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		<title>Human rights violations in Karen State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Human rights violations in Karen State March to July 2010
Community Based Organisation calls for special UN commission to investigate
crimes against humanityperpetrated by the military junta in Burma
On 30th July 2010, thirty-two US Senators urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to back the creation of a special UN commission to investigate possible crimes against humanity and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=690</link>
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		<title>Bullets Have No Pity for Young Lives: Children Shot by SPDC Soldiers in Karen State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 22 March 2010, a 35 year-old female villager from Ko Lu village in Kler Lwee Htoo took her 5 month-old and 5 year-old sons to visit their grandfather in Ler Taw Lu village. On her way back, at 4pm, the woman passed through Ko Ta village where she came across 100 soldiers from Light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=652</link>
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		<title>BPHWT 2009 Annual Report</title>
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Annual Report 2009


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		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=644</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Kayah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although this is a ceasefire area, it is difficult to implement BPHWT activities here. In the run up to the 2010 elections, the SPDC has pressured ceasefire groups to be transformed into Border Guard Forces under SPDC military command. If the Karenni National People  Liberation Front (KNPLF) agrees to become a Border Guard Force, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=614</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Kayan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health workers and villagers carry health supplies into the field because this area is close to the new Burmese capital of Nay Pyi Daw and many SPDC troops operate in the region. Although this is formally a ceasefire area, BPHWT Health Workers still cannot operate freely, especially in BP Area No 3. This area is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=611</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Kler Lwee Htoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This area is unstable due to hostile military activity resulting in many villagers being forced to hide in the jungle. High levels of SPDC military activity caused delays in the transporting of medical supplies. Some villages in the  Thay Kaw Deh area were forced to relocate by the SPDC. Health supplies have to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=607</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Thaton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transporting health supplies in Thaton area has been more difficult during this period because of an increase in SPDC and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) operations, especially in the Pei The Kee and Kyat Kha BP areas. There has also been an increase in instances of forced labour, demands for goods and supplies, and forced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=604</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Papun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Papun, villagers and medics must carry health supplies by hand and the transportation of these supplies has generally been more difficult due to an increase in military operations by the SPDC and the DKBA. Increased militarization has also led to increases in forced labour. DKBA and SPDC operations make it difficult for health workers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=601</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Pa An</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Pa An was very unstable due to the widespread joint military activities of the SPDC and the DKBA. The BPHWT health workers operating in these areas therefore faced increased security problems. This has made transporting of health supplies very difficult, sometimes delaying BPHWT teams’ activities. Moreover, the security situation made it difficult for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=597</link>
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		<title>Current Situation;Dooplaya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this area and due to the current situation and geography, health supplies have to be carried by hand into the BPHWT’s target communities. During 2009, SPDC and DKBA military operations increased in this area, affecting the transportation of health supplies and the implementation of health activities. Many mothers and children do not have access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.backpackteam.org/?p=594</link>
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