[BBC]
“A report on Burma alleging mass murder and rape by soldiers is to form the basis of an appeal for legal action against the military government there.”
“UK members of parliament and human rights groups are meeting to publicise the dossier compiled over five years by human rights researcher Guy Horton.”
“The report accuses the Burmese army of destroying villages in the east of the country and forcing survivors into labour camps.”
“Mr Horton told the BBC he had video of “villages in the process of being burnt down”, the mass slaughter of animals and “numerous” people being murdered.”
“Villagers told him of soldiers throwing babies onto a fire during one raid.”
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