Photosets

Karen Human Rights Group Photo Sets bring together the photos taken by KHRG researchers in the field, captioned in detail and organised by topic. Covering many regions and issues at once, they provide a good overview of the human rights situation. The photos are available for download, and some of them can also be seen in our text reports. In 2005 KHRG introduced yearly Photo Galleries, which will be built progressively throughout each year with new photos being added as soon as they are received from the field. If you wish to search for a particular Photoset, please use our search page.

PHOTOSET TITLE	DATE
KHRG Photo Gallery 2010-B	Feb 24th, 2011
The second installment[1] of KHRG's Photo Gallery 2010 includes 95 still photographs selected from images taken by KHRG field researchers since December 2009. Of these photos, 50 were taken between December 2009 and March 2010, and 45 were taken between April and July 2010. Photos were taken in Papun, Nyaunglebin, Toungoo, Mergui/Tavoy, Pa'an and Dooplaya districts of locally-defined Karen State, as well as at sites on the Thai side of the Thailand – Burma border. This edition of the gallery has been divided into six subsections: Establishment of Border Guard Forces and strategic displacement; Involuntary repatriation of refugees in Tha Song Yang District; Surviving with dignity beyond military control; Life under military control; Livelihoods under strain; Landmines; and Children in armed conflict.
KHRG Photo Gallery 2010	Jun 15th, 2010
The first instalment of KHRG’s Photo Gallery 2010 presents 131 still images selected from photos taken by field researchers since July 2009. Of these photos, 56 were taken during the latter half of 2009 and 75 were taken during 2010. This edition of the gallery is divided into six subtopics, including forced displacement, life under military control, convict porters, children in armed conflict, soldiers, weapons and army camps, and land and livelihoods.
KHRG Photo Gallery 2009	Jul 15th, 2009
This first instalment of KHRG's Photo Gallery 2009 presents 123 still images and 1 short video that have been received from KHRG field researchers since the last instalment of Photo Gallery 2008 in February 2009. The photos cover a period from July 2008 up to July 2009 and provide visual evidence of forced labour, attacks on villages, the deployment of landmines and other abuses as well as ongoing internal displacement, refugee flows and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Karen State.
KHRG Photo Gallery 2008	Feb 13th, 2009
KHRG's 2008 Photo Gallery contains photographs supplied by KHRG field researchers between January 2008 and January 2009. There have been two installments to the Photo Gallery with a total of 314 photographs and 7 videos included. Due to the extended travels of KHRG field researchers, these photos also include images captured during 2007. The dates of the photos cover the period from July 2007 to January 2009.
Video: Displaced children in northern Karen State	May 19th, 2008
In December 2007, Burma Army soldiers operating under Military Operations Command (MOC) #4 conducted a series of attacks against villages in the Th'Ay Kee area of southeastern Toungoo District, northern Karen State. The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) video presented here includes footage of the initial attack and the following days as children and their families from the Th'Ay Kee area continued to flee on foot in order to evade the Burma Army soldiers who were hunting them down.
KHRG Photo Gallery 2007	Nov 6th, 2007
This updated version of KHRG Photo Gallery 2007 includes additional photos received from KHRG field researchers since the second installment of the Gallery in September 2007. These most recent additions include photos taken since the start of 2007 up until August 2007 and bring the total number of photos in the Gallery to 259. The Gallery will continue to be updated throughout the year as we receive more photos from the field.
KHRG Photo Gallery 2006	Mar 31st, 2007
This gallery presents 1,000 photos taken by KHRG researchers in the field throughout 2006 and the first days of 2007, divided into thematic sections including a major section documenting the SPDC's attacks on northern Karen villages throughout the year and the response of villagers living there. First released in November 2006, it has been updated with close to 400 new photos in March 2007.
KHRG Photo Gallery: 2005	Apr 6th, 2006
Continuing from Photo Set 2005-A released in May 2005, this gallery presents over 300 photos taken by KHRG researchers in the field throughout 2005 and the first days of 2006, divided into 12 thematic sections including two special sections documenting SPDC attacks on villages in Toungoo and Nyaunglebin districts.
Photo Set 2005-A	May 27th, 2005
Over 900 photos taken by KHRG researchers in the field from mid 2002 to early 2005, documenting the human rights situation and responses to it by villagers in Karen areas of Burma. This Photo Set contains a photo essay from Nyaunglebin District as well as sections on Attacks on Villages & Village Destruction; Forced Relocation and Restrictions; Detention and Torture; Shootings and Killings; Forced Labour; Food and Livelihoods; Women; Children; Flight & Displacement; Landmines; and Soldiers.
Photo Set 2002-A	Dec 19th, 2002
This photo set contains more than 500 photos and their descriptions which document the human rights situation in Karen areas of Burma. These photos were taken and collected by KHRG since the publication of Photo Set 2001-A in September 2001. The photos in this set were taken in Toungoo, Nyaunglebin, Papun, Thaton, Pa'an and Dooplaya Districts.
Photo Set 2001-A	Sep 14th, 2001
Over 400 photos from Papun, Nyaunglebin, Toungoo, Thaton, Pa'an and Dooplaya Districts showing many aspects of the situation for villagers over the past year. Contains sections on Forced Labour; Forced Relocations & Restrictions; Attacks on Villages & Village Destruction; Detention & Torture; Shootings & Killings; Flight & Displacement; Landmines; Soldiers; and Children
Photo Set 2000-B	Oct 18th, 2000
Forced labour, landmines, village destruction, internal displacement, the internally displaced at Ler Baw Gher, and forced repatriation of refugees
Photo Set 2000-A	Jun 1st, 2000
Village destruction and relocation; detention, torture, shootings and killings; forced labour and extortion; internal displacement and refugees; landmines; and SPDC deserters
Photo Set 99-B	Aug 18th, 1999
The photos and descriptions below are part of Photo Set 99-B, which shows some aspects of the human rights situation in Karen areas of Burma. This set consists of photos taken and gathered by KHRG since the publication of Photo Set 99-A in March 1999. The list is divided by district, and included below is a summary of the situation in each district followed by the descriptions of the photos from that district. Some details of people and places have been deliberately omitted from the photo descriptions where necessary to protect the villagers.
Photo Set 99-A	Mar 1st, 1999
This document gives descriptions for Photo Set 99-A, which shows some aspects of the human rights situation in the Karen areas of Toungoo, Nyaunglebin, Papun, Pa’an and Dooplaya districts throughout 1998 and the beginning of 1999. The list is divided by district, and included below is a summary of the situation in each district followed by the descriptions of the photos from that district. The numbers in these lists correspond to the numbers written on the photographs in the set. Some details of people and places have been deliberately omitted from the photo descriptions where necessary to protect the villagers.
Photo Set 97-B	Sep 22nd, 1997
This document gives descriptions for Photo Set 97-B, which focuses on SLORC’s campaign of village destruction in Papun District (for further details see "Wholesale Destruction: The SLORC / SPDC Campaign to Obliterate All Hill Villages in Papun and Eastern Nyaunglebin Districts", KHRG #98-01, to be released shortly.). Photos #48 and 49 concern the stories of former SLORC soldiers and an escaped porter, also to be documented in an upcoming KHRG report.
Photo Set 97-A	May 15th, 1997
This document gives descriptions for Photo Set 97-A, including Dooplaya District before the current offensive, Karenni forced relocations, attacks on Karen and Karenni refugee camps in Thailand, free-fire zones in Tenasserim Division, attacks on Karen villages in the far south, refugees from the current Dooplaya and Tenasserim offensives, and some others.
Photo Set 96-A	Feb 27th, 1996
This document gives descriptions for Photo Set 96-A, including Ye-Tavoy railway construction, the shelling of Wah Baw village, and ongoing SLORC abuses in Taungoo District and south of Kawkareik.
Photo Set 95-A	May 12th, 1995
This document gives descriptions for Photo Set 95-A, covering the fall of Manerplaw, porters, new refugees, attacks on Karen refugee camps, the fall of Kawmoora, SLORC abuse of Karen refugees in late 1994, and Chin State.
Photo Set 94-C	Oct 1st, 1994
This list provides descriptions of the attached, which are provided to accompany the following existing Karen Human Rights Group reports: "Recent Incidents in Thaton District" (30/9/94) and "Incoming Field Reports" (23/9/94). In this list, these reports are referenced as " Thaton" and Field" respectively.
Photo Set 94-B	Sep 16th, 1994
Halockhani, Shan State, Defectors, Klay Muh Kloh
Photo Set 94-A	Mar 14th, 1994
Evidence of Bacteriological Warfare
Photo Set 93-E: Kyauk Kyi Township	Jul 14th, 1993
These descriptions relate to photos from Kyauk Kyi Township. For more information, see the Karen Human Rights Group reports, "Forced Relocation in Kyauk Kyi Township" (10/6/1993).
Photo Set 93-D: Kyauk Kyi Township Relocations	Jun 15th, 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).
Photo Set 93-C: Evidence of SLORC Murder in Thaton District	May 1st, 1993
Photo #C1: This photo was taken in Thaton District, Karen State, at the beginning of March 1993. It shows the remains of Pa Boe, a Karen farmer about 30 years old from Mya Lay village. About the end of January 1993 SLORC troops approached Mya Lay village and the villagers all fled. However, Pa Boe was caught and taken as a porter. When the villagers returned and Pa Boe remained missing, the village headman went and found the soldiers to plead for Pa Boe’s freedom, but the soldiers refused, saying only, "No way".
Photo Set 93-C: Dead Porters in the Salween River	May 1st, 1993
On October 6, 1992, the SLORC launched its Saw Hta offensive, sending 4 Battalions of troops down from Karenni (Kayah) State in the north to attack Saw Hta, a Karen village and trading gateway in northern Karen State on the Salween River. In this area, the Salween forms the border with Thailand. Saw Hta was quickly overrun, but fighting continued for months as the SLORC tried to take the entire area and push further down the Salween, in order to cut off Karen trading routes, open a new front against Manerplaw and possibly to try to capture sites where they have signed agreements to build dams in cooperation with the Thais.
Photo Set 93-C: The Shelling of Kyaun Sein Village	Mar 31st, 1993
In mid-February 1993, a mine exploded on a road not far from Kyaun Sein village, in Pa’an Township, Thaton District. Two SLORC military trucks were damaged. SLORC troops immediately went to Kyaun Sein village and demanded 70,000 Kyats compensation, but the villagers couldn’t pay. Two days later later another SLORC convoy came. Without warning, they fired 3 morter shells into Kyaun Sein village, killing one man ( Maung Hla Shwe, age 35) and wounding a 75-year-old woman (Pi Thu Meh) and her 10-year-old granddaughter (Naw Kaw Soe). No Karen soldiers were anywhere near the village at the time.
Photo Set 93-B	Mar 31st, 1993
This list describes photos sent out to supplement the following reports by the Karen Human Rights Group: 1. SLORC Rape in Thatone District (1/2/93) 2. SLORC's Use of Women Porters (16/2/93) 3. Torture of Karen Women by SLORC (16/3/93) 4. Male Porter Testimonies (17/2/93)
Photo Set 93-A	Jan 11th, 1993
This list describes photos sent out to supplement the following reports by the Karen Human Rights Group: 1. Karenni State: Forced Relocation, Concentrations Camps and Slavery (10/8/92) 2. Supplementary Report on Karenni State (15/11/92) 3. Report by an Escaped SLORC Munitions Porter (13/11/92) 4. The Current Situation in Mudraw (Papun) District (13/11/92) 5. Forced Relocation in Thaton District (9/1/93) 6. Porter Testimonies: The SLORC's Saw Hta Offensive (10/1/93) 7. Porter Testimonies: Kawmoora Region (31/12/92)
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