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BURMA: TREATING VICTIMS OF ETHNIC CLEANSING / By Thierry Falise. Deep in the jungles of northern Burma, a group of volunteer medics brings help to the civilian victims of an unseen war. Amidst the suffering they find evidence of an ethnic cleansing campaign being waged by Burmese troops. (Text available for this story - for additional images of the Humanitarian Commandos click here).
 
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - A group of IDP's (Internally Displaced People), from the Karen ethnic...
 
Image No: tfa00711
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - A group of IDP's (Internally Displaced People), chased out of their country...
 
Image No: tfa00719
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Nov 1999
Country: Thailand
Area: Tak
Caption: Thailand, along the Burmese border - A group of refugees carry an old sick woman toward the Thai/Burmese border.
 
Image No: tfa03212
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Paw Htoo, a 34-year old Karen nurse and a founding member of the Free Burma Rangers, is consulting refugees in an...
 
Image No: tfa03213
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A young Karen refugee weakened by a severe malaria is taken care of by a Free Burma Rangers team in the jungle.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Htoo Law Wah, a local Karen National Union (KNU) leader, is praying.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Members of a Free Burma Rangers team are praying before starting a new day.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2000
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos on a mission in Karen State - Many refugees find comfort in religion. Here, a group of...
 
Image No: tfa03218
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Saw Ye Peo, a 30-year old Karen villager, shows how Burmese soldiers tied his legs and ankles when they arrested...
 
Image No: tfa03211
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A few hundreds Karen and Karenni refugees gather in a jungle clearing where a team of the Free Burma Rangers is...
 
Image No: tfa03221
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Laurie Dawson, an 40-year old American housewife, supports the Free Burma Rangers by lobbying political...
 
Image No: tfa03222
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Laurie Dawson, an 40-year old American housewife, supports the Free Burma Rangers by lobbying political...
 
Image No: tfa03183
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Refugees play with dolls which were given to them by a visiting Free Burma Rangers team.
 
Image No: tfa00697
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2000
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Thailand, along the Burmese border - A refugee in front of what is left of Mae La Potha refugee camp (Burma, on...
 
Image No: tfa03191
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen soldiers are removing landmines planted by their own people on a jungle path to dissuade the Burmese army...
 
Image No: tfa03226
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A group of villagers and Free Burma Rangers members carry Cha Ka Luu Moo, a 17-year old Karen boy, through the...
 
Image No: tfa03229
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A group of villagers and Free Burma Rangers members carry Cha Ka Luu Moo, a 17-year old Karen boy, through the...
 
Image No: tfa03228
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A group of villagers and Free Burma Rangers members carry Cha Ka Luu Moo, a 17-year old Karen boy, through the...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Cha Ka Luu Moo, a 17-year old Karen boy, is a victim of a Burmese landmine which exploded a few hours before. He...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Shannon Allison, a 42-year old American dentist from Mandeville, Louisiana, and a former US Army Special Forces,...
 
Image No: tfa00763
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - People in charge of the mobile medic team are covering the American...
 
Image No: tfa03193
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: American dentist Shannon Allison helps in setting up solar cells to recharge a computer used to transmit...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Members of a Free Burma Rangers expedition team on their way to find and bring relief to refugees hiding in the jungles.
 
Image No: tfa03195
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Members of a Free Burma Rangers expedition team on their way to find and bring relief to refugees hiding in the jungles.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2003
Country: Myanmar
Area: Shan State
Caption: Major Keow Fa, commander of the Shan State Army (SSA) in the eastern Salween sector and commander of a Free Burma...
 
Image No: tfa03192
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen soldiers in charge of a humanitarian mission's security are walking on a heavily mined area.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2003
Country: Myanmar
Area: Shan State
Caption: A Shan State Army (SSA) relief mission comes across a group of Chinese ethnic people working on the construction...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2003
Country: Myanmar
Area: Shan State
Caption: A local guerilla soldier makes his way through a poppy field near the Jew Kaw village.
 
Image No: tfa02698
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2003
Country: Myanmar
Area: Shan State
Caption: Sai tung, a 30-year old man forcibly recruited by the Burmese army to work as a porter. He was shot at by...
 
Image No: tfa00759
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - A Karen refugee mother and her baby who has just been given medicine.
 
Image No: tfa00704
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Mar 2000
Country: Thailand
Area: Tak
Caption: Thailand, along the Burmese border - Mo Thu, a 20 year-old Karen refugee lost her leg on a landmine planted by...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2000
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commando, Karen State - Paw Htoo (Golden Flower), a 31-year-old Karen nurse, giving an examination...
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - American dentist, Shannon Allison, treating a refugee by candlelight with...
 
Image No: tfa03217
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Shannon Allison, a 42-year old American dentist from Mandeville, Louisiana, and a former US Army Special Forces,...
 
Image No: tfa03235
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen and Karenni people are hiding in the jungle after they abandoned their villages which the Burmese army was...
 
Image No: tfa03184
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen soldiers in a jungle clinic at dawn.
 
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By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: A Karen refugee boy is a victim of a flu or another disease due to the heavy cold which spreads through the...
 
Image No: tfa03241
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen and Karenni people are hiding in the jungle after they abandoned their villages which the Burmese army was...
 
Image No: tfa03240
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2004
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Karen and Karenni people are hiding in the jungle after they abandoned their villages which the Burmese army was...
 
Image No: tfa00691
By: Thierry Falise
Date: Jan 2001
Country: Myanmar
Area: Karen State
Caption: Humanitarian commandos, Karen State - Karen guerillas in charge of protecting their mobile medical team are...
 
 
 
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