE 56