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BN 2014/2003: Edited September 19, 2014

DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE 2013 UNGA RESOLUTION

The Burmese authorities have failed to implement most of the recommendations from previous United Nations General INSIDE Assembly (UNGA) resolutions, in particular Resolution 1 2015 ELECTIONS 68/242, adopted in 2013. In some areas, the situation has 2 MEDIA FREEDOMS RESTRICTED deteriorated as a result of deliberate actions by the 3 ARBITRARY HRD ARRESTS authorities. This briefer summarizes developments on the 4 OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ground with direct reference to key paragraphs of the 4 Torture and sexual violence resolution. 5 Land confiscation 5 WAR AND PEACE TALKS The authorities have either failed or refused to protect 6 PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA vulnerable populations from serious human rights violations, 6 Discriminatory legislation or pursued essential legislative and institutional reforms, effectively blocking Burma’s progress towards genuine 6 Pre-existing laws and policies democracy and national reconciliation. This has been partly 7 Failure to respond to communal violence due to an assumption that the UNGA resolution will either be 7 Hate speech and incitement to violence canceled or severely watered down as a trade-off for smaller 7 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE EXCLUDED concessions. FROM CENSUS 8 SITUATION DIRE IN ARAKAN STATE So far, 2014 has been marred by an overall climate of APPENDICES impunity that has seen a resurgence of media repression, the ongoing sentencing of human rights defenders, an increase in a1 I: 158 new arrests and imprisonments the number of land ownership disputes, and ongoing attacks a14 II: Contradictory ceasefire talks on civilians by the in Kachin and a15 III: 122 clashes in Kachin, Shan States amid nationwide ceasefire negotiations. The human rights a21 IV: Tatmadaw civilian abuses and humanitarian situation in Arakan [Rakhine] State has a25 V: Hate crimes and extremist violence deteriorated to the extent that agencies are privately a27 VI: Children suffer most in Arakan State describing the situation as “pre-genocidal.”

FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN 2015 IN DOUBT 2. “… urges the Government to continue constitutional and electoral reform in order to ensure that the elections to be held in 2015 are genuinely credible, inclusive, and transparent;”

Existing constitutional provisions and new regulations are aimed at restricting the ability of the NLD and ethnic parties to fully participate in the 2015 elections. In June, a parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing suggested constitutional amendments voted to retain Article 59(f), which bars Daw Suu Kyi from running for president. 1

In July, the regime Election Commission approved new regulations seriously restricting the freedom to campaign. 2 The new rules limit when and where individuals are allowed to campaign and place undue restrictions on candidates’ public statements and events. 3 The rules restrict the campaign period to 30 days, despite an NLD proposal for an extension. 4 Party leaders and other party members wishing to campaign on behalf of candidates also require specific permission from the regime Election Commission, which is likely to hinder Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s ability to campaign across Burma in support of the NLD. 5

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In March, the National Assembly approved a bill amending the Political Parties Registration Law, removing the right of temporary ID holders (which include many Rohingya) to form political parties. 6 In addition, high fees associated with election registration present a serious obstacle to the participation of smaller parties and independent candidates. 7 Laws enacted in 2010 set a non-refundable 500,000 kyat (approximately US$500) registration fee for each candidate. 8

The National Parliament has also proposed changes to the electoral system itself, including a switch to a system of proportional representation, aimed at bolstering the ruling USDP’s chances in the 2015 contest. 9 Many ethnic political parties have objected to such a change since the proposed system would make it difficult for minority parties to win seats. 10

MEDIA FREEDOMS RESTRICTED 3. “… encourages the Government of to fulfil its commitment to carry out comprehensive media reform and to protect the right to freedom of expression, association and of peaceful assembly, including to allow for free and independent media and to ensure the safety, security and freedom of human rights defenders to pursue their activities;”

Two new press laws, which the National Parliament approved in March, fell short of expectations. Several restrictive clauses remained, relating to the publication of material which insults religion, undermines the rule of law, or threatens ethnic unity or national security.11 Journalists also risk fines or immediate suspension of their publishing licenses based on clauses in the laws. 12

In 2014, the regime repeatedly denied permission for protests calling for an end to press restrictions, and charged reporters for leading unauthorized demonstrations in support of press freedom. 13 In many cases, regime authorities also denied reporters access to media briefings and events, and limited visas for foreign journalists covering Burma. 14

From December to July, the regime arrested and/or sentenced at least 14 media professionals to prison terms under oppressive and outdated laws.

• On 17 December, a court in Loikaw Township, Karenni State, sentenced Eleven Media Group (EMG) reporter Ma Khine to three months in prison on charges of trespassing, defamation, and use of abusive language after she tried to investigate a corruption case. 15

• On 10 July, a court in Township, Magwe Division, sentenced four Unity Weekly reporters, Lu Naing, Yarzar Oo, Paing Thet Kyaw, and Sithu Soe, and Unity Weekly CEO Tint San to ten years in prison with hard labor under the 1923 Official Secrets Act. 16 On 31 January and 1 February, police arrested them for the publication of an article on 25 January, which claimed that the military had a secret chemical weapons factory in Pauk Township, Magwe Division. 17

• On 7 April, a court in Magwe, Magwe Division, sentenced DVB video journalist Zaw Pe on charges of trespassing and disturbing a civil servant who he had tried to interview about a scholarship program. 18

• On 8 July, Special Branch police in Rangoon arrested three editors and one reporter from the Bi Mon Te Nay weekly news journal under the 1950 Emergency Provisions Act for the publication of an article on 7 July, which claimed that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic minority leaders had been appointed to an interim government. 19 On 16 July, police arrested the journal’s owner, Kyaw Min Khine, his wife, Ei Ei San, and office manager Yin Min Htun on the same charges. 20 On 4 August, a court in Rangoon’s discharged one of the editors and Ei Ei San, citing a lack of evidence, and reduced the remaining prisoners’ charges to Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code. 21

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ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENTS OF HRDs 4. “… urges the Government of Myanmar to continue the process [of releasing prisoners of conscience] and to fulfil its commitment to release them by the end of 2013, without conditions, and to ensure the full restoration of their rights and freedoms;”

5. “Expresses concern about remaining human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and detentions of political activists and human rights defenders […] and urges the Government of Myanmar to step up its efforts to put an end to such violations;”

The regime failed to fulfill its promise to release all political prisoners by the end of 2013, and during 2014, the number detained has increased.

At the start of 2014, approximately 40 political prisoners remained behind bars. 22 From January to August 2014, regime authorities arrested and/or sentenced at least 50 activists, including at least six human rights defenders. 23 According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), as of 31 August, there were still 84 political prisoners behind bars and approximately 122 activists still awaiting trial on various charges. 24

In 2014, the regime repeatedly arrested and sentenced HRDs for peaceful protests. [See Appendix I for full list of political prisoners]

• Authorities have repeatedly charged Htin Kyaw , a human rights defender who leads the community-based Movement for Democracy Current Force (MDCF), for peaceful political activism. Within a four-month period, he has received a total of 12 sentences under Article 18 of the Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law and Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code in connection with peaceful protest activities, so far totaling 11 years and four months in prison with almost eight years hard labor. He still faces trials in two courts in Rangoon and is currently being held in Rangoon’s Insein prison. 25

• On 11 February, plain-clothed police officers arrested Thaw Zin , a member of the People’s Support Network, under Articles 505(b) and 447 of the Criminal Code for helping local protesters who were affected by land seizures linked to the Letpadaung (Monywa) copper mine in Salingyi Township, Sagaing Division.26 On 24 March, a court in Monywa, Sagaing Division, sentenced him to 15 months in prison. 27

• On 19 and 20 August, two separate courts in Rangoon sentenced land rights activist Sein Than to a total of eight months in prison under Article 18 of the Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law for leading a protest in central Rangoon against land confiscation earlier in the year. 28 On 10 September, Rangoon’s Court sentenced Sein Than to an additional four months in prison with hard labor. 29

• On 23 May, a court in Chan Mya , Division, sentenced Aye Thein , an activist who provided support to child soldiers and forced labor victims seeking assistance from the International Labor Organization (ILO), to six months in prison with hard labor under Article 353 of the Criminal Code for assaulting a civil servant during his intervention in a March 2013 land dispute between community members and authorities. 30

• On 23 July, Matupi Township Court, , convicted eight Chin women’s rights activists (six women and two men) under Article 18 of the Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law. The activists had organized protests on 23 and 24 June in Matupi Township, against Tatmadaw impunity for sexual violence. 31 The court ordered each of the activists to either pay a 30,000 kyat (approximately US$30) fine or serve one- month prison sentences. 32

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ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 5. “ Expresses concern about remaining human rights violations, including […] forced displacement, land confiscations, rape and other forms of sexual violence and torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as well as violations of international humanitarian law, and urges the Government of Myanmar to step up its efforts to put an end to such violations;”

Sexual assault by security forces: Sexual violence and torture November 2013-August 2014 1. 2 November : Three Tatmadaw soldiers Sexual assault has continued with impunity in Burma. from LIB 286 gang-raped a 29-year-old Between November 2013 and August 2014, security forces Kachin woman in Sawng Hka Village, committed at least ten incidents of rape or sexual assault between and Townships, . 93 against women and girls in Shan, Mon, Kachin, Arakan, and 2. 33 11 November : A Tatmadaw soldier raped Chin States. [See box, Sexual assault by security forces: an eight-year-old Kachin girl in Hka Lum November 2013-August 2014 ] Village, , . 94 3. 24 December : A Tatmadaw soldier raped a 13-year-old Mon girl from Kyun-nye In July 2014, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 95 reported that over 2,000 women and girls sought help at 14 Village, , . 4. 8 January : Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB sexual assault victim support centers in Arakan and Kachin 34 298 gang-raped a Kachin woman States. UNFPA also found that the threat of sexual assault traveling by bus on -Sumpra by Tatmadaw soldiers, local officials, or police was cited as Bum Road, near Myitkyina, Kachin the chief reason for women in Kachin and Arakan States to State. 96 5. flee their homes or seek asylum abroad. 35 25 January : A Tatmadaw soldier from Battalion 315 beat and attempted to rape a 43-year-old Mon woman, near Tatmadaw soldiers have forcibly displaced villagers by 97 36 Township, Mon State. opening fire on villages and torturing those who remain. 6. 6 February : Police attempted to rape a The Tatmadaw has also systematically tortured civilians, woman in Pa Din Village, Maungdaw particularly in Kachin and Shan States, often with the excuse Township, Arakan State. 98 7. of searching for links to ethnic armed groups. 37 [See 6 April : Tatmadaw soldiers in Nyoung Appendix IV for details of incidents] Chaung Village, Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, gang-raped a 40-year-old Rohingya woman. 99 Laphai Gam and Brang Yung , two Kachin farmers who 8. 10 April : Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 320 previously lived with their families in a camp for internally gang-raped a 17-year-old girl in Ka Gam displaced persons (IDPs), have been serving seven-year Village, Township, Kachin State. 100 prison terms under the Explosives Act and the Unlawful 9. Associations Act since 2013 for alleged ties to the Kachin 16 May : Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 568 raped a 15-year-old Kachin girl in Nam Independence Army (KIA) and have been subjected to 38 Gut Village, Township, Shan torture. On 5 June, Court, Kachin State, State. 101 sentenced them to another 13 and 14 years in prison 10. 10 June : A soldier from LIB 269 respectively for alleged links to a bomb plot. 39 The UN attempted to rape and severely beat a 40- year-old Chin woman in Matupi Township, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined their 102 detention was arbitrary and urged the regime to immediately Chin State. release them. 40

The police have also continued with the practice of torture. In July, police arrested a rickshaw driver without a warrant and tortured him, causing his death. After a family member filed a complaint, police threatened the family with arrest. 41 In September, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted a report to the 27 th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), stating that the practice of police torture in Burma was “standard operating procedure.” 42

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Land confiscation

The regime has failed to adequately address decades of land confiscation by the regime and the military, despite claims to the contrary. 43 In July, Parliament agreed to return land or pay compensation for less than 25% of the total acres confiscated by the military, while allowing the Tatmadaw to hold onto the rest.44

The 2008 constitution identifies the state as the ultimate owner of all property and authorizes it to claim and make all decisions surrounding natural resources. No safeguards for compensation or consultation exist. 45 Consequent legislation such as the Farmland Law (2012) provides additional legal justification to confiscate land. 46

In 2013 and 2014, the regime fast-tracked the development of three Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which have displaced communities, particularly those near resource-rich areas. 47 In the case of the Thilawa SEZ in Rangoon, the regime and its development partner, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), resettled several families to land unsuitable for sustaining their livelihoods and, despite formal complaints from residents, failed to provide proper compensation. 48

In addition, regime security forces have often responded to protests related to land confiscation with disproportionate force. 49 Those protesting land confiscation and large-scale development projects have frequently been arrested or imprisoned. In 2014, the regime sentenced at least 120 farmers for peaceful protests, most related to land confiscation. 50 [See Appendix I for full list of political prisoners]

CIVIL WAR AMID CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS IN KACHIN AND SHAN STATES 8. “… urges full implementation of […] ceasefire agreements between other groups and the Government, including for all parties to protect the civilian population against ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and for safe, timely, full and unhindered humanitarian access to be granted to all areas, also welcomes the commitment by the Government to reach a nationwide ceasefire with ethnic armed groups, and encourages an all- inclusive political dialogue with the objective of achieving lasting peace;”

Between November 2013 and August 2014, the regime formally met five times with a coalition of 16 ethnic armed groups for a new round of peace talks. 51 The talks frequently stalled due to disagreement over key demands. [See Appendix II for more information on peace talks] The regime’s actions have been inconsistent with its claimed commitment to peace, including its unwillingness to allow for genuine political dialogue prior to the signing of a ceasefire agreement. 52

During the same ten-month period, Tatmadaw troops clashed at least 122 times with ethnic armed groups in Kachin and Shan States, including the (KIA), the -North (SSA- N), the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). [See Appendix III for details of clashes] Tatmadaw troops also attacked the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) twice in 2014, in violation of a 2012 ceasefire agreement. 53

The Tatmadaw also shelled Kachin and Shan villages, resulting in the displacement of thousands of villagers; looted homes; destroyed crops and livestock; and killed, tortured, and sexually assaulted civilians – including children. 54 [See Appendix IV for details of incidents] The Tatmadaw also continued to use rape as a weapon of war in ethnic minority areas, with at least ten reports of rape and sexual assault of women and girls by security forces taking place in the period from November 2013 to August 2014. 55 [See box above, Sexual assault by security forces: November 2013-August 2014 ]

During late March and early April, the Tatmadaw heavily increased military presence in Southern Kachin State under the guise of preparing to help conduct the census in KIA-controlled areas. 56 In July 2014, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma Yanghee Lee said that access to KIA-controlled areas remained limited for aid agencies. 57

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DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTION AGAINST ROHINGYA CONTINUE 9. “ Urges the Government of Myanmar to accelerate its efforts to address discrimination, human rights violations, violence, displacement and economic deprivation affecting various ethnic and religious minorities;”

10. “ Reiterates its serious concern about the situation of the Rohingya minority in , including repeated instances of communal violence and other abuses in the past year, and about attacks against Muslim minorities elsewhere in the country, calls upon the Government of Myanmar to protect the civilian population from ongoing violence, to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including full access to humanitarian assistance without discrimination, unhindered access across Rakhine State and the voluntary return of internally displaced persons and refugees to their communities of origin, to allow freedom of movement, equal access to full citizenship for the Rohingya minority and to address issues of land ownership and restitution of property, and, while welcoming some measures taken by the Government in this regard, encourages the Government to facilitate intercommunity dialogue and address the root causes of the issue, to undertake full, transparent and independent investigations into all reports of human rights violations and to ensure accountability and bring about reconciliation;”

12. “ Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to step up its efforts to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence in all sectors of society by, inter alia, encouraging interfaith dialogue and understanding and supporting community leaders in this direction;”

New and proposed discriminatory legislation Religious Conversion Bill The regime has published the Religious Conversion In February, President expedited a package Bill draft. Drafts of the other three bills are yet to be of four discriminatory bills aimed at restricting the published. The Religious Conversion Bill will require rights of Rohingya and other Muslims. The bills, anyone wishing to convert to another religion to submit a detailed application giving reasons for which make up the ‘National Race and Religion conversion, then submit to an interview by four Protection’ package , are: the Religious Conversion members of a township registration board, who will Bill; the Interfaith Marriage Bill; the Population make a decision in 90 days. 103 Anyone found guilty of Control Bill; and the Monogamy Bill. violating the law will be subject to a maximum of two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 kyat 104 In July, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in (US$200).

Burma Yanghee Lee said the bills were “incompatible 58 Interfaith Marriage Bill with international human rights standards.” Although not officially published, the Interfaith Marriage Bill would require women to seek In June, over 80 international and local human rights permission from the state before marrying outside groups called for the withdrawal of the Religious their faith. The initial draft proposed by the extremist Conversion Bill, and 97 local and regional NGOs and Buddhist Organization for the Protection of National Race and Religion (OPNRR) stipulated that Muslim CSOs called for the withdrawal of the Interfaith men who married Buddhist women would be required Marriage Bill. Following the 97 organizations’ to convert to , and that violators could face statement, many activists received death threats as a up to 10 years in prison. 105 result of their public support for the withdrawal of the bill. 59 Population Control Bill The Population Control Bill is anticipated to apply on a national level for all Muslims and other religious In addition, in March, the National Assembly minorities, effectively extending the existing Rohingya approved a bill amending the Political Parties two-child policy currently being implemented in Registration Law, removing the right of temporary ID Arakan State. The bills target the Muslim population, holders (which include many Rohingya) to form but will consequently affect other religious 106 political parties. 60 minorities.

Pre-existing discriminatory laws and policies

Other discriminatory laws and policies remain in effect, depriving Rohingya of many of their human rights. Rohingya are still denied citizenship. Under the provisions of the 1982 Citizenship Law, only the eight ethnic groups who settled in Burma prior to 1823 qualify for full citizenship. Individuals whose families were living in Arakan State prior to 4 January 1948 are eligible to apply for naturalized citizenship. 61 However, when the military regime enacted the 1982 Citizenship Law, state officials seized many Rohingya families’ existing

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documentation, depriving them of evidence that they lived in Arakan State prior to 1948. 62 Naturalized citizenship has been revoked by the state based on arbitrary accusations of “disturbing” other nationals or having ties outside of Burma. 63 The regime recognizes 135 ethnicities, deliberately excluding Rohingya, Panthay, Gurkha, and other minorities that have lived in Burma for generations. 64

In addition, Arakan State authorities continued to strictly enforce anti-Rohingya policies, including requiring permission for marriage and travel (Regional Order 1/2009) and restricting Rohingya to two children (Regional Order 1/2005). 65

Failure to prevent or respond to inter-communal violence

Since inter-communal violence erupted in Arakan State in June 2012, recurring outbreaks have continued to occur across Burma. Between December 2013 and August 2014, there were repeated incidents of anti-Muslim violence. Authorities failed to take effective measures to protect Rohingya and other Muslims, and have been slow to respond to attacks, including those which have resulted in multiple deaths. 66

According to the UN, between 9-13 January, Buddhist Rakhine and local police killed at least 48 Muslim Rohingya men, women, and children in an instance of anti-Muslim violence in Du Chee Yar Tan Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 67 The regime’s subsequent probe failed to adequately investigate the killings, according to then-UN Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana. 68

In early July, extremist Buddhist mobs attacked Muslim shops, homes, and other buildings in Mandalay Division, killing two and injuring 14, after extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu shared a post on Facebook that falsely accused two Muslim teashop owners in Mandalay of raping a Buddhist woman. 69 Riot police failed to stop the targeting of Muslims. 70 [See Appendix V for details of additional instances]

Following widespread anti-Muslim violence in 2012, at least 137,000 people, mostly Rohingya, remain displaced. 71 In addition, there are currently at least 1.3 million Rohingya refugees living in other countries. 72

Hate speech and incitement to violence

Through its failure to adequately respond to instances of hate speech and inter-communal violence, the regime has perpetuated an environment that fosters such behavior. This environment has led to anti-Muslim violence, as well as the targeting of moderates and international NGOs, including an attack by Buddhist Rakhine on international aid workers in March. 73 [See Appendix V for details of additional instances]

In July, Minority Rights Group International ranked Burma 8 th in a list of the world’s most dangerous nations for minorities, noting that hate speech was on the rise and that hate crimes against Rohingya had reached the scale of “mass atrocities.” It linked U Wirathu and the ‘969’ movement to violence and a “coordinated anti- Muslim campaign.” 74 UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee also expressed concern about the spread of hate speech and incitement to violence. 75

1.2 MILLION PEOPLE EXCLUDED FROM 2014 CENSUS

From 30 March to 10 April, Burma conducted its first nationwide census in more than 30 years. In August, the regime Immigration and Population Ministry announced that Burma’s population stood at 51 million people, nearly 10 million fewer than previously estimated. 76 The census left out 1.2 million people from Arakan, Kachin, and Karen States, including an estimated 1.09 million Rohingya, as well as Burma’s migrant labor population abroad. 77

There were several incidents of violence surrounding the census data collection and its aftermath; the Tatmadaw heavily increased militarization in Kachin State during March and April, under the guise of preparing to help conduct the census in Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)-controlled areas. 78

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Regime actions since the conclusion of the official census have further threatened the right of Rohingya to self- identify. In June, the regime began a ‘citizenship assessment’ in Myebon Township, Arakan State, with the stated intention of allowing those individuals who identified as ‘Bengali’ in the census to apply for citizenship, while excluding those who identified as Rohingya. 79

In August, Arakan State’s Emergency Coordination Centre – a body that monitors the activities of aid organizations in the state – submitted a proposal to President Thein Sein to urge the internment of all Rohingya in detention camps, if the results of the ‘citizenship assessment’ process proved that they were “illegal settlers.” 80 The proposal was backed by 40 Rakhine civil society groups. 81

Additionally, a ‘data collection’ exercise in Maungdaw Township that originally began in June appeared to be linked with a form of ‘citizenship assessment.’ 82 In August, this resulted in several incidents of arbitrary arrest, sexual assault, torture, and violence in Rohingya villages of Maungdaw Township, perpetrated by local authorities, regime border police, and Tatmadaw troops, resulting in the death of one Rohingya man. 83

AID SITUATION REMAINS DIRE IN ARAKAN STATE 13. “…Welcomes the steps taken by the Government of Myanmar to improve engagement and cooperation with the United Nations and other international actors […]”

In February 2014, the regime suspended the activities of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Holland, in apparent retaliation for an MSF-Holland report related to the treatment of 22 patients following violence in January in which Buddhist Rakhine and local police killed at least 48 Muslim Rohingya in Arakan State. 84 While the regime subsequently allowed MSF-Holland to resume some of its activities in Burma, negotiations with MSF- Holland have not led to a return of the organization to Arakan State. 85

More foreign aid agencies ceased operations in Arakan State in March after extremist Buddhist Rakhine mobs attacked the offices and homes of international aid workers. 86 The majority of the aid organizations have returned with reduced staff. 87 However, the absence of MSF-Holland, the largest aid organization that operated in Arakan State, has resulted in an overall reduction in healthcare services. 88

In April, the regime authorized the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) to take charge of monitoring aid operations. 89 Since then, the ECC (which consists of regime authorities, local Arakan State authorities, and Rakhine community members) has required that an ECC member accompany aid workers during any activities and has stipulated that aid organizations must apply one week in advance for any movement within the state. 90

The aid suspension and restrictions have produced a dire situation for more than 800,000 people in Arakan State, including 137,000 displaced Muslim Rohingya.91 The lack of access to aid has already led to an increase in deaths from treatable diseases, particularly among children, and has heightened the risk of additional outbreaks. 92 [See Appendix VI for details]

1 Irrawaddy (12 Jun 14) Parliament Committee Deals Blow to Suu Kyi’s Presidential Hopes; AP (13 Jun 14) Myanmar committee’s vote a setback for Suu Kyi; Reuters (13 Jun 14) Myanmar panel deals blow to Suu Kyi’s chances of becoming president 2 Irrawaddy (14 Jul 14) Burma’s Election Commission Approves Campaign Rules; EMG (11 Jul 14) Commission approves drafted election campaign rules ignoring political parties’ request 3 Irrawaddy (15 May 14) Election Campaign Rules Spark Concern Among Opposition Parties; RFA (15 May 14) Myanmar Opposition Concerned Over Proposed Campaign Rules; Mizzima News (14 May 14) Election campaign laws spark debate 4 DVB (02 Aug 14) Election Commission backtracks on new campaign rules 5 Mizzima News (14 May 14) Election campaign laws spark debate 6 Irrawaddy (20 Mar 14) Upper House Approves Ban on Politics for Non-Citizens; EMG (21 Mar 14) Myanmar politics for citizens only: New law 7 Irrawaddy (15 Jun 10) Political Parties Can’t Afford Campaign Material; Mizzima News (17 Aug 10) Political parties face old foes of time and money; Narinjara News (17 Aug 10) RNDP to Contest in 15 Townships in Arakan; Irrawaddy (20 Aug 10) Chin Party Struggling to Pay Candidates’ Fees; Khonumthung News (06 Sep 10) CNP hemmed in by fund constraints and time; Myanmar Times (13 Sep 10) Democracy Congress ‘finished’: founder

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8 Irrawaddy (18 Mar 10) Newly-registered Parties Face Financing Problems; Reuters (10 Mar 10) Western sanctions fuel rare strikes in Myanmar; NLM (18 Mar 10) Meeting (6/2010) of Union Election Commission takes place 9 Irrawaddy (13 Jun 14) Burma’s Upper House Votes to Change Electoral System; Myanmar Times (25 Jul 14) Free and fair? Opposition says no; Myanmar Times (23 Jun 14) Electoral change motion reveals true political colours; Myanmar Times (25 Aug 14) Parliamentary commission proposes open list PR system 10 DVB (11 Jun 14) Debate on proportional representation continues in parliament; SHAN (11 Jun 14) Ethnic political party alliance opposes proportional representation system; Myanmar Times (23 Jun 14) Electoral change motion reveals true political colours 11 Irrawaddy (19 Mar 14) President Signs New Media Laws, to Mixed Reaction From Journalists; Myanmar Times (24 Mar 14) Confusion and apprehension over new media laws 12 Irrawaddy (19 Mar 14) President Signs New Media Laws, to Mixed Reaction From Journalists; Myanmar Times (24 Mar 14) Confusion and apprehension over new media laws 13 DVB (06 Jan 14) Permit denied for journalists seeking justice for Ma Khine; EMG (27 Apr 14) Protesting Journalists from Pyay and Aunglan Call for Press Freedom; DVB (28 Apr 14) Mizzima reporter arrested for protesting media suppression; Irrawaddy (12 Jul 14) Journalists Protesting Sentencing Barred From Thein Sein Event 14 Irrawaddy (28 Jan 14) Govt Rejects Call for Int’l Investigation Into Alleged Rohingya Killings; UN News Centre (23 Jan 14) Top UN officials call for probe into latest violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state; Irrawaddy (11 Mar 14) Foreign Press Visa Curbs Not Tied to Rohingya Reporting; Mizzima News (14 Feb 14) Foreign journalists to get one-month visas 15 Irrawaddy (23 Dec 13) Prison Term for Reporter Leads to Outcry Over Media Freedom 16 RFA (10 Jul 14) Myanmar Hands Journalists Ten Years Hard Labor Over Chemical Weapons Report; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’ 17 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; Irrawaddy (02 Feb 14) Journalists Detained for Reporting Alleged Burmese Chemical Weapons Factory 18 AP (08 Apr 14) Myanmar journalist gets jail time for trespassing 19 DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; DVB (19 Jul 14) Burmese newspaper publisher arrested in Thailand; Irrawaddy (21 Jul 14) Thailand Arrests 3 in Burma Newspaper Trial; RSF (25 Jul 14) Four detained newspaper journalists appear in court on Emergency Provisions Act charges; EMG (22 Aug 14) Trial of three editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal postponed to August 20 DVB (19 Jul 14) Burmese newspaper publisher arrested in Thailand; Irrawaddy (21 Jul 14) Thailand Arrests 3 in Burma Newspaper Trial; RSF (25 Jul 14) Four detained newspaper journalists appear in court on Emergency Provisions Act charges 21 DVB (04 Aug 14) Charges reduced in Bi Mon Te Nay trial; Irrawaddy (15 Aug 14) Bi Mon Te Nay Journalists Denied Bail; EMG (07 Aug 14) Journalists face ‘lesser charge’ over false article 22 FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end 23 AAPP (Feb 14-Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for January-August 2014 24 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for August 2014 25 EMG (06 May 14) MDCF activist detained for anti-government protest; EMG (25 Jun 14) Activist gets six more months in prison for leaflet protest; RFA (09 Jul 14) Myanmar Activist Gets Yet Another Jail Term in Pursuit of Justice; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for defamatory charge; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for insulting the State; DVB (07 Aug 14) Activist sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup; EMG (12 Aug 14) Htin Kyaw sentenced to another year in prison; MDCF (Aug 14) Interview with MDCF member; EMG (19 Aug 14) MDCF’s founder gets another year in prison; EMG (04 Sep 14) Activist could face more than a decade in prison, as sentences pile up; Irrawaddy (11 Sep 14) Activist’s Prison Term Rises to More Than a Decade 26 DVB (11 Feb 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin detained 27 DVB (25 Mar 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin sentenced to 15 months 28 Mizzima News (20 Aug 14) Protest leader sentenced to four months with hard labour; DVB (21 Aug 14) Michaungkan activist sentenced to 8 months; EMG (21 Aug 14) Land-rights leader jailed; DVB (21 Aug 14) Michaungkan activist sentenced to 8 months; Irrawaddy (21 Aug 14) Rangoon Land Protest Leader Gets 8 Months in Prison 29 EMG (11 Sep 14) Michaungkan protest leader receives 4-month jail term 30 FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burma’s political prisoners?; AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for June 2014 31 Chinland Guardian (23 June 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier; CHRO (25 Jul 14) Burma: Eight Chin activists convicted; fined 32 CHRO (25 Jul 14) Burma: Eight Chin activists convicted; fined; DVB (24 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 33 Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private; IMNA (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldier’s Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old; Independent Mon News Agency (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (29 Jan 14) Soldier Accused of Rape Attempt in Mon State; Kaladan News (07 Feb 14) Rakhine set to fire Gawdusara village in Maungdaw south; Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Women ‘Ignored, Abused And Victimized’; Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes; Chinland Guardian (23 Jun 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier 34 UNFPA (04 Jul 14) Ending sexual violence in conflict through the establishment of Women and Girl Centres in Myanmar 35 UNFPA (04 Jul 14) Ending sexual violence in conflict through the establishment of Women and Girl Centres in Myanmar 36 Fortify Rights (09 Jun 14) ‘I Thought They Would Kill Me’: Ending Wartime Torture in Northern Myanmar 37 Fortify Rights (09 Jun 14) ‘I Thought They Would Kill Me’: Ending Wartime Torture in Northern Myanmar 38 Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences; BCUK (06 Feb 14) Laphai Gam Detention Illegal Says United Nations; BCUK (11 Jul 14) Brang Yung Detention Illegal Says United Nations

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39 Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences 40 BCUK (06 Feb 14) Laphai Gam Detention Illegal Says United Nations; BCUK (11 Jul 14) Brang Yung Detention Illegal Says United Nations; FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burma’s political prisoners? 41 AHRC (08 Sep 14) BURMA: Practice of Torture by Law Enforcement Agencies 42 ALRC (04 Sep 14) Submission to HRC 27th session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate: BURMA / MYANMAR: Features of the practice of torture by law enforcement agencies 43 Myanmar Times (07 Jul 14) MPs pressure govt to return farmland 44 DVB (03 Jul 14) Burmese army plans to return only a quarter of seized land nationwide 45 Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008), Chapter 1 46 AHRC (01 Nov 11) BURMA: Draft land law denies basic rights to farmers 47 Economy Times (30 May 14) Myanmar develops three SEZs with full speed and Chinese companies should play their role; EMG (05 Jun 14) Survey commences on railway to China; SGM (Sep 11) Sold Out: Launch of China pipeline project unleashes abuse across Burma; Arakan Oil Watch (Dec 12) Danger Zone; TNI (Sep 12) Land grabbing in Dawei (Myanmar: Burma): An (inter)national human rights concern; Mizzima News (07 Oct 11) Authorities of Dawei deep seaport threaten land owners to sell at low price; Myanmar Times (11 Feb 13) Impending evictions taint Thilawa economic zone; KHRG (15 Mar 13) Losing Ground - Land conflicts and collective action in eastern Myanmar 48 Bangkok Post (12 May 14) Time for transparency, Myanmar-based businesses told; The Guardian (13 May 14) Burma's investment rush is leaving the poor majority behind; Japan Times (02 Jun 14) JICA said funding Myanmar evictions; Irrawaddy (03 Jun 14) Thilawa Residents Formally Complain to Tokyo; Asian Tribune (03 Jun 14) Displaced Villagers File Complaint Regarding Japan’s Investment in Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone; DVB (06 Jun 14) Displaced Thilawa villagers descend on Tokyo 49 DVB (15 Aug 14) Sintgu farmers clash with police in plough protest 50 AAPP (Feb 14-Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for January-July 2014; DVB (20 Aug 14) Farmers sentenced 8 months for Mandalay plough protest 51 NLM (06 Nov 13) Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Press Release Team, Press Release No. 17/2013, 3rd Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1375 ME (5th November, 2013) 52 DVB (26 August 14) Military is committed to peace process, says Thein Sein; Myawady (26 Aug 14) Senior General discusses peace process with national race leaders; Irrawaddy (27 Aug 14) Shan, Wa and Mongla Leaders Meet Burmese President and Army Chief; SHAN (02 Jun 14) Peace Process: A lot done, more needs to be done 53 KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire; KIC (17 Jun 14) Ceasefire Under Threat as Burma Army’s Attack on Karen Army Kills One and Wounds One; Irrawaddy (17 Jun 14) Trust Shaken as Burma Army Allegedly Attacks Karen Soldiers 54 WLB (14 Jan 14) Same Impunity, Same Patterns 55 Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private; IMNA (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldier’s Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old; Independent Mon News Agency (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (29 Jan 14) Soldier Accused of Rape Attempt in Mon State; Kaladan News (07 Feb 14) Rakhine set to fire Gawdusara village in Maungdaw south; Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Women ‘Ignored, Abused And Victimized’; Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes; Chinland Guardian (23 Jun 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier; WLB (14 Jan 14) Same Impunity, Same Patterns 56 Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts; Irrawaddy (21 Apr 14) 5,000 Displaced by Kachin Clashes Amid KIO Leader’s US Visit 57 UNIC Yangon (26 Jul 14) Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of 58 UNIC Yangon (26 Jul 14) Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar 59 Irrawaddy (04 Jun 14) Activists Face Violent Threats After Opposing Interfaith Marriage Bill 60 Irrawaddy (20 Mar 14) Upper House Approves Ban on Politics for Non-Citizens; EMG (21 Mar 14) Myanmar politics for citizens only: New law 61 Burma Citizenship Law (1982) Chapter IV - Naturalized Citizenship 62 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal (Jun 14) The Slow-Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya 63 Burma Citizenship Law (1982) Chapter IV - Naturalized Citizenship; Altsean interview (04 Sep 14) [name and location withheld for security reasons] 64 Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (18 Aug 10) The 8 Major National Ethnic Races in Burma; Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal (Jun 14) The Slow-Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya 65 Fortify Rights (25 Feb 14) Policies of Persecution: Ending Abusive State Policies Against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar 66 US State Department (28 Jul 14) Burma 2013 International Religious Freedom Report 67 UN News Centre (23 Jan 14) Top UN officials call for probe into latest violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state 68 UNHRC (12 Mar 14) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana 69 DVB (02 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city; AFP (21 Jul 14) 'False rape' caused Myanmar riots 70 Reuters (02 Jul 14) Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to end sectarian trouble in Mandalay; DVB (20 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city; Irrawaddy (02 Jul 14) 5 Injured in Mandalay Unrest, Damage Limited: Police; AFP (05 Jul 14) Mob burns school in riot-hit Myanmar city; DVB (05 Jul 14) Supreme Court lawyer criticises Mandalay govt handling of riots 71 OCHA (31 Jul 14) MYANMAR: Snapshot of Humanitarian Issues 72 UNHCR (28 Apr 14) Rohingya in Malaysia open doors to newcomers; UNHCR (15 Jul 14) Human Rights Watch, UNHCR and Refugees Raise Concerns As Reports That Thai Military To Return Refugees After Reaching Agreement with Burma’s Military; Malaysian Insider (10 Jul 14) Bangladesh bans marriages for Rohingya Muslim refugees; Times of (26 May 12) Delhi plays reluctant host to Myanmar's nowhere people; Kaladan News (20 Jul 07) The Situation of Rohingya in UAE

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73 RFA (27 Mar 14) Mobs Attack Offices of UN, Aid Groups in Myanmar’s Rakhine State; DVB (27 Mar 14) Buddhist mob attacks aid offices in Sittwe; AFP (27 Mar 14) Foreign aid groups, UN targeted by Myanmar mob; Irrawaddy (17 June 14) Festival Cancels Film on Anti-Muslim Violence After Social Media Criticism; DVB (20 June 14) Human Rights film festival concludes, but not without controversy; Diplomat (25 June 14) Religious Extremists Target Myanmar Film Festival 74 MRG (03 Jul 14) State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 – Events of 2013 75 UNIC Yangon (26 Jul 14) Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar 76 UNFPA (30 Aug 14) Myanmar releases population count from census; AFP (30 Aug 14) Myanmar census shows population 9 mn fewer than estimated; AP (29 Aug 14) Myanmar discovers it has only 51 million people 77 UNFPA (30 Aug 14) Myanmar releases population count from census 78 Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts; Irrawaddy (21 Apr 14) 5,000 Displaced by Kachin Clashes Amid KIO Leader’s US Visit; Irrawaddy (04 Apr 14) TNLA Clashes With Burma Army as Census Continues 79 Mizzima (16 June 14) 'Bengalis' being assessed for citizenship, says official; Irrawaddy (07 Aug 14) Screening of ‘Bengali’ Citizenship Bids Begins in Arakan State; Narinjara News (24 Aug 14) Interview with U Maung Maung Than on Burmese citizenship status scrutinizing process; EMG (29 Aug 14) Bengalis can apply for citizenship, but not Rohingyas: minister 80 Thomson Reuters Foundation (27 Aug 14) For Burma’s Rohingya, a Permanent Segregation? 81 Irrawaddy (22 Aug 14) Arakanese Leaders to Propose Detention Camps for Undocumented Rohingya; Mizzima News (21 Aug 14) Rakhine groups want undocumented Muslims settled in camps, says ECC member 82 EMG (19 June 14) Rakhine border survey continues despite resistance; Kaladan News (29 Aug 14) Security force killed one, more injure for rejecting the so-called population data collection program in Maungdaw 83 Kaladan News (29 Aug 14) Security force killed one, more injure for rejecting the so-called population data collection program in Maungdaw; Kaladan News (11 Aug 14) Rohingyas detained, forced to take part in so called data collection 84 MSF (01 Mar 14) Myanmar: MSF to resume HIV/AIDS and all other activities in Kachin, Shan and Yangon but concerns remain; AP (28 Feb 14) Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar; Reuters (28 Feb 14) U.S. concerned by reports Myanmar suspends MSF in Rakhine State; Irrawaddy (17 Feb 14) MSF, Human Rights Commission at Odds Over Maungdaw Violence; UN News Centre (23 Jan 14) Top UN officials call for probe into latest violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State 85 MSF (01 Mar 14) Myanmar: MSF to resume HIV/AIDS and all other activities in Kachin, Shan and Yangon but concerns remain; NLM (02 Mar 14) Press Release of Ministry of Health; Mizzima News (03 Mar 14) MSF to cease operating in Rakhine State only, says ministry; AFP (02 Mar 14) Myanmar allows partial resumption of MSF operations; AFP (25 Jul 14) Myanmar invites MSF back; Myanmar Times (01 Aug 14) MSF submits draft agreement to Ministry of Health 86 DVB (27 Mar 14) Buddhist mob attacks aid offices in Sittwe, Irrawaddy (27 Mar 14) Arakanese Mob Attacks Aid Group Offices, Forces Staff to Flee, AFP (27 Mar 14) Foreign aid groups, UN targeted by Myanmar mob; RFA (27 Mar 14) Mobs Attack Offices of UN, Aid Groups in Myanmar’s Rakhine State 87 OCHA (20 May 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 4; Irrawaddy (26 May 14) Arakanese Groups to ‘Monitor’ Aid Operations for Rohingya 88 OCHA (20 Aug 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 7, July 2014 89 DVB (23 Apr 14) Children in Arakan State face malnutrition after aid workers’ exodus; UN Country Team in Myanmar (30 Apr 13) Inter-Agency Preparedness/Contingency Plan-Rakhine State, Myanmar; RFA (23 Apr 14) Aid Groups in Rakhine State Required to Report Activities in Advance 90 DVB (02 May 14) Aid workers negotiate terms in Arakan; OCHA (20 Aug 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 7: 1 to 31 July; DVB (23 Apr 14) Children in Arakan State face malnutrition after aid workers’ exodus; UN Country Team in Myanmar (30 Apr 13) Inter-Agency Preparedness/Contingency Plan-Rakhine State, Myanmar; RFA (23 Apr 14) Aid Groups in Rakhine State Required to Report Activities in Advance 91 IRIN (01 Apr 14) Aid workers keen to return to tense western Myanmar; AFP (03 Apr 14) UN warns of health crisis in Myanmar; AFP (01 Apr 14) Food shortages loom as aid workers flee west Myanmar; DVB (05 Apr 14) Authorities accused of undermining efforts to resume Arakan aid; OHCHR (07 Apr 14) Myanmar: UN expert raises alarm on Rakhine State; OCHA (31 Jul 14) MYANMAR: Snapshot of Humanitarian Issues; Altsean interview (04 Sep 14) [name and location withheld for security reasons] 92 OCHA (20 May 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 4, April 2014; OCHA (20 Aug 14) Myanmar Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 7, July 2014; Myanmar Times (03 Apr 14) In the shadow of the census, a health crisis unfolds 93 Kachinland News (06 Nov 13) 286th LIR Soldiers Raped a 29-year-old Mother 94 Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private 95 IMNA (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldier’s Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old 96 Kachinland News (10 Jan 14) Burmese Army Soldiers Raping Ethnic Women With Impunity 97 Irrawaddy (29 Jan 14) Soldier Accused of Rape Attempt in Mon State 98 Kaladan News (07 Feb 14) Rakhine set to fire Gawdusara village in Maungdaw south 99 Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw 100 KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Women ‘Ignored, Abused And Victimized’ 101 Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes 102 Chinland Guardian (23 Jun 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier 103 DVB (28 May 14) Burma invites public to review faith conversion bill; Irrawaddy (27 May 14) Burmese Govt Publishes Draft of Religious Conversion Bill; Mizzima News (27 May 14) Public suggestions invited on draft religious conversion law 104 AFP (27 May 14) Myanmar mulls religious conversion curbs; DVB (28 May 14) Burma invites public to review faith conversion bill; RFA (27 May 14) Myanmar Publishes Draft of Religious Conversion Bill 105 Irrawaddy (13 Jun 13) Monks’ Convention in Burma Calls for Restricting Buddhist-Muslim Marriage; Mizzima News (14 Jun 13) Monks propose restricting interfaith marriages; Myanmar Times (21 Jun 13) Monks to amend controversial marriage law 106 Altsean interview (07 Sep 14) [name and location withheld for security reasons]; Irrawaddy (02 Apr 14) Draft Law on Religious Conversion to Be Finished by June: Deputy Minister

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Appendix I

158 DOCUMENTED NEW ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENT OF ACTIVISTS & HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (AS OF 15 SEPTEMBER 2014)

Date Date of Sentence/ # Name Location of court/incident sentenced/ Law Reason for arrest arrest Status charge Shwepyithar Township, Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 11 Sep 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code 2 years Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 1 year and 4 , Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code & Protest against land confiscation, 3 Sep 14 months with Rangoon Division Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law distribution of anti-regime pamphlets hard labor Dagon , Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 19 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Rangoon Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor Hlaing Tharyar Township, Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 15 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Rangoon Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor Mayangone Township, Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 11 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor Township, Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard Htin Kyaw 1 5 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code 1 5 May 14 Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor (activist) South , Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 1 Aug 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor , Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 21 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor , Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 1 year with hard 21 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets labor , Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 9 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets , Protest against land confiscation, 6 months with 24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Rangoon Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets hard labor Kyauktada Township, Rangoon Protest against land confiscation, 4 Jun 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months Division distribution of anti-regime pamphlets Kyauktada Township, Rangoon Leadership of a protest over land 4 months with 10 Sep 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Division confiscation hard labor Sein Than 2 Bahan Township, Rangoon Leadership of a protest over land 2 27 Jul 14 20 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 4 months (activist) Division confiscation , Rangoon Leadership of a protest over land 4 months with 19 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Division confiscation hard labor 3 Win Hlaing 3 Unknown Prome Township, Pegu Division 28 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Unknown 3 months

1 EMG (06 May 14) MDCF activist detained for anti-government protest; EMG (25 Jun 14) Activist gets six more months in prison for leaflet protest; RFA (09 Jul 14) Myanmar Activist Gets Yet Another Jail Term in Pursuit of Justice; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for insulting the State; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for defamatory charge; EMG (02 Aug 14) Activist jailed for insulting the State; DVB (07 Aug 14) Activist sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup; EMG (12 Aug 14) Htin Kyaw sentenced to another year in prison; MDCF (Aug 14) Interview with MDCF member; EMG (19 Aug 14) MDCF’s founder gets another year in prison; EMG (04 Sep 14) Activist could face more than a decade in prison, as sentences pile up; Irrawaddy (11 Sep 14) Activist’s Prison Term Rises to More Than a Decade 2 Mizzima News (20 Aug 14) Protest leader sentenced to four months with hard labour; DVB (21 Aug 14) Michaungkan activist sentenced to 8 months; AI (04 Sep 14) Myanmar: Imprisoned for peacefully protesting: U Sein Than; EMG (11 Sep 14) Michaungkan protest leader receives 4-month jail term 3 AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology List

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a1 (activist) 4 Protest against electricity price hike, protest Wai Lu Kyauktada Township, 4 28 Mar 14 25 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law against the eviction of Moehti Moemi gold 3 months (activist) Rangoon Division miners Kyauktada Township, Rangoon Unknown 25 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike 3 months Division Win Cho 5 5 3 months, (activist) Kyauktada Township, Rangoon 18 Jan 14 1 Apr 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Leadership of a farmers protest sentence Division completed Aung Soe 6 Maymyo Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 145, and 505(b) of the 3 years and 6 6 Unknown 6 Aug 14 Unknown (activist) Division Criminal Code months Tin Win 7 Pakokku Township, Magwe 7 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Mya Swe 8 Pakokku Township, Magwe 8 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Win Myint 9 Pakokku Township, Magwe 9 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Nyunt Aung 10 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Zaw Myo Khine 11 Pakokku Township, Magwe 11 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Zin Ko Win 12 Pakokku Township, Magwe 12 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Phoe Toat 13 Pakokku Township, Magwe 13 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Tun Hlaing 14 Pakokku Township, Magwe 14 Feb 14 12 Aug 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest over disputed electricity charges 1 month (activist) Division Ngun Chin Pay 15 15 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (f) (activist) Sui Sui Kyi 16 (f) 16 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist) Kaw Htwe 17 (f) 17 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist)

4 DVB (26 Aug 14) Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology List 5 DVB (02 Apr 14) Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison; DVB (26 Aug 14) Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months 6 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 7 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 8 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 9 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 10 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 11 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 12 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 13 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 14 AAPP (Sep 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for August 2014 15 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 16 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 17 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a2 Khin Khin Zi 18 (f) 18 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist) Thang Zing 19 (f) 19 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist) Khin Thluai Par 20 20 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (f) (activist) Maun Han 21 21 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist) Tei Maung 22 22 24 Jun 14 Matupi Township, Chin State 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against impunity for sexual violence 30,000 kyat (activist) Protest calling for the resignation of a 23 Myint Aye 23 24 Jun 14 Prome Township, Pegu Division 23 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 30,000 kyat regime official 24 Solo protest against Letpadaung copper 24 Kyaw Swe 24 Jun 14 Prome Township, Pegu Division 22 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 30,000 kyat mine 25 Yae Khe 25 26 Apr 14 Prome, Pegu Division 17 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against Zaw Pe's imprisonment 20,000 kyat Voluntary causation of grievous hurt to Kyu Lwin 26 Tavoy Township, Tenasserim deter a public servant from his duty, 9 months and 26 27 Jun 14 16 Jul 14 Protest against land confiscation (farmer) Division defamation or verbal abuse, and destruction 15 days of evidence 27 Voluntary causation of grievous hurt to Thaung Nyunt Tavoy Township, Tenasserim 27 27 Jun 14 16 Jul 14 deter a public servant from his duty and Protest against land confiscation 6 months (farmer) Division defaming or verbal abuse Tun Tun Oo 28 Tavoy Township, Voluntary causation of grievous hurt to 28 27 Jun 14 16 Jul 14 Protest against land confiscation 3 months (farmer) Tenasserim Division deter a public servant from duty Kaung Tun 29 Kantbalu Township, Sagaing 29 N/A 14 Jul 14 Article 427 and 447 of the Criminal Code Leadership in plow protest 3 years (farmer) Division Lu Maw Naing 30 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 years with 30 31 Jan 14 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory (media) Division hard labor Paing Thet Kyaw 31 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 years with 31 1 Feb 14 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory (media) Division hard labor 32 Yazar Oo 32 1 Feb 14 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory 10 years with

18 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 19 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 20 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 21 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 22 DVB (14 Jul 14) Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape 23 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List 24 AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 25 DVB (28 Apr 14) Mizzima reporter arrested for protesting media suppression; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 26 DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for ‘disturbing’ officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 27 DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for 'disturbing' officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 28 DVB (17 Jul 14) Tavoy farmers jailed for 'disturbing' officials; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 29 DVB (16 Jul 14) Three farmers sentenced to three years for plough protest in Sagaing 30 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labor 31 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labor

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a3 (media) Division hard labor Sithu Soe 33 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 years with 33 1 Feb 14 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory (media) Division hard labor Tint San 34 Pakokku Township, Magwe 10 years with 34 1 Feb 14 10 Jul 14 1923 Official Secrets Act Report on a chemical weapons factory (media) Division hard labor Bahan Township, Rangoon 15 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months Division Zaw Win 35 , Rangoon 35 9 May 14 9 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months (activist) Division Mingala Taungnyunt Township, 24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months Rangoon Division Bahan Township, Rangoon 15 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months Division Tin Maung Kyi 36 Tamwe Township, Rangoon 36 9 May 14 9 Jul 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months (activist) Division Mingala Taungnyunt Township, 24 Jun 14 Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Distribution of anti-regime pamphlets 6 months Rangoon Division Protest calling for regime Livestock, 37 Myat Ko 37 11 Feb 14 Allen Township, Magwe Division 4 Jul 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Fisheries, and Rural Development Minister 1 month ’s resignation Yar Zar 38 , Mandalay Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal 38 5 Mar 14 30 Jun 14 Efforts to help gold miners protest 9 months (activist) Division Code 39 Protest against work suspensions from Win Aung Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal 39 5 Mar 14 30 Jun 14 Moehti Moemi National Prosperity 9 months (gold miner) Division Code Company Min Zaw Oo 40 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal Protest against work suspensions from 40 5 Mar 14 30 Jun 14 9 months (gold miner) Division Code Moehti Moemi National Prosperity Co 41 Protest against work suspensions from Myint Aung Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal 41 5 Mar 14 30 Jun 14 Moehti Moemi National Prosperity 9 months (gold miner) Division Code Company 42 Aung San Lin 42 5 Mar 14 Yamethin Township, Mandalay 30 Jun 14 Articles 505(b) and 143 of the Criminal Protest against work suspensions from 9 months

32 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labor 33 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labor 34 DVB (03 Feb 14) Journalists arrested after publication of Chemical Weapons story; DVB (10 Jul 14) Journalists sentenced to 10 years for revealing ‘state secrets’; Irrawaddy (10 Jul 14) Unity Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment With Hard Labor 35 Irrawaddy (17 Jul 14) Court Sentences 2 Activists to Prison Terms for Anti-Govt Pamphlets; EMG (16 Jul 14) Two more democracy activists jailed; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014 36 Irrawaddy (17 Jul 14) Court Sentences 2 Activists to Prison Terms for Anti-Govt Pamphlets; EMG (16 Jul 14) Two more democracy activists jailed; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014 37 Irrawaddy (11 Feb 14) Marching Villagers Call for Burma Minister to Be Sacked Over Comments; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for July 2014 38 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism 39 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism 40 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism 41 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism 42 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for June 2014; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology List; DVB (03 Mar 14) Plough protestors charged with trespassing and vandalism

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a4 (gold miner) Division Code Moehti Moemi National Prosperity Company 43 Organization of public speech to support 43 Ku Mar Unknown , Kachin State 24 Jun 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Unknown amending Article 436 of 2008 constitution Saw Mya Saw Township, Irrawaddy Articles 19(e), 420, and 486 of the Criminal 44 (aka Man Sabay Sep 13 23 Jun 14 Possession of a knife and two ID cards 2 years 44 Division Code Lay) 45 Explosives Act and for possessing a 45 Mali Tang 13 Jun 13 Township, Kachin State 10 Jun 14 Alleged bomb plot 22 years weapon and detonating explosives 5 Jun 14 14 years Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot 46 Brang Yung 46 7 Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 15 Dec 13 5 years 15 Nov 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged links to the KIA 2 years 5 Jun 14 13 years Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot 47 Laphai Gam 47 7 Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 15 Dec 13 5 years 15 Nov 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged links to the KIA 2 years 5 Jun 14 Explosives Act Alleged bomb plot 3 years 48 La Ring 48 7 Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 15 Nov 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged links to the KIA 2 years Kyaw Hein 49 Shwepyithar Township, 49 Feb 14 Jun 14 Unknown Preaching ceremony 1 month (activist) Rangoon Division Aye Thein 50 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 50 11 Dec 13 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant (activist) Mandalay hard labor 51 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 51 Win Ko N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor 52 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 52 Kyaw Thiha N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor 53 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 53 Ohn Kyaw N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor 54 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 54 Nwe Yin Than (f) N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor

43 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014 44 AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014 45 Irrawaddy (12 Jun 14) Burma Jails Another Kachin on Explosives Charges 46 Kachin News Group (18 Jun 12) Police arrest refugees in in Kachin state; Irrawaddy (15 Nov 13) Myitkyina Court Sends Four to Prison for Being KIA Members; DVB (16 Nov 13) Four Kachin IDPs sentenced for ‘unlawful association’; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences; Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end 47 Kachin News Group (18 Jun 12) Police arrest refugees in Mogaung township in Kachin state; Irrawaddy (15 Nov 13) Myitkyina Court Sends Four to Prison for Being KIA Members; DVB (16 Nov 13) Four Kachin IDPs sentenced for ‘unlawful association’; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences; Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end; FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burma’s political prisoners? 48 Kachin News Group (18 Jun 12) Police arrest refugees in Mogaung township in Kachin state; Irrawaddy (15 Nov 13) Myitkyina Court Sends Four to Prison for Being KIA Members; DVB (16 Nov 13) Four Kachin IDPs sentenced for ‘unlawful association’; DVB (06 Jun 14) Kachin court slaps jailed IDPs with additional sentences; Irrawaddy (06 Jun 14) After Alleged Torture, Three Kachin Men Sentenced for Explosives Offenses; FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end 49 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology List 50 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; FIDH (15 Jul 14) Who are Burma’s political prisoners? 51 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 52 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 53 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 54 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a5 55 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 55 Win Cho (f) N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor 56 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 56 Myo Myo Thin (f) N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor Shwe Lant (aka Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 57 57 N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Ma Shan Ma) Mandalay hard labor 58 Chan Mya Thazi Township, 6 months with 58 Win Aung N/A 23 May 14 Article 353 of the Criminal Code Alleged assault on a civil servant Mandalay hard labor 59 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi gold mine 1 year and 6 59 Yee Win N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 60 Yee Myint 60 N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 61 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 61 Myo Tint N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 62 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 62 Le Sue N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 63 Thu Thu Aye 63 N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 64 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 64 Htwe N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 65 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 65 Ant Kyaw N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 66 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 66 Phoe Kyaw N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 67 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 67 Maung Kyaw N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 68 Yamethin Township, Mandalay Articles 143, 188, and 505(b) of the Protest against Moehti Moemi goldmine 1 year and 6 68 Chit Min Oo N/A 21 May 14 Division Criminal Code privatization months 1 year (reduced Zaw Pe 69 Attempt to conduct an interview of to 3 months, 69 Aug 12 Magwe, Magwe Division 7 Apr 14 Articles 448 and 353 of the Criminal Code (media) education officials sentence completed)

55 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 56 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 57 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 58 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014 59 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 60 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 61 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 62 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 63 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 64 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 65 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 66 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 67 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 68 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for May 2014; DVB (26 May 14) Mandalay miners sentenced to jail 69 AP (08 Apr 14) Myanmar journalist gets jail time for trespassing; DVB (04 Jul 14) DVB journalist Zaw Pe freed

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a6 1 year (reduced Attempt to conduct an interview of to 3 months, 70 Win Myint Hlaing 70 Aug 12 Magwe, Magwe Division 7 Apr 14 Articles 448 and 353 of the Criminal Code education officials sentence completed) 71 3 months, Nay Myo Zin Kyauktada Township, Rangoon 71 18 Jan 14 1 Apr 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Leadership of a farmers protest sentence (activist) Division completed Thaw Zin 72 Monywa Township, Sagaing Articles 447, 143, and 188 of the Criminal Protest against land confiscation related to 1 year and 3 72 11 Feb 14 24 Mar 14 (activist) Division Code the months 73 Shwebo Township, Sagaing 73 Sein Myint 13 Feb 14 10 Mar 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation 3 months Division 74 Shwebo Township, Sagaing 74 Tun Linn 13 Feb 14 10 Mar 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation 3 months Division 75 Shwebo Township, Sagaing Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 2 years and 3 75 Nyunt Swe 13 Feb 14 10 Mar 14 Protest against land confiscation Division and Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code months Maung Lin 76 76 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a plantation 3 years (farmer) Saple 77 1 year and 9 77 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Tin Hla 78 2 years and 3 78 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Min Min 79 1 year and 9 79 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Ba Din 80 1 year and 9 80 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Mya Win 81 1 year and 9 81 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Than Tun 82 1 year and 9 82 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months Aung Tin Win 83 2 years and 3 83 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Articles 43(a) and 40(c) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation (farmer) months

70 AP (08 Apr 14) Myanmar journalist gets jail time for trespassing; DVB (04 Jul 14) DVB journalist Zaw Pe freed 71 DVB (02 Apr 14) Protest leaders sentenced to 3 months in prison 72 DVB (11 Feb 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin detained; DVB (17 Feb 14) Protesters arrested after appealing for Latpadaung activist’s release; DVB (25 Mar 14) Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin sentenced to 15 months; AAPP (May 14) Political Prisoner Profile: Thaw Zin 73 EMG (12 Mar 14) Residents call for rule of law as more convicted for land-grab protests; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014 74 EMG (12 Mar 14) Residents call for rule of law as more convicted for land-grab protests; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014 75 EMG (12 Mar 14) Residents call for rule of law as more convicted for land-grab protests; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014 76 Irrawaddy (19 Feb 14) Pegu Court Sentences 12 Farmers to Prison for Land Protest; AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 77 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 78 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 79 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 80 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 81 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 82 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned; Than Tun died in police custody 83 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a7 Thar Din 84 84 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 6 months (farmer) Pho Shwe 85 85 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 6 months (farmer) Pho Ngwe 86 86 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 6 months (farmer) Aung Moe Naing 87 87 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 6 months (farmer) Pho Kyar 88 88 N/A Padaung Township, Pegu Division 18 Feb 14 Article 43(a) of the Forest Act Damaging a teak plantation 8 months (farmer) Thein Aung 89 Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 89 15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 6 months (activist) Demonstration Law Thant Zin Oo 90 Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 90 15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months (activist) Demonstration Law Aung Chat Win 91 Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 91 15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months (activist) Demonstration Law Kyaw Naing 92 Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 92 15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months (activist) Demonstration Law Zin Aung 93 Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 93 15 Jan 14 Kin U Township, Sagaing Division 14 Feb 14 Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 3 months (activist) Demonstration Law 94 6 months, Bawk Ja (f) 94 18 Jul 13 Myitkyina, Kachin State 24 Jan 14 Criminal Code Negligent homicide (sentence (activist) completed) Ye Myat Oo 95 Bassein Township, Irrawaddy 95 Dec 13 7 Jan 14 Military Law Desertion of the Tatmadaw 1 year (child soldier) Division Nay La 96 Township, 96 Jun 13 1 Jan 14 Articles 447 and 427 of the Criminal Code Unknown 2 months (farmer) Irrawaddy Division 97 Zaw Bauk 97 Jun 12 Myitkyina Township, Kachin State 15 Dec 13 Unlawful Association Act Alleged ties to the KIA 2 years Kyaw Min Khine 98 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to 98 16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A (media) Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code 99 Ei Ei San 99 (f) 16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released

84 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 85 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 86 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 87 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 88 AHRC (07 Apr 14) BURMA/MYANMAR: Farmers falsely accused of trespass and destruction of a teak field are prosecuted and imprisoned 89 AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List 90 AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List 91 AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List 92 AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List 93 AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014 94 AAPP (Jan 14) Monthly Chronology List; Irrawaddy (19 Jul 13) Activist Bauk Ja Arrested for Negligent Homicide; Myanmar Times (23 Jul 13) Kachin activist Daw Bauk Ja arrested over 2008 death 95 Irrawaddy (22 Jan 14) Burmese Child Soldier Imprisoned for Leaving Military; AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for January 2014 96 AAPP (Jan 14) Monthly Chronology List 97 FIDH (10 Jan 14) Burma: President Thein Sein fails to keep his promise to release all political prisoners by year-end 98 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List 99 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a8 (media) Yin Min Htun 100 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to 100 16 Jul 14 Mae Sot, Thailand N/A Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A (media) Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Khin Myint 101 Assistance to farmers in their attempt to 101 9 Jul 14 Unknown N/A Unknown N/A (activist) regain confiscated land 102 Distribution of pamphlets claiming that Daw Naung Naung , Rangoon 102 8 Jul 14 N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic leaders had N/A (activist) Division been appointed to an interim government Naing Sai Aung 103 Pabedan Township, Rangoon 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to 103 8 Jul 14 N/A Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A (media) Division Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Win Tin 104 Pabedan Township, Rangoon 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to 104 8 Jul 14 N/A Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A (media) Division Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Min Wathan (aka 105 Pabedan Township, Rangoon 1950 Emergency Provisions Act, reduced to 105 Kyaw Zaw Hein) 8 Jul 14 N/A Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet N/A Division Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code (media) San Tin 106 106 8 Jul 14 Pabedan Township, Rangoon Divi N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released (media) Ye Min Aung 107 Pabedan Township, Rangoon 107 8 Jul 14 N/A 1950 Emergency Provisions Act Publication of article on MDCF pamphlet Released (media) Division 108 Tamwe Township, Rangoon Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Released on 108 U Uttara (monk) 10 Jun 14 N/A Monastery land ownership dispute Division 1990 Law Relating to the Sangha bail U Paññ āsara 109 Tamwe Township, Rangoon Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Released on 109 10 Jun 14 N/A Monastery land ownership dispute (monk) Division 1990 Law Relating to the Sangha bail U Neindira 110 Tamwe Township, Rangoon Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Released on 110 10 Jun 14 N/A Monastery land ownership dispute (monk) Division 1990 Law Relating to the Sangha bail 111 U Tazeina 111 10 Jun 14 Tamwe Township, Rangoon N/A Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Monastery land ownership dispute Released on

100 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List 101 AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014 102 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology List 103 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014 104 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014 105 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List 106 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology List 107 EMG (09 Jul 14) In-charge editor and two other editors from Bi Mon Te Nay Journal arrested for interrogation by police regarding news coverage under emergency act 5 (d) (j); DVB (08 Jul 14) Editors detained after Suu Kyi takeover report; AAPP (Aug 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for July 2014; Mizzima News (05 Aug 14) Charges downgraded in interim government report case, says lawyer 108 DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue Buddhist council 109 DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue Buddhist council 110 DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue Buddhist council 111 DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue Buddhist council

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a9 (monk) Division 1990 Law Relating to the Sangha bail U Sondrasiri 112 Tamwe Township, Rangoon Article 295(a) of the Criminal Code and Released on 112 10 Jun 14 N/A Monastery land ownership dispute (monk) Division 1990 Law Relating to the Sangha bail 113 Tavoy Township, Preventing local authorities from surveying Released on 113 Than Myam 3 Jun 14 N/A “Disturbing” local authorities Tenasserim Division disputed land bail Myint Ko 114 Bassein Township, Irrawaddy Operation of a video filming business 114 30 May 14 N/A Television and Video Act N/A (activist) Division without a license Aung Soe 115 Sarlingyi Township, Sagaing 115 18 May 14 N/A Unknown Protest against land confiscation N/A (activist) Division Tun Tun Oo 116 Township, Irrawaddy Protest against Peaceful Gathering and 116 9 May 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division Demonstration Law Pauk Sa 117 6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation N/A 117 (farmer) 11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released Released on Thant Zin Htet 118 6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation 118 bail (farmer) 11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released Released on Nyo 119 (f) 6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation 119 bail (farmer) 11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against land confiscation Released Mone 120 (f) Released on 120 6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation (farmer) bail Kyaw Thu 121 Released on 121 6 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation (farmer) bail 122 Released on 122 Maung Win 14 May 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Protest against land confiscation bail 123 Allegedly possessing a gun belonging to 123 Aik Kyein 5 May 14 Kentung Township, Shan State N/A Unlawful Association Act Released SSA-South Shajan Saun Muse Township, 124 124 2 May 14 N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Yeain Shan State

112 DVB (20 Jun 14) Uttara, Mahasantisukha monks have their day in court; RFA (18 Jun 14) Britain to Assist Citizen Monk Detained in Myanmar Monastery Raid; DVB (17 Jul 14) Mahasantisukha monks to countersue Buddhist council 113 DVB (04 Jun 14) Tavoy farmers charged with ‘disturbing’ authorities over disputed land 114 AAPP (Jul 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for June 2014 115 Irrawaddy (19 May 14) Burmese Protesters Kidnap Chinese Workers at Letpadaung Mine 116 Irrawaddy (15 May 14) Another Activist Faces Section 18 Charges 117 Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute; Irrawaddy (07 May 14) Farmers Injured in Clash With Police After Court Decision 118 Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute 119 DVB (15 May 14) Police assault protestors in Pegu, say witnesses; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014; Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute 120 DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute 121 DVB (07 May 14) Farmers charged with defamation after invoking curse on govt; Mizzima News (07 May 14) Police, farmers clash after man denied bail over land protest dispute 122 DVB (15 May 14) Police assault protestors in Pegu, say witnesses; AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for May 2014 123 Irrawaddy (16 May 14) Arrest of Party Member Could Affect Peace Process, SNLD Says; DVB (19 May 14) Shan party says govt charges ‘false’; DVB (23 May 14) Detained Shan leader charged with unlawful association; DVB (30 May 14) Charges dropped against detained Shan politician 124 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a10 Shajan Saun Muse Township, 125 125 2 May 14 N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Chan Shan State Lagaway Brann Muse Township, 126 126 2 May 14 N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Kun Shan State Lahtaw Naw Muse Township, 127 127 2 May 14 N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Kham Shan State 128 Muse Township, 128 Lapaung 2 May 14 N/A Unknown Unknown N/A Shan State Maddaya Township, Mandalay 10 Apr 14 N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Plow protest against land confiscation N/A Zaw Win 129 Division 129 (farmer) Maymyo Township, Mandalay Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law 26 Aug 14 N/A Protest against the judiciary N/A Division and Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Ye Yint Aung 130 Maddaya Township, Mandalay 130 10 Apr 14 N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Plow protest against land confiscation N/A (farmer) Division Ko Aung 131 Maddaya Township, Mandalay 131 Apr 14 N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Plow protest against land confiscation N/A (farmer) Division Nay Win 132 Maddaya Township, Mandalay 132 Apr 14 N/A Article 505(b) of the Criminal Code Plow protest against land confiscation N/A (farmer) Division Thein Aung Released on 133 133 27 Mar 14 Mandalay, Mandalay Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike Myint (activist) bail 134 Released on 134 Saw Hla Aung 27 Mar 14 Mandalay, Mandalay Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike bail 135 Released on 135 Kyaw Myo Tun 27 Mar 14 Mandalay, Mandalay Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike bail 136 Released on 136 Tin Tin Khat 27 Mar 14 Mandalay, Mandalay Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest against electricity price hike bail Than Naing 137 Pakokku Township, Mandalay 137 26 Mar 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest for constitutional amendment Released (activist) Division Pyone Cho 138 Pakokku Township, Mandalay 138 26 Mar 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest for constitutional amendment Released (activist) Division Mee Mee 139 (f) Pakokku Township, Mandalay 139 26 Mar 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest for constitutional amendment Released (activist) Division

125 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014 126 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014 127 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014 128 AAPP (Jun 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for May 2014 129 DVB (22 Apr 14) Plough protestors charged with sedition; AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for April 2014; Myanmar Times (05 Sep 14) Farmers urge release of lawyer 130 DVB (22 Apr 14) Plough protestors charged with sedition; AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for April 2014 131 DVB (22 Apr 14) Plough protestors charged with sedition; AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for April 2014 132 DVB (22 Apr 14) Plough protestors charged with sedition; AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for April 2014 133 EMG (28 Mar 14) Four arrested for Mandalay protests, demonstrations continue in Yangon; Irrawaddy (01 Apr 14) Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest 134 EMG (28 Mar 14) Four arrested for Mandalay protests, demonstrations continue in Yangon; Irrawaddy (01 Apr 14) Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest 135 EMG (28 Mar 14) Four arrested for Mandalay protests, demonstrations continue in Yangon; Irrawaddy (01 Apr 14) Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest 136 EMG (28 Mar 14) Four arrested for Mandalay protests, demonstrations continue in Yangon; Irrawaddy (01 Apr 14) Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest 137 Irrawaddy (26 Mar 14) Four Detained, Charged at Burma Constitutional Amendment Rally; EMG (27 Mar 14) Activists blame regional chief minister for political persecution in Magway 138 Irrawaddy (26 Mar 14) Four Detained, Charged at Burma Constitutional Amendment Rally; EMG (27 Mar 14) Activists blame regional chief minister for political persecution in Magway 139 Irrawaddy (26 Mar 14) Four Detained, Charged at Burma Constitutional Amendment Rally; EMG (27 Mar 14) Activists blame regional chief minister for political persecution in Magway

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a11 Nilar Thein 140 (f) Pakokku Township, Mandalay 140 26 Mar 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Protest for constitutional amendment Released (activist) Division Thaw Tar Oo 141 Township, Mandalay Leadership of a protest for constitutional 141 15 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division amendment Kyaw Win 142 , Mandalay Leadership of a protest for constitutional 142 15 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division amendment Nay Zaw Lin 143 Sintgaing Township, Mandalay Leadership of a protest for constitutional 143 15 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division amendment Kyaw Hlaing 144 Sintgaing Township, Mandalay Leadership of a protest for constitutional 144 15 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division amendment San Min 145 Sintgaing Township, Mandalay Leadership of a protest for constitutional 145 15 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law N/A (activist) Division amendment Win 146 (f) 146 11 Feb 14 Thegon Township, Pegu Division N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Land confiscation protest Released (farmer) 147 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 147 Thwe Thwe Win 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 148 Phyu Phyu Win 148 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 149 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 149 Khin Thaung 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 150 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 150 Ma Sein 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 151 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 151 Ye Cho 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 152 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 152 Hse Tin 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 153 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 153 Myint Naing Win 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine 154 Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 154 Thike Tun Shwe 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Division the Letpadaung copper mine Aung Kyaw Soe Salingyi Township, Sagaing Protest against land confiscation related to 155 155 5 Feb 14 N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released Oo Division the Letpadaung copper mine

140 Irrawaddy (26 Mar 14) Four Detained, Charged at Burma Constitutional Amendment Rally; EMG (27 Mar 14) Activists blame regional chief minister for political persecution in Magway 141 AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014 142 AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014 143 AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014 144 AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014 145 AAPP (May 14) Monthly Chronology of Political Prisoners in Burma for April 2014 146 Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) 6 Farmers Apprehended, 7 Facing Arrest in Pegu Land Disputes; AAPP (Mar 14) Monthly Chronology of Burma's Political Prisoners for February 2014 147 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 148 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 149 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 150 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 151 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 152 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 153 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 154 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a12 Lwin Lwin Myint 156 Released on 156 2 Feb 14 Pauk Township, Magwe Division N/A Unknown Unknown (f) bail Tha Cho (aka 157 Solo protest against Peaceful Gathering 157 Kyaw Moe Zaw) 6 Jan 14 Pyinmana Township, Naypyidaw N/A Peaceful Gathering and Demonstration Law Released and Demonstration Law (activist) 158 Seeking comment from a lawyer in 3 months, Ma Khine (f) Trespassing, defamation, and use of 158 N/A Loikaw Township, Karenni State 17 Dec 13 connection with an alleged video piracy sentence (journalist) abusive language case completed

155 DVB (07 Feb 14) Nine Latpadaung protestors freed 156 AAPP (Feb 14) Monthly Chronology List 157 EMG (05 Jan 14) Solo protest against charter change in Nay Pyi Taw; Myanmar Times (13 Jan 14) Activist hands himself in to police after protest 158 Irrawaddy (23 Dec 13) Prison Term for Reporter Leads to Outcry Over Media Freedom; EMG (18 Dec 13) Statement by Eleven Media Group against the imprisonment of reporter Ma Khine as ruled by Deputy Judge of Loikaw Township Court on 17 December 2013; DVB (23 Dec 13) Eleven Media hit back at jailing of reporter

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a13 Appendix II Contradictory ceasefire talks between the regime and ethnic armed groups Peace talks for a nationwide ceasefire agreement have encountered several stumbling blocks since talks began in November 2013, following the formation of a 16-member coalition of ethnic armed groups: 1. Federalism is not on the table : The regime and the Tatmadaw have continuously resisted the demand for a federal union and federal army, which would allow some autonomy and fair representation in the military.1 2. The Tatmadaw’s unreasonable demands : The Tatmadaw has put forward their own prerequisites for coming to the negotiation table. These demands, first voiced in April 2014, include: ••• To abide by existing laws : This requires the ethnic armed groups to disarm, putting them in a vulnerable position, as there is no guarantee to stop attacks by the regime and the Tatmadaw. The Tatmadaw has violated nearly all prior ceasefire agreements, including those signed during under President Thein Sein.2 In Mon and Chin States where there is no active conflict, troops have attacked civilians, including children. 3 ••• To abide by the 2008 constitution : Reforming the 2008 constitution is essential to allow for the ethnic armed groups’ central demand for a federal union, as the charter gives the central government full decision- making power over all states and divisions. Other crucial issues are the provision that grants 25% of parliamentary seats to the military (effective veto over constitutional amendments), and the provision that allows the regime to claim and make decisions over natural resources and power-sharing in Burma.4 3. Exclusion of ethnic groups : In August 2014, the regime indicated that it would only sign the ceasefire agreement with 15 out of 16 members of the ethnic armed groups’ peacemaking team, and with two non- member ethnic groups. Ethnic groups have compared this decision to the 1947 , which also excluded several ethnic groups, and preceded the civil war that has continued until today.5 4. Contradictions with the Tatmadaw : When the Tatmadaw put forward their six demands [See below, table] in April, many of the ethnic armed groups said it would be impossible to negotiate further. Talks resumed at the end of May after assurances that disarmament and acceptance of the 2008 constitution would not be necessary. Yet, in August, Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing reiterated the six demands to ethnic leaders from Shan State, and declared the Tatmadaw would “defend the 2008 constitution at all costs.” 6

Ethnic armed groups’ demands 7 Tatmadaw demands prior to ceasefire accord 8 • The formation of a genuine federal union That ethnic armed groups: • Equal rights and autonomy for all states • Possess the true will to get peace • The resolution of political issues politically • Abide by the agreements reached • The formation of political dialogue • Do not exploit the peace agreements framework with the government within 30 • Do not burden civilians * days of signing the ceasefire agreement • To abide by the law and regulations issued by government ** • The continuation of political dialogue outside • To abide by the 2008 constitution parliament in accord with agreed framework *[Puts blame on ethnic groups for any clashes with Tatmadaw] The formation of a federal army **[This effectively requires all ethnic armed groups to disarm]

1 RFA (04 Nov 13) Myanmar Cease-Fire Deal ‘Impossible’ This Month: Rebel Groups; Irrawaddy (01 Nov 13) Pulling Back the Curtain on Ethnics Groups’ Talks 2 Kachin News Group (15 Jun 11) Burmese government dispatches three army divisions to Kachin State; Irrawaddy (14 Jun 11) Chinese Dam Workers Allowed to Return; Kachin News Group (23 Jun 11) KIA denies starting war with Burmese Army ; Irrawaddy (23 Feb 12) DKBA Ceasefire Breaks Down; KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire; KIC (17 Jun 14) Ceasefire Under Threat as Burma Army’s Attack on Karen Army Kills One and Wounds One; Irrawaddy (17 Jun 14) Trust Shaken as Burma Army Allegedly Attacks Karen Soldiers 3 Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private; IMNA (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldier’s Alleged Rape of 13- Year-Old; Independent Mon News Agency (09 Jan 14) Army covers up alleged rape by giving family money; Irrawaddy (29 Jan 14) Soldier Accused of Rape Attempt in Mon State; Kaladan News (07 Feb 14) Rakhine set to fire Gawdusara village in Maungdaw south; Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Women ‘Ignored, Abused And Victimized’; Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes; Chinland Guardian (23 Jun 14) Chin woman seriously injured during attempted rape by Burma Army soldier 4 KIC (03 Jun 14) Karen General – Constitutional Reform ‘Our Greatest Concern’; RFA (04 Jun 14) Myanmar Military Wants All Ethnic Rebels Groups in Cease-Fire Agreement; Irrawaddy (25 Jun 14) Words and Peace; Khonumthung News (05 Sep 14) Govt. Soldiers bullied villagers accusing pro-Chin National Army 5 Irrawaddy (04 Aug 14) Burma Govt, Ethnics Discuss Roster of Eligible Ceasefire Groups 6 SHAN (01 Sep 14) UNFC crisis, ethnic-democratic alliance meet and Commander-in-Chief hard-line stance; DVB (26 August 14) Military is committed to peace process, says Thein Sein; Myawady (26 Aug 14) Senior General discusses peace process with national race leaders; Irrawaddy (27 Aug 14) Shan, Wa and Mongla Leaders Meet Burmese President and Army Chief; SHAN (02 Jun 14) Peace Process: A lot done, more needs to be done 7 EMG (02 Nov 13) Govt and ethnic armed groups disagree over the timeframe to start political dialogue 8 BNI (accessed 08 Sep 14) Stakeholders: NCCT

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a14 Appendix III 122 (documented) Tatmadaw clashes in Kachin, Shan States: November 2013 to August 2014

1. 5 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in , Shan State.1 2. 6 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 2 3. 6 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, , Kachin State. 3 4. 7 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 4 5. 7 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kawng Ja and Kawng Lwin Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 5 6. 8 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Gawng Run and Mahkaw Yang Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 6 7. 9 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Gau Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 7 8. 10 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Saga Namhkum, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 8 9. 17 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 9 10. 18 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Lim Pa and Kawng Ja Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 10 11. 19 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in and around Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 11 12. 20 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 12 13. 21 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 13 14. 23 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Gau Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 14 15. 23 November : Tatmadaw troops shot and killed two KIA soldiers close to Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 15 16. 25 November : Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-S forces in Mongkeung Township, Shan State. 16 17. 26 November : Tatmadaw troops clash with SSA-S forces in Mongkeung Township, Shan State. 17 18. 4-5 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with joint KIA and TNLA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 18 19. 11 December : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 125 clashed with KIA forces near Mung Si in Muse Township, Shan State. 19 20. 16 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Pangsai, Muse Township, Shan State. 20 21. 16 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 21 22. 20 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 22 23. 20 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Mung Ding Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 23 24. 22 December : Tatmadaw troops from IB 143 attacked KIA forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 24 25. 22 December : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 17 used artillery to attack TNLA forces in , Shan State. 25 26. 24 December : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 26 27. 4 January : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalions 717, 506, and 502 in Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 27 28. 4 January : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 504 and 506 clashed with joint KIA Battalion 34 and TNLA Battalion 717 forces in Kyaukme Township, Shan State.28 29. 4 January : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 29 30. 4 January : Tatmadaw troops clashed with joint TNLA/KIA forces in Township, Shan State. 30 31. 5 January : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 290 clashed with ’s Militia (a militia force affiliated with the KIO) forces near Nam Ngawn Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 31 32. 6 January : Tatmadaw troops from IB 56 clashed with KIA Battalion 12 forces near Mung Ding Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 32 33. 6 January : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KNLA Battalion 5 forces, after Tatmadaw soldiers advanced into KNLA territory. 33

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a15 34. 31 January : Tatmadaw troops attacked KIA forces in and around Nam Gau, Gawng Run, and Nam Hkan Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 34 35. 31 January : Tatmadaw troops attacked and captured a KIA post in , Kachin State. 35 36. 6 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 601 and IBs 276 and 237 captured a KIA post in Gawng Run Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 36 37. 7 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 602 attacked KIA Battalion 12 forces in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 37 38. 7 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-S troops near Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 38 39. 10 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 261 and 421 clashed with Kachin People’s Militia forces near Ja Ing Yang Village, Township, Kachin State. 39 40. 10 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 261 attacked KIA troops in Hka Mazup Village, close to Laiza, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 40 41. 10 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 505 and 506 clashed with TNLA forces near Nam Yan Village, , Shan State. 41 42. 11 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 18 and Kachin People’s Militia forces and captured a KIA post near Ja Ing Yang Village, , Kachin State. 42 43. 11 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Mantong and Namhsan Townships, Shan State. 43 44. 12 February : Tatmadaw troops attacked Kachin People’s Militia forces and seized Hpung Maw Post near Laiza, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 44 45. 12 February : Tatmadaw troops from IB 261 and LIBs 421, 424, 425, and 426 attacked and burned a KIA post near Hka-U Village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State. 45 [1st clash in the day ] 46. 12 February : Tatmadaw troops IB 261 and LIBs 421, 424, 425, and 426 attacked KIA forces in Bhamo Township, Kachin State.46 [2nd clash in the day ] 47. 12 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Ja Ing Yang Village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State. 47 48. 22 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 241 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 near Nam Gut Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 48 49. 23-24 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 519 and 522 and an ethnic Lahu Border Guard Force unit attacked SSA-S soldiers traveling through Mongton Township, Shan State.49 50. 24 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Manpein Village, Namkham Township, Shan State. 50 51. 24 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 123 clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces near Chying Htawng Village, near Mansi Township, Kachin State. 51 52. 24 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 241 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces between Gyu Mwi and Ba Hpang Villages, Muse Township, Shan State. 52 53. 26 February : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 6 attacked and captured a KIO administrative office in , Kachin State. 53 54. 26 February : Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 367 forces near Shubain Village, Mongmit Township, Shan State. 54 55. 27 February : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Panphyat Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 55 56. 2 March: Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 captured Loi Hkam Bum, a KIA post in Township, Shan State. 56 57. 4 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 507 clashed with Kachin People’s Militia forces in Yi Hku Village, Muse Township, Shan State. 57 58. 11 March: Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-N forces close to SSA-N headquarters in Wanhai, Township, Shan State. 58 59. 24 March : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 34 forces in Mongmit Township, Shan State. 59 60. 1 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kutkai and Muse Townships, Shan State. 60 61. 4 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Thar Pan Kon Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 61 62. 4-5 April : Tatmadaw troops from IB 95 clashed with KIA forces in Muse Township, Shan State. 62 63. 10 April : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 68 attacked KIA Battalion 27 forces and captured a KIA administrative office and base camp in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 63 64. 10 April : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 601 clashed with Kachin People’s Militia forces in Hka Pra Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State.64

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a16 65. 10-11 April : Tatmadaw troops accompanying census enumerators launched attacks on KIA positions near Mai Ja Yang, in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 65 66. 10 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in five villages in Mansi Township, Kachin State.66 67. 11 April : Tatmadaw troops captured the KIA Battalion 27 headquarters and the Pan Hkam gate camp into China. 67 68. 11 April : Tatmadaw troops from troops from IB 69 and LIBs 323 and 567 clashed with KIA Battalion 12 forces in Maw Swi Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 68 69. 12 April : Tatmadaw troops seized the Pan Hkam border gate and camp in Mansi Township, and took control of the Mansi-Pan Hkam- route in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 69 70. 15 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces in Hka Hkip Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 70 71. 15-16 April : Tatmadaw troops captured two KIA bases in Momauk Township, Kachin State, and gained control of the Bhamo-Loije route spanning Bhamo and Momauk Townships, Kachin State. 71 72. 20 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Namsa Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 72 73. 23 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces on the road between Namkham, Namkham Township, and Nampaka, Kutkai Township, Shan State.73 74. 23 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA Battalion 112 forces in Namkham Township, Shan State. 74 75. 23 April : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 68 and 240 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces at Bau Noi Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State.75 76. 23 April : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Namkham Township, Shan State. 76 [1st clash in the day ] 77. 23 April : Following an attack earlier in the morning, Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Namkham Township, Shan State. 77 [2nd clash in the day ] 78. 25 April : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 144 clashed with TNLA forces in Man Bang Village, Namkham Township, Shan State. 78 79. 29 April : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 239 and LID 88 attacked KIA Battalion 36 and 38 forces in Ying La Bum, Muse Township, Shan State. 79 80. 4 May : Tatmadaw troops stationed at Mai Hpang post near Monkoe Village, Muse Township, Shan State, fired 32 mortar rounds into the nearby mountain range, targeting KIA forces. 80 81. 5 May : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Pung Ling Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 81 82. 8 May : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces in Kyauk Hpyar Village, between Bhamo and Namkham Townships, Shan State. 82 83. 10 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 507 and 568 clashed with KIA Battalion 38, TNLA Battalion 818, and MNDAA Battalion 17 forces between Mongkoe and Hsing Villages, Muse Township, Shan State. 83 84. 12 May : Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 256 forces between Munpat and Hsam-ngam Villages, , Shan State. 84 85. 13 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Man Htun Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State.85 86. 13 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 112 clashed with KIA forces near , Shan State. 86 87. 13 May : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces in Htet-kyet Village, Namkham Township, Shan State. 87 88. 14 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 301 clashed with KIA Battalion 12 and 27 forces in Nam Sa and Sharaw La Hkyet Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 88 89. 14 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 290 clashed with TNLA Battalion 335 and MNDAA Battalion 3 forces in Ta Mon Ye Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 89 90. 15 May : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 17 forces near Hu Bu Bum hill, Shan State. 90 91. 15 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 45 clashed with TNLA Battalion 223 and MNDAA forces near Nam Jarap Village, Hsenwi Township, Shan State. 91 92. 1 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 237 in Dum Bau Bum fired artillery shells in Mung Hka Village, Kachin State, targeting KIA forces there. 92 93. 2 June : Tatmadaw troops from LID 77 clashed with TNLA Battalion 527 forces in Pa Hlaing Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 93 94. 3 June : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces between Nam Seint and San Kar Villages, Namkham Township, Shan State. 94

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a17 95. 4 June : Around 50 Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces at Nam Ba Tek, Pang Sai, Muse Township, Shan State. 95 96. 4 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 215 and 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Man Jum Valley, between Ta Mung Nye and Maw Han Villages, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 96 97. 4 June : About 60 Tatmadaw and pro-regime militia group Pyi Tu Tsits troops clashed with TNLA Battalion 478 forces near Nawng Ang Village, Namkham Township, Shan State. 97 98. 11 June : Tatmadaw troops began an assault on an SSA-N camp at Red Ruby Mountain, Monghsu, Shan State. 98 99. 15 June : The Tatmadaw deployed troops from LID 66, 88, and 99 in Kachin and Shan States. 99 100. 16 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 and regime-backed militia force Pyi Tu Tsits fired two mortar shells at KIA forces in Man Jak Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State. 100 101. 16 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 215 and 217 clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Kawng Sa Village, Namkham Township, Shan State. 101 102. 17 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 103 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Nam Hka Bum, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 102 103. 17 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 323 clashed with KIA Battalion 38 forces in Man Jak Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State. 103 104. 17-18 June : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Gaw Ngu Yang Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 104 105. 19 June : Tatmadaw troops gained control of an SSA-N camp at Red Ruby Mountain, Monghsu, Shan State. 105 106. 20 June : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Pung Ling Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 106 107. 22 June : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with KIA Battalion 27 forces in Dingga Bum, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 107 108. 26 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 88 clashed with TNLA in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 108 [1st clash in the day ] 109. 26 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 88 clashed with TNLA in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 109 [2nd clash in the day ] 110. 26 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 88 clashed with TNLA in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 110 [3rd clash in the day ] 111. 26 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 88 clashed with TNLA in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 111 [4th clash in the day ] 112. 13 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces near Pyawng Bum, , Shan State. 112 113. 14 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 36 forces in Hka Lum Village, Pangsai, Muse Township, Shan State. 113 114. 16 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 2 forces in Bang Noi Man Ping Village, Kuktai Township, Shan State. 114 115. 17 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA Battalion 9 forces near Di Ma and Seng Hom Villages, Loilem Township, Shan State. 115 116. 19-21 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces in Mongkoe Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State. 116 117. 20-21 July : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 248 clashed with SSA-N Brigade 72 forces in , Shan State. 117 118. 8 August : Tatmadaw troops clashed with KIA forces near Sabaw Maw ruby mine in Hpakant Township, Kachin State.118 119. 8 August : Tatmadaw troops clashed with SSA-N forces in Kyethi Township, Shan State. 119 120. 10 August : Tatmadaw troops destroyed a KIA base in a village next to the Sabaw Maw ruby mine in Kyethi Township, Shan State.120 121. 17 August : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA forces in Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 121 122. 18 August : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 clashed with TNLA forces in Namkham Township, Shan State.122

1 Irrawaddy (13 Nov 13) TNLA Rebels Reject Govt Ceasefire Proposal, Clash With Burma Army 2 Irrawaddy (13 Nov 13) TNLA Rebels Reject Govt Ceasefire Proposal, Clash With Burma Army 3 Kachinland News (07 Nov 13) Fierce Battle Rages Near Namlim Pa Village 4 Irrawaddy (13 Nov 13) TNLA Rebels Reject Govt Ceasefire Proposal, Clash With Burma Army 5 Kachinland News (08 Nov 13) Battles Rage in KIA’s 12th Battalion Territory; Irrawaddy (07 Nov 13) Fresh Fighting Between KIA, Govt Troops in Kachin State

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6 Kachinland News (11 Nov 13) One Civilian Killed and Another Injured as Mortar Shells Hit Gawng Run Village 7 Kachinland News (11 Nov 13) One Civilian Killed and Another Injured as Mortar Shells Hit Gawng Run Village 8 Kachinland News (11 Nov 13) One Civilian Killed and Another Injured as Mortar Shells Hit Gawng Run Village 9 Kachinland News (18 Nov 13) Kachin Civilians Flee as Battles Blaze in Namlim Pa and Surrounding Area 10 Kachinland News (18 Nov 13) Kachin Civilians Flee as Battles Blaze in Namlim Pa and Surrounding Area 11 EMG (20 Nov 13) Military tensions arise between army, KIA in Kachin State 12 Kachinland News (22 Nov 13) IDPs Arrive in Man Win Area; Battles Rage in Mansi and Northern Shan State 13 Kachinland News (22 Nov 13) IDPs Arrive in Man Win Area; Battles Rage in Mansi and Northern Shan State 14 Kachinland News (23 Nov 13) One KIA Captain and Another Soldier Killed in a Skirmish with Burmese Army Troops 15 Kachin News Group (27 Nov 13) KIA soldiers killed in ambush 16 SHAN (27 Nov 13) Burma Army increasing patrols in resistance areas 17 SHAN (27 Nov 13) Burma Army increasing patrols in resistance areas 18 EMG (06 Dec 13) Thirteen killed in fresh skirmishes between gov’t troops, Kachin rebels 19 Kachinland News (17 Dec 13) Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State as Ethnic Armed Groups Prepare for the Next Meeting 20 Kachinland News (17 Dec 13) Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State as Ethnic Armed Groups Prepare for the Next Meeting 21 Irrawaddy (19 Dec 13) Kokang Rebels Blamed for Deadly Shan State Blasts 22 Kachinland News (20 Dec 13) Battles rage in Namlim Pa and Mungding Pa 23 Kachinland News (20 Dec 13) Battles rage in Namlim Pa and Mungding Pa 24 Kachin News Group (24 Dec 13) Remote controlled mines target Burma army troops in Kachin state 25 DVB (24 Dec 13) Ta’ang army claim govt offensive in Kyaukme 26 Kachin News Group (25 Dec 13) Christmas clashes between Burma army and KIA 27 EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Ta’ang ethnic armed groups and gov’t army; Kachinland News (07 Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State 28 EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Ta’ang ethnic armed groups and gov’t army; Kachinland News (07 Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State 29 Kachin News Group (08 Jan 14) KIA releases two Tatmadaw soldiers following clashes 30 EMG (06 Jan 14) Skirmishes break out between Palaung, Ta’ang ethnic armed groups and gov’t army 31 Kachinland News (07 Jan 14) Battles Rage in Southern Kachin and Northern Shan State 32 Kachin News Group (08 Jan 14) KIA releases two Tatmadaw soldiers following clashes 33 KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire 34 Kachin News Group (31 Jan 14) Burma army captures KIA post, heavy fighting continues in southern Kachin state 35 Kachin News Group (31 Jan 14) Burma army captures KIA post, heavy fighting continues in southern Kachin state; Kachin News Group (01 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIA’s Dagaw Mada Post 36 Kachin News Group (07 Feb 14) Burma army takes another KIA post in southern Kachin state 37 Kachin News Group (10 Feb 14) 2 KIA officers killing during clash in 38 Myanmar Times (11 Feb 14) SSA-S not concerned about western military engaging with Tatmadaw 39 Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as a New Offensive Begins near Laiza; Irrawaddy (12 Feb 14) President’s Union Day Message Flags-up Federalism 40 Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as a New Offensive Begins near Laiza 41 Irrawaddy (12 Feb 14) President’s Union Day Message Flags-up Federalism; Kachinland News (11 Feb 14) Battles Rage as a New Offensive Begins near Laiza 42 Kachin News Group (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital 43 Kachin News Group (10 Feb 14) KIA soldier dies resisting Burma army attack 44 Kachinland News (13 Feb 14) Burmese Army Continues Offensive Operations Against Kachin Independence Army 45 Kachin News Group (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital 46 Kachinland News (13 Feb 14) Burma army captures posts near KIO's Laiza capital 47 Irrawaddy (13 Feb 14) Burma Army Launches Deadly Incursion Into Kachin Rebel Territory 48 Kachinland News (25 Feb 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State 49 DVB (26 Feb 14) Burma Army clashes with SSA-S, TNLA in Shan State; Irrawaddy (25 Feb 14) Burma Army, Shan Rebels Clash Over Temporary Camp 50 EMG (27 Feb 14) Two skirmishes break out in Shan State 51 Kachinland News (25 Feb 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State 52 Kachinland News (25 Feb 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State 53 KLN (28 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIO’s Se Zin County Administrative Office 54 KLN (28 Feb 14) Burmese Army Seized KIO’s Se Zin County Administrative Office 55 EMG (01 Mar 14) Skirmishes continue between TNLA, gov’t 56 Irrawaddy (04 Mar 14) Army Increases Attacks in North Burma, Seizes 2 Shan Rebel Camps 57 Kachinland News (05 Mar 14) Burmese Army Sends More Troops to Frontline as Peace Negotiators Prepare to Meet 58 DVB (13 Mar 14) Shans plan their own census 59 Kachinland News (25 Mar 14) Battles Resume in Northern Shan State 60 Kachinland News (03 Apr 14) A Series of Battles Fought Between KIA and Burmese Government Troops 61 Irrawaddy (04 Apr 14) TNLA Clashes With Burma Army as Census Continues 62 FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma 63 Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts; EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during Thingyan; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in Burma’s northern Kachin state 64 Kachinland News (11 Apr 14) KIA Under Attack On Several Fronts 65 DVB (11 Apr 14) Hundreds flee as census-related clashes break out in Kachin; FBR (11 Apr 14) Burma Army attacks Kachin and Shan villagers and a Kachin IDP camp; over 1,800 people displaced; FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma; JST for Humanitarian Response in Kachin & Northern Shan States (12 Apr 14) Press release: Humanitarian crisis update for Kachin State and Northern Shan

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State; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in Burma’s northern Kachin state; Irrawaddy (10 Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post 66 EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during Thingyan 67 EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during Thingyan 68 FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma 69 EMG (21 Apr 14) Why conflict continues in Kachin State; EMG (19 Apr 14) Clashes and tensions with KIA persist 70 Kachinland News (17 Apr 14) Humanitarian Crisis Looms as Fighting Intensifies in Kachin and Northern Shan State 71 EMG (21 Apr 14) Why conflict continues in Kachin State; Kachinland News (17 Apr 14) Humanitarian Crisis Looms as Fighting Intensifies in Kachin and Northern Shan State; Kachinland News (15 Apr 14) KIA Ambush Burmese Army Convoys as More Troops Deployed 72 Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 73 Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 74 Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 75 Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 76 Irrawaddy (23 Apr 14) 10 Soldiers Killed in Shan State Clashes: TNLA 77 Irrawaddy (23 Apr 14) 10 Soldiers Killed in Shan State Clashes: TNLA 78 Kachinland News (25 Apr 14) Skirmishes Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 79 Kachinland News (29 Apr 14) Battles Rage in Northern Shan State Amid Peace Talks 80 Kachinland News (05 May 14) Fierce Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 81 Kachinland News (05 May 14) Fierce Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State 82 Kachin News Group (09 May 14) Burma army and KIA fight whole day in southern Kachin state 83 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble; Kachin News Group (19 May 14) UN warns of worsening refugee conditions in Kachin and Shan states 84 Kachin News Group (19 May 14) UN warns of worsening refugee conditions in Kachin and Shan states 85 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 86 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 87 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 88 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 89 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 90 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 91 Kachinland News (15 May 14) Battles Rage in Kachin and Shan State as Peace Talks Stumble 92 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 93 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 94 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 95 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 96 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 97 Kachinland News (04 Jun 14) Battles Continue in Northern Shan State 98 SHAN (19 Jun 14) SSA-North loses Mongsu camp to Burma Army 99 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 100 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 101 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 102 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 103 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 104 Kachin News Group (24 Jun 14) Burmese troops and KIA repeatedly clash in southern Kachin state 105 SHAN (19 Jun 14) SSA-North loses Mongsu camp to Burma Army 106 Kachin News Group (24 Jun 14) Burmese troops and KIA repeatedly clash in southern Kachin state 107 Kachin News Group (24 Jun 14) Burmese troops and KIA repeatedly clash in southern Kachin state 108 EMG (30 Jun 14) Army, TNLA fail to hold talks to curb fighting 109 EMG (30 Jun 14) Army, TNLA fail to hold talks to curb fighting 110 EMG (30 Jun 14) Army, TNLA fail to hold talks to curb fighting 111 EMG (30 Jun 14) Army, TNLA fail to hold talks to curb fighting 112 Kachinland News (18 Jul 14) Battles Rage On in Northern Shan State 113 Kachinland News (18 Jul 14) Battles Rage On in Northern Shan State 114 Kachinland News (18 Jul 14) Battles Rage On in Northern Shan State 115 Kachinland News (18 Jul 14) Battles Rage On in Northern Shan State 116 Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group 117 SHAN (22 Jul 14) Resume fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Army-North affects six villages; Irrawaddy (22 Jul 14) Clashes Continue Between SSA and Burma Army 118 Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine; Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14) Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village 119 Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine; Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14) Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village 120 Kachin News Group (12 Aug 14) Repeated clashes between army and KIA in Kachin ruby mine 121 Irrawaddy (18 Aug 14) One Civilian Killed After TNLA, Govt Troops Clash 122 Irrawaddy (18 Aug 14) One Civilian Killed After TNLA, Govt Troops Clash

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a20 Appendix IV (Documented) Tatmadaw civilian abuses in Kachin, Shan States: November 2013 to August 2014

• 2 November : Three Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 286 gang-raped a 29-year-old Kachin woman in Sawng Hka Village, between Mogaung and Hpakant Townships, Kachin State. 1 • 7 November : Tatmadaw artillery fire killed a 10-year-old child in Gawng Run Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 2 • 8 November : Tatmadaw soldiers detained and tortured a 54-year-old Kachin man in Nam Gau Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State.3 • 11 November : A Tatmadaw soldier raped an eight-year-old Kachin girl in Hka Lum Village, Hsenwi Township, Shan State. 4 • 14 November : Tatmadaw troops shot and killed a 40-year-old Kachin man in Mung Ding Pa, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 5 • 17 November : Tatmadaw soldiers killed a 20-year-old mentally challenged man in Nam Lim Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 6 • 9 December : Tatmadaw troops shelled civilians working in a rice field near Mung Ding Pa in Mansi Township, Kachin State. 7 • 7 January : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 401 fired artillery shells into civilian areas in Papun Township, Karen State. 8 • 8 January : Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 298 abducted three Kachin women traveling by bus on Myitkyina- Sumpra Bum Road, near Myitkyina, Kachin State; two managed to escape and the soldiers gang-raped the remaining woman.9 • 17 January : It was reported that a local NGO had found six shallow graves near Nam Lim Pa IDP camp in Mansi Township, Kachin State, of elderly or mentally challenged residents who were unable to flee when Tatmadaw troops attacked Mansi Township in November 2013. 10 • 30 January : discovered three tortured bodies of victims who had been killed by the Tatmadaw in November 2013. 11 • 30-31 January : Tatmadaw troops attacked Nam Gau and Nam San Villages, Mansi Township, Kachin State, capturing over 20 villagers. 12 • 26 February : Tatmadaw troops set up camp in two village tracts in Township, Shan State, interrogated villagers at gunpoint, extracted forced labor, looted, and shot livestock. 13 • 1-2 March : More than 1,000 Tatmadaw troops from LIB 77, 115 and 520, shelled 11 villages in a ceasefire zone, causing 2,000 villagers to flee, and tortured a villager in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State. 14 • 4 March: Tatmadaw troops from LIB 5 extorted money from travelers arriving in or departing from , Hpakant Township, Kachin State. 15 • 4 March : Tatmadaw troops set fire to rubber fields and bamboo forests that are the source of livelihood for many families in Bhamo and Townships, Kachin State. 16 • 5 March : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 80 occupying a former KIA outpost stopped and extorted money from local residents in Nam Byu, Township, Kachin State. 17 • 7 March: It was reported that Tatmadaw troops had harassed and robbed villagers and travelers in U Di Bum Village, Hpakant Township, Kachin State. 18 • 21 March : Tatmadaw troops from LIBs 77 and 503 attacked Ngar Jarng Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan State, and detained and tortured five villagers suspected of links with the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the village administrator.19 • 23 March : Tatmadaw troops from IBs 519 and 53 looted villager property and livestock in Banggeng Village, near Mongton Township, Shan State. 20 • 23 March : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 515 beat, stabbed, and robbed a man in Murng Ort Village, , Shan State. 21 • 24 March : Tatmadaw troops detained and tortured a restaurant owner in Nam Lin Pone Village, Kyaukme Township, Shan State. 22 • 10 April : Two Tatmadaw soldiers from LIB 320 gang-raped a 17-year-old girl in Ka Gam Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 23 • 10 April : Tatmadaw troops launched attacks on KIA positions close to Mai Ja Yang, Mansi Township, Kachin State, and displaced 300 residents of U Yang and Nam Hka Pa Villages.24 • 10 April : Shrapnel from Tatmadaw troops’ mortar shelling of KIA positions near Mongpan Township, Shan State injured a 40-year-old Shan villager. 25

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a21 • 10 April: Tatmadaw troops looted homes and livestock in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan State. 26 • 10-11 April : Over 1,000 Kachin residents of Lagat Yang IDP camp, and another 1,000 residents of at least ten Shan villages, fled to the Burma-China border, to China’s Province, or to Namkham Township, Shan State, in reaction to Tatmadaw troops’ offensive against KIA forces.27 • 11 April : Shrapnel from Tatmadaw troops’ mortar shelling seriously injured a 25-year-old Kachin civilian in Maw Swi Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 28 • 11 April: Tatmadaw troops’ mortar shelling of Man Win Town, Bhamo Township, Kachin State, injured an elderly woman and an eight-year-old boy. 29 • 11 April: Tatmadaw troops shelled homes in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan State, injuring at least one civilian. 30 • 11 April : Tatmadaw troops from IB 69 shot and injured two civilians and fired mortar rounds in Maw Swi Awng Lawt Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 31 • 12 April : Tatmadaw troops arrested 30 Kachin civilians who were mining , and transported them to a base in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. 32 • 12 April : Tatmadaw troops broke into a temple in Nawng Lom Village, Mongpan Township, Shan State, and arrested two men who went to survey the damage. 33 • 16 April : Tatmadaw offensives in Mansi Township displace over 1,000 Shan villagers near Mai Ja Yang, Mansi Township, Kachin State, who fled to China as a result. 34 • 16 April : Tatmadaw forces shot and injured a Kachin civilian at a checkpoint near Chyari Dagaw Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 35 • 17 April : Tatmadaw troops fired artillery shells on Chyari Bum Village, Momauk Township, Kachin State. 36 • 3 May : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 detained 14 Kachin IDPs in Lagat Yang IDP Camp, Man Wein Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State, for suspected links to the KIA. 37 • 4 May : Four hundred IDPs from six villages who were fleeing from a Tatmadaw offensive in Mongpan Township, Shan State, arrived in Muse Township, Shan State. The IDPs reported that Tatmadaw soldiers robbed and threatened them.38 • 9 May : Tatmadaw troops shelled Pang Hkam Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State, injuring a 20-year-old civilian. 39 • 13 May: Tatmadaw troops raided Man Ong, Man Kong, and Pha Dan Villages in Namkham Township, Shan State, and detained a Ta’ang [Palaung] farmer in the same area. 40 • 15 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 415 ransacked and robbed villagers’ homes and beat a mentally challenged person in Mauk Sam Village, Hsihsang Township, Shan State. 41 • 16 May : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 568 raped a 15-year-old Kachin girl in Nam Gut Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State. 42 • 29 May : Tatmadaw LID 88 troops shot and threw a grenade at a Shan couple on a motorbike, close to a military checkpoint near Namkham Township, Shan State, fatally wounding one woman. 43 • 15 June : Residents fled after Tatmadaw forces burned down a house and opened fire on Ton Pan Village, Kutkai Township, Shan State, after clashing with the TNLA nearby. 44 • 16 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 318 shot and killed a 41-year-old Kachin IDP, near Mung Ding Pa Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 45 • 16 June : A Tatmadaw LIB 88 soldier killed a 40-year-old shopkeeper in his shop in Nam San Godaung Village, on the road between Muse and Namkham Townships, Shan State. 46 • 17 June : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 103 fired mortar shells on Gaw Ngu Yang Village, Mansi Township, Kachin State. 47 • 18 June : It was reported that Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 had set up a new post in Nam Jang Gu Dawng Village, between Muse and Namkham Townships, Shan State, and had ordered 12 neighboring villages to each supply 50 bamboo poles and 20 hardwood posts. 48 • 18 June : It was reported that Tatmadaw troops from LID 66 had ordered residents of three villages in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, to move out by the end of the month, and had expelled jade miners without resident IDs to Mogaung Township, Kachin State. 49 • 7 July : It was reported that during the first week of July, Tatmadaw troops had attacked villages in Monghsu, Loilem, and Kyethi Townships, used villagers as forced labor and destroyed crops and livestock, displacing 209 residents of Pha Saung Village, Kyethi Township, Shan State. 50 • 19 July : Tatmadaw troops launched a mortar shell attack on Mang Poe Village, Namkham Township, Shan State, killing a 70-year-old woman, a 50-year-old man, and injuring over 10 children. 51 • 19-21 July : Tatmadaw troops clashed with TNLA forces, displacing over 800 civilians from Mongkoe Village, Tachilek Township, Shan State, forcing them to seek shelter in Namkham Township, Shan State. 52

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a22 • 28 July : Tatmadaw troops shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in his home in Kutkai Township, Shan State. 53 • 29 July : After the discovery of two murdered Tatmadaw soldiers in Namkham Township, Shan State, Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 arrested and interrogated the village chairman, secretary, and three community leaders and tortured them for two days.54 • 1 August : Following the torture of five villagers and other threats from Tatmadaw troops, about 500 residents of Naungmata Village, Namkham Township, Shan State, fled across the border to China. 55 • 12 August : Tatmadaw troops from LIB 108 beat and tortured a village administrator in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. 56 • 13 August : It was reported that Tatmadaw clashes with KIA forces on 8-9 August in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, had displaced over 200 villagers who took refuge at two churches east of Hpakant. 57 • 18 August : Tatmadaw troops from LID 88 shot two civilians, killing one and severely wounding the other, in Namkham Township, Shan State. 58 • 20 August : It was reported that Tatmadaw clashes in Kyethi Township had forced 40 IDPs to flee to a Buddhist monastery in Kyethi Township, Shan State. 59 • 28 August : A Tatmadaw commanding officer and soldiers from LIB 344 arrested and tortured three villagers in Paletwa Township, Chin State, accusing them of links to the Chin National Army. 60

1 Kachinland News (06 Nov 13) 286th LIR Soldiers Raped a 29-year-old Mother 2 Kachinland News (11 Nov 13) One Civilian Killed and Another Injured as Mortar Shells Hit Gawng Run Village 3 FBR (19 Nov 13) Burma Army Captures, Kills and Tortures Villagers in Kachin State, Forcing Over 2,000 to Flee 4 Kachinland News (12 Nov 13) An 8-Year-Old Girl Raped By a Burmese Army Private 5 FBR (19 Nov 13) Burma Army Captures, Kills and Tortures Villagers in Kachin State, Forcing Over 2,000 to Flee 6 FBR (22 May 14) 2013 Free Burma Rangers Annual Report 7 Kachinland News (17 Dec 13) Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State as Ethnic Armed Groups Prepare for the Next Meeting 8 KIC (14 Jan 14) Burma Army Violates Ceasefire 9 Kachinland News (10 Jan 14) Burmese Army Soldiers Raping Ethnic Women With Impunity; Irrawaddy (15 Jan 14) Concerns Over Impunity in Burma Soldier’s Alleged Rape of 13-Year-Old 10 Irrawaddy (17 Jan 14) Graves Found Near Abandoned IDP Camps in Kachin State; Kachin News (22 Jan 14) KIA refuses Burma army access to site of alleged atrocity 11 FBR (01 Feb 14) Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villages, Capturing 18 Villagers; Bodies of Torture Victims Discovered 12 FBR (01 Feb 14) Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villages, Capturing 18 Villagers; Bodies of Torture Victims Discovered 13 KIC (21 Mar 14) 2,000 Civilians Flee Burma Army Attacks; DVB (18 Mar 14) Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says rights group 14 KIC (21 Mar 14) 2,000 Civilians Flee Burma Army Attacks; DVB (18 Mar 14) Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says rights group 15 Kachinland News (07 Mar 14) Abuses Increased as More Government Troops Deployed in Kachin Region 16 Kachinland News (07 Mar 14) Abuses Increased as More Government Troops Deployed in Kachin Region 17 Kachinland News (07 Mar 14) Abuses Increased as More Government Troops Deployed in Kachin Region 18 Kachinland News (07 Mar 14) Abuses Increased as More Government Troops Deployed in Kachin Region 19 SHAN (26 Mar 14) Burma Army arrests and tortures suspected of associating with SSA 20 SHRF (28 Mar 14) Spreading Burma Army attacks and abuses against civilians in Shan State undermine nationwide ceasefire negotiations 21 SHRF (08 Apr 14) Burma Army soldiers beat, stab and rob villager in northern Shan State; KIC (15 Apr 14) Burma Army Soldiers Accused Of Armed Robbery 22 SHAN (26 Mar 14) Burma Army arrests and tortures suspected of associating with SSA 23 FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma; KIC (22 Apr 14) Ethnic Groups And Advocates Demand Investigation Into Burma Army’s Systematic Use of Rape, Sexual Violence 24 Irrawaddy (10 Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post 25 Irrawaddy (10 Apr 14) Hundred Displaced as Burma Army Shells Kachin Rebel Post 26 SHRF (05 Jun 14) Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) 27 FBR (11 Apr 14) Burma Army attacks Kachin and Shan villagers and a Kachin IDP camp; over 1,800 people displaced; FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma; JST Humanitarian Response in Kachin & Northern Shan States (12 Apr 14) Press release: Humanitarian crisis update for Kachin State and Northern Shan State; Kachin News Group (12 Apr 14) Heavy fighting on last day of census in Burma’s northern Kachin state 28 Kachinland News (12 Apr 14) One Civilian Hit By Mortar Fire as Battles Rage in Southern Kachin State 29 FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma 30 SHRF (05 Jun 14) Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) 31 FBR (19 Apr 14) Burma Army Rapes Teenage Girl, Shoots Civilians and Displaces Over 3,600 People in Attacks in Northern Kachin State, Burma; Kachinland News (12 Apr 14) One Civilian Hit By Mortar Fire as Battles Rage in Southern Kachin State 32 FBR (24 Apr 14) Civilian Killed by Landmine, Teenage Girl Raped and Over 3,600 New IDPs in Kachin State 33 SHRF (05 Jun 14) Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) 34 EMG (17 Apr 14) Fighting rages in Kachin State during Thingyan 35 Irrawaddy (21 Apr 14) 5,000 Displaced by Kachin Clashes Amid KIO Leader’s US Visit

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36 FBR (24 Apr 14) Civilian Killed by Landmine, Teenage Girl Raped and Over 3,600 New IDPs in Kachin State 37 Kachin News Group (06 May 14) Tensions remain high after army harasses and detains Kachin refugees; Irrawaddy (05 May 14) Burma Army Detains 14 Kachin IDPs, NGO Says; Mizzima News (05 May 14) Tatmadaw arrests 14 at Kachin refugee camp; Kachinland News (06 May 14) IDPs Flee Fighting in Mungpaw, Some Confined to Their Camp 38 Kachinland News (06 May 14) IDPs Flee Fighting in Mungpaw, Some Confined to Their Camp 39 SHRF (05 Jun 14) Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) 40 Irrawaddy (14 May 14) Burma Army Detains Palaung Man Accused of TNLA Links: Activists 41 Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes 42 Kachinland News (19 May 14) Burmese Government Soldiers Raped 15-year-old Girl and Ransacked Civilian Homes 43 Kachin News Group (11 Jun 14) Villagers in northern Shan state suffer after Tatmadaw's Kachin offensive 44 Irrawaddy (16 Jun 14) Palaung Villagers Flee Burmese Army Shelling: TNLA 45 Kachinland News (17 Jun 14) Two Kachin Civilians Killed by Burmese Army Soldiers 46 DVB (21 Jun 14) Kachin family call for Rule of Law, refuse blood money from Burmese commander; Kachinland News (17 Jun 14) Two Kachin Civilians Killed by Burmese Army Soldiers 47 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 48 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 49 Kachinland News (18 Jun 14) Kachin Volunteers Fight Government Troops 50 SHAN (07 Jul 14) Over 100 villagers flee Burma Army abuses amid mounting tension in central Shan State; Irrawaddy (15 Jul 14) Hundreds Hide at Monastery After Recent Fighting in Northern Shan State; Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group 51 Irrawaddy (21 Jul 14) Two Civilians Killed in Renewed Clashes in Northern Shan State: TNLA 52 Irrawaddy (25 Jul 14) 800 Civilians Newly Displaced by Fighting in Shan States: Group 53 DVB (06 Aug 14) Fatal shooting sparks fear of conflict in Kutkai; Irrawaddy (01 Aug 14) Shan Village Abandoned for Fear of Burma Army Reprisals 54 DVB (01 Aug 14) Villagers flee Namhkam after alleged army threats; Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Whole Shan village flees to China after alleged murder of government soldiers 55 DVB (01 Aug 14) Villagers flee Namhkam after alleged army threats; Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Whole Shan village flees to China after alleged murder of government soldiers; Irrawaddy (01 Aug 14) Shan Village Abandoned for Fear of Burma Army Reprisals 56 DVB (15 Aug 14) Kachin villagers get apology from Burma Army commander 57 Irrawaddy (13 Aug 14) 200 Kachin Civilians Flee Fighting Near Hpakant; Irrawaddy (15 Aug 14) Security a Concern as Jade Mining Set to Resume in Hpakant 58 Irrawaddy (18 Aug 14) One Civilian Killed After TNLA, Govt Troops Clash 59 Irrawaddy (20 Aug 14) Shan IDPs Petition for Army to Vacate Occupied Village 60 Khonumthung News (05 Sep 14) Govt. Soldiers bullied villagers accusing pro-Chin National Army

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a24 Appendix V Hate crimes and extremist violence continue Map of IDP camps and incidents of anti - • 9-13 January : According to the UN, Buddhist Rakhine and Rohingya violence and intimidation in local police killed at least 48 Muslim Rohingya in Du Chee Yar Arakan State Tan Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 1 • 14 February : Buddhist Rakhine extremists killed 11 Rohingya at Kone Kar stream, in Minbya Township, Arakan State. 2 • 24 February : Buddhist Rakhine villagers set fire to three Muslim Rohingya houses in Du Chee Yar Tan Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 3 • 26 March : Buddhist Rakhine burned down seven Muslim Rohingya-owned stores in Doe Tan Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 4 • 16 April : An extremist mob burned four houses in Nattalin Township, Pegu Division after a Buddhist woman and her family refused to “turn over” her Muslim partner to a crowd the night before. 5 • 22 April : Buddhist Rakhine extremists tortured and beat more than 35 Muslim Rohingya firewood collectors in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 6 • 1 May : Two Rakhine severely beat a Muslim Rohingya fisherman in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State. 7 • 2 May : Eight Buddhist Rakhine attacked a Muslim Rohingya motorcyclist on the Maungdaw-Aley Than Kyaw highway, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 8 • 3 May : Unidentified armed men killed three and injured nine people, including Muslim Rohingya, in a shooting in Thin Baw Kwe Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 9 • 8 June : About 16 extremist Buddhist Rakhine dressed in police uniforms attacked four Muslim Rohingya sentry men of Nwa Yon Daung Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, demanding information about Rohingya Solidarity Organization, Incidents of violence Adapted from : OCHA 10 and/or intimidation (01 Jun 14) Myanmar: and withdrew when a riot police patrol approached. Internal Displacement in IDP camp • 1-4 July : Extremist Buddhist mobs attacked Muslim shops in Rakhine State Mandalay, homes, a Muslim cemetery, and other buildings in Mandalay Division, killing two and injuring 14. 11

Instances of hate speech and incitement

• 15 January : In Mandalay, more than 10,000 monks, including extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu and leaders of the ‘969’ movement, gathered to garner support for proposed legislation restricting interfaith marriage, and launched the Upper Burma Branch of the Organization for the Protection of Nation and Religion (OPNRR).12 • 2 February : About 3,000 local Buddhist Rakhine held a protest against Muslim Rohingya in Akyab [Sittwe], Arakan State, to call for additional police, stricter enforcement of the 1982 Citizenship Law, and the removal of UN and INGO representatives in Akyab, Arakan State. 13 • 4 February : Local Buddhist Rakhine residents in Akyab, Arakan State, hold a rally to call for Muslim Rohingya to be denied voting rights and to allow police the use of deadly force in emergency situations. 14 • 12 February : NLD cancelled a literature talk in Rangoon’s North Okkalapa Township after about 30 monks from the Patriotic Burmese Monks Union (PBMU) pressured planners to call off the event, saying that two of the four speakers were Muslim. 15 • 23 February : Hundreds of people in Naypyidaw attended a rally organized by the OPNRR in support of a draft law which would ban interfaith marriage between Buddhist women and non-Buddhist men. 16 • 4 March : Four MPs from the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) met with the regime Immigration and Population Minister Khin Yi in Naypyidaw and requested ‘Rohingya’ not be used in the census at a meeting.17 • 10 March : Extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu began a visit to Arakan State to preach about safeguarding Buddhism and national identity. 18

ALTSEAN Briefer Appendices page a25 • 16 March : More than 46,000 ethnic Rakhine in Akyab, Kyaukpyu, Maungdaw, Ponnagyun, Myebon, and Mrauk U Townships, Arakan State, held simultaneous demonstrations to protest the use of the term ‘Rohingya’ as an ethnic category in the census. 19 • 20 March: Representatives from Rakhine, Kaman, Myo, Kamee, Maramagyi, Dainat, and Thet ethnic groups released a statement opposing the recognition of ‘Rohingya’ as an ethnic category in the census. 20 • 28 March : In Township, Shan State, more than 300 local residents staged a protest against the official recognition of the term ‘Rohingya’ as an ethnic category in the 2014 census. 21 • 1 July : An unconfirmed post that two Muslim teashop owners in Mandalay raped a Buddhist woman went viral on social media after extremist Buddhist monk U Wirathu shared it on his Facebook page. 22

Security forces target Rohingya

• 31 March : A Tatmadaw officer and riot police in Hpaung Seik Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, severely beat two Rohingya who wanted to claim ‘Rohingya’ as their ethnicity in the national census.23 • 6 April : Tatmadaw soldiers in Nyaung Chaung Village, Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, gang-raped a 40-year-old Rohingya woman. 24 • 14 April : Police arrested, tortured, and denied medical treatment to four Rohingya village administrators for allegedly burning the Taungbro Letwe police station in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State. 25 • 29 April : Police extorted money from a Rohingya man attempting to keep trespassers out of his fishing pond in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.26 • 23 May : Police severely beat an eight-year-old Rohingya boy on his way back from collecting firewood in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.27 • 24 May : Officials summoned administration officers to Aley Than Kyaw District police station to order the destruction of a mosque and 14 houses in their village in Khonza Bill Village. Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.28 • 5 June : Riot police in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, burned down 25 Rohingya-owned shops in the Kyauk Hla Gaar market, then attempted to arrest the shop-owners. 29 • 22 June : Tatmadaw soldiers from Marawaddy outpost in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, destroyed several betel farms that belonged to Rohingya. 30

1 UN News Centre (23 Jan 14) Top UN officials call for probe into latest violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state 2 Asian Tribune (04 Mar 14) Myanmar’s Suspension of MSF’s Work in Arakan is Criminal 3 Kaladan News (27 Feb 14) Arson attack again to Du Chee Ya Tan village of Maung Daw 4 Kaladan News (26 Mar 14) Rakhine set on fire the Doe Tan market in Maungdaw north 5 DVB (18 Apr 14) Interfaith couple targeted by mob in Pegu 6 Kaladan News (27 Apr 14) Firewood collectors tortured in Maungdaw 7 Kaladan News (01 May 14) Two Rakhines attack Rohingya fisherman in Buthidaung 8 Kaladan News (03 May 14) Rakhines attack a Rohingya motor-cycle rider 9 EMG (06 May 14) Village leader and scholar killed in Maungdaw attack 10 Kaladan News (09 Jun 14) 969 members torture sentry men at Maungdaw Township 11 DVB (02 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city; Reuters (02 Jul 14) Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to end sectarian trouble in Mandalay; DVB (20 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city; Irrawaddy (02 Jul 14) 5 Injured in Mandalay Unrest, Damage Limited: Police; RFA (02 Jul 14) Anti-Muslim Riots Turn Deadly in Myanmar’s Mandalay City; Al Jazeera (02 Jul 14) Myanmar police break up sectarian riots; AFP (05 Jul 14) Mob burns school in riot-hit Myanmar city 12 Irrawaddy (16 Jan 14) Monk Conference Backs Bills to Restrict Interfaith Marriage, Rohingya Voting; Irrawaddy (21 Jan 14) ‘Religious Roots of Social Harmony’ Discussed in Rangoon 13 Myanmar Times (05 Feb 14) Rakhine protestors converge in Sittwe 14 DVB (05 Feb 14) MSF, OCHA hit back at ‘anti-aid worker sentiment’ in Arakan State 15 DVB (14 Feb 14) NLD cancels literary event after pressure over Muslim speakers 16 Mizzima News (24 Feb 14) Hundreds attend rally in support of inter-faith marriage ban 17 Mizzima News (05 Mar 14) Rakhine MPs seek ‘Rohingya’ ban in census 18 Mizzima News (17 Mar 14) Rakhine State protests oppose ‘Rohingya’ as census category 19 Mizzima News (17 Mar 14) Rakhine State protests oppose ‘Rohingya’ as census category; EMG (17 Mar 14) Ethnic Rakhine oppose use of “Rohingya” in state census taking 20 EMG (21 Mar 14) Ethnic groups hold press conference to oppose “Rohingya” in census 21 EMG (29 Mar 14) Lashio residents protest against putting “Rohingya” in national census 22 DVB (02 Jul 14) Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots; AFP (03 Jul 14) Sectarian unrest shakes major Myanmar city 23 Kaladan News (31 Mar 14) Security forces tortured Rohingya for claiming Rohingya as their ethnicity 24 Kaladan News (08 Apr 14) More Army Battalions in Maungdaw 25 Kaladan News (15 Apr 14) Arrest and torture for blaze in Maungdaw north 26 Kaladan News (01 May 14) No rights to protect own property in Maungdaw 27 Kaladan News (24 May 14) School boy severely tortured by police officer in Maungdaw 28 Kaladan News (26 May 14) Authority orders to destroy mosque and houses in Maungdaw 29 Kaladan News (06 Jun 14) Kyauk Hla Gaar market burnt down in Maungdaw 30 Kaladan News (24 Jun 14) Army destroy betel farms for firewood in Maungdaw

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• 30 March : A five-year-old boy in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab [Sittwe], Arakan State, died without medical care after suffering post-appendix operation complications. 1 • 31 March : A one-year-old in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab, Arakan State, died without medical care after contracting an infection and developing a fever. 2 • 1 April : A father of four in Thaechaung IDP camp in Akyab, Arakan State, died without medical care from symptoms related to diabetes. 3 • 2 April : UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 15,000 children in IDP camps in Arakan State had no access to psycho-social support, 300 acutely malnourished children in Akyab, had no therapeutic treatment. 4 • 2 April : A joint World Health Organization (WHO)-UN statement announced that life-saving therapeutic treatment for more than 300 children suffering from acute malnutrition had been suspended in Akyab, Arakan State. 5 • 8 April : UNOCHA revealed that emergency medical cases were not being referred to hospitals in Arakan State because NGOs could not obtain travel authorizations or hospital spaces for patients. 6 • 20 May : UNOCHA reported that in April, over 23,000 people in Arakan State lacked access to safe drinking water and needed daily help from aid agencies. 7 • 17 June : It was reported that a two-year-old boy had died from diarrhea complications in a Rohingya IDP camp in Arakan State, after his family was unable to find medical assistance. 8 • 1 August : The regime Health Ministry reported that out of 26 cases of Japanese encephalitis in Arakan State in July, eight children had died: Four in Akyab Township, three in Ponnagyun Township, and one in Taunggoat Township. A ministry official said it would not be possible this year to administer the vaccine that prevents the disease. 9 • 13 August : An Akyab general hospital medical superintendent reported that two more people in Arakan State had died from encephalitis in August, and that there were now 41 reported cases. 10 • 13 August : It was reported that in the last two months, nine children had died from meningitis at Akyab general hospital. 11 • 20 August : UNOCHA stated that combined state and INGO efforts in July provided just 50% of the health services provided in February 2014, before the expulsion of aid agencies in March. 12

1 Myanmar Times (03 Apr 14) In the shadow of the census, a health crisis unfolds 2 Myanmar Times (03 Apr 14) In the shadow of the census, a health crisis unfolds 3 Myanmar Times (03 Apr 14) In the shadow of the census, a health crisis unfolds 4 OCHA (02 Apr 14) Hundreds of thousands of people severely affected by disruption of humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State, Myanmar 5 AFP (03 Apr 14) UN warns of health crisis in Myanmar 6 DVB (08 Apr 14) Aid in Arakan at ‘bare minimum’ 7 OCHA (20 May 14) Humanitarian Bulletin Myanmar, Issue 4: 1-30 April 8 TIME (17 Jun 14) These Aren’t Refugee Camps, They’re Concentration Camps, and People Are Dying in Them 9 Mizzima News (01 Aug 14) Japanese encephalitis kills eight children in Rakhine State 10 Mizzima News (14 Aug 14) Death toll rises from Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Rakhine 11 Narinjara News (13 Aug 14) Nine children died of meningitis in Sittwe hospital 12 OCHA (20 Aug 14) Myanmar Humanitarian Bulletin Issue July 2014

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