Dear Friends,

Altsean-Burma has released a briefer titled “International crimes in Burma continue: UNSC Commission of Inquiry still urgently needed.”

Get the report here:- International crimes in Burma continue

In August and September 2009, the SPDC continued to perpetrate crimes against humanity and war crimes with total impunity, highlighting the urgent need for a UN Security Council-mandated Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma.

In the two-month period, the following were documented:

* Over 50 victims of extrajudicial killings by SPDC Army soldiers.
* At least 42 people subjected to forced labor.
* An additional 10,000 people forcibly displaced in attacks targeting civilians.
* At least 109 people subjected to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment.
*  Widespread use of torture against 100 civilians in Shan state, three in Northern Arakan State and a foreign citizen in Rangoon.
* At least seven cases of rape and sexual violence.
* Systematic and widespread persecution of ethnic and religious communities.
* At least 13 children were recruited as child soldiers.

The briefer is available at

http://www.altsean.org/Reports/InternationalcrimesinBurma.php

Yours, in solidarity,
Altsean-Burma

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