Tue, 16 Jul 2013
Mergui-Tavoy Photo Set: Dam, logging and mining operations negatively impact communities in K'Ser Doh Township, January to April 2012

This photo set includes 49 still photographs selected from images taken by a KHRG community member between January and April 2012. They were taken in K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, and show images of a dam project in A'Nyah Pyah, logging in A'Nya Pyah, U Yay Kyee and Htee Ler Klay villages and mining operations in Hkay Ta Hpoo that have caused a variety of problems for the villagers in the in the areas, such as loss of land from flooding and water pollution. The mining company prevented villagers from protecting themselves from further damage from the chemical flows when they sought to drain a contaminated stream. This photo set was originally published in the appendix of KHRG's thematic report,Losing Ground: Land confiscation and collective action in eastern Myanmar.

 

Photo Set | K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District (January to April 2012)

The following photos were taken by a villager in Mergui-Tavoy District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. They are presented below, censored where necessary for security purposes.[1] The 49 photos below were received along with other information from Mergui-Tavoy District, including 375 other photos, and eight interviews.[2]

1. A'Nya Pyah Dam, K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District

The photos below were taken on April 7th 2012 by a community member trained by KHRG in K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, and show different views of the A'Nya Pyah Dam construction site and surrounding area.

2. Logging in A'Nya Pyah area, K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District

The photos below were taken on April 7th 2012 by a community member trained by KHRG in K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, and show different views of logging activities in A'Nya Pyah, U Yay Kyee and Htee Ler Klay villages.

3. Hkay Ta Mine, K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District

The photos below were taken on January 11th 2012 by a community member trained by KHRG in K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District and show different views of the Hkay Ta Mine site and surrounding area.

Tue, 16 Jul 2013

Footnotes: 

[1] KHRG trains villagers in eastern Burma to document individual human rights abuses using a standardised reporting format; conduct interviews with other villagers; and write general updates on the situation in areas with which they are familiar. When writing situation updates, villagers are encouraged to summarise recent events, raise issues that they consider to be important, and present their opinions or perspective on abuse and other local dynamics in their area.

[2] In order to increase the transparency of KHRG methodology and more directly communicate the experiences and perspectives of villagers in eastern Burma, KHRG aims to make all field information received available on the KHRG website once it has been processed and translated, subject only to security considerations. As companion to this, a redesigned website will be released in 2013. In the meantime, KHRG's most recently-published field information from Mergui-Tavoy District can be found in the report, "Mergui-Tavoy Interview: Saw E---, July 2012," KHRG, March 2013.

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