PHOTO DESCRIPTION LIST: SET 93-D
KYAUK KYI TOWNSHIP RELOCATIONS

An Independent Report by the Karen Human Rights Group
June 15, 1993

The enclosed photos relate to forced relocation of Karen villagers by SLORC in Kyauk Kyi Township, Nyaunglebin District, Pegu Division.  Unless otherwise noted, all these relocations took place in 1993.  The photos were taken in April 1993.  Further details of some of these relocations can be found in the Karen Human Rights Group report, "Forced Relocation in Kyauk Kyi Township" (10/6/93).

The peoples’ names given in this list correspond to the names used for them in the reports; these are not their real names.  These photos many be duplicated, distributed or published for non-commercial purposes in the interest of spreading information on the plight of people in Burma.  Prints of most of the photos can be provided on request, but please send a contribution to cover transport, duplication and postal costs, and allow for the time it will take us to send the negatives out to be copied.  Photos can also be sent via email upon request.

Photos #1-6:  Villagers of In Dain Gone village moving to Nat Than Gwin under SLORC orders.

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Photo #7:  Villagers from Kywetalin village carting their rice supplies to Nyaun Gone, after being ordered to hand over their rice to the SLORC.  SLORC troops then guard the rice, divided by family, and ration it back out a few days or months at a time.  The villagers say the rations are never enough to feed their families.

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Photo #8:  Villagers from Thaun Pu living in shelters at Nat Than Gwin relocation site.  The land is a former grazing ground which floods in rainy season.

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Photos #9, 10:  The remains of Kywetalin village; SLORC troops forced the villagers to dismantle their homes, then move out, in February 1993.

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Photo #11:  Thaun Pu village.   After the SLORC forced the villagers to move to Nyaun Gone, one villager was so angry that he set fire to his own house when returning to get his belongings, just so not to leave anything for the SLORC to loot.

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Photo #12:  Thaun Pu abandoned primary school after the village was forced to move.  The school was built by the villagers, and the SLORC sent teachers from Kyauk Kyi and Nat Than Gwin.  However, even before the relocation the school was often closed because whenever SLORC troops were in the area, the teachers had to flee to avoid being taken as porters.

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Photo #13:  The new homes of villagers from Leh Wan Gyi and Kya Plaw villages, which were forced to move to this area surrounding the Doh Ya Kyaun Buddhist monastery.

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Photo #14:  The new houses of villagers from Taik Tu village, who were forced to move to this area not far from their old village for no specified reason.