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13 - Karen fleeing from Burma Army offensive

 

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1. The first photo shows Eh Ywa Paw, 9, left, holding her brother at her bamboo house in Toungoo district of Karen state in eastern Burma on April 22, 2006. Eh Ywa Paw, whose name means 'The flower that loves God,' escaped but suffered a stomach wound when she ran from an ambush in which her father and 80-year-old grandmother were gunned down. Several months later she's reported on the run again as government units close in. Nearly a year since the military regime of Burma launched a major offensive against the Karen, atrocities continue unabated, according to aid groups like the Free Burma Rangers, an advocacy group of Western and local volunteers that works inside Burma. (AP Photo/Free Burma Rangers, HO)

 

2. Karen villagers carrying belongings make their way in the jungle as they flee in the Toungoo district of Karen state in eastern Burma Oct. 12, 2006.

 

3. Karen children with their belongings taking a rest in the jungle while fleeing the attack of Burma soldiers in Toungoo district of Karen state in eastern Burmaon April 22, 2006.

 

4. Karen villagers cross the Salween River in eastern Burma as they flee Burma army troops who attacked their homes in late March, 2006 as part of major offensive against Karen rebels. Thousands of Burmese civilians have been forced to flee army attacks in Burma, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, with many trekking as far as the Thai border in search of food and shelter.

 

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