No Safe Place : Burma's Army and the Rape of Ethnic Women

Women from Burma's ethnic minority groups, particularly those living in the ethnic States along Burma's eastern borders, flee in fear at the sight of a soldier of Burma's ruling military regime. Burma's military widely uses rape to brutalize women from 5 ethnic nationalities -- Shan, Karen, Karenni, Mon and Tavoyan ethnicities. This report documents specific rapes; they are but a fraction of those perpetrated by Burma's army. It is clear that rape and increased militarization go hand-in-hand, and sometimes even occurs on military property, where officers should have known about it. Rape typically occurs in conjunction with other human rights abuses, such as forced labor, forced relocation, and torture. Illustrated.Apple, Betsy is the author of 'No Safe Place : Burma's Army and the Rape of Ethnic Women', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735562 and ISBN 0756735564.