(40-page report)

This report released by Refugees International (RI) documents rape by Burma’s army against women from a variety of ethnic minority groups. The report, whose primary author is Betsy Apple, EarthRights International's (ERI) Women’s Rights Project Director serving as a consultant to RI, seeks to show that rape by Burma’s soldiers is not isolated to a particular ethnic group.

The international community has recently directed a great deal of attention to the problem of rape by Burma’s soldiers against ethnic Shan women, as documented in an important report entitled "License to Rape". RI’s new report, entitled "No Safe Place: Burma’s Army and the Rape of Ethnic Women", expands our understanding of the scope of problem by documenting rape against women from the Karen, Karenni, Mon, and Tavoyan groups in addition to the Shan.

"No Safe Place" documents the facts that the rapes are committed with impunity, frequently by officers, and often on military property. While Burma has not ratified the Rome Statute authorizing the creation of an International Criminal Court, and is therefore not subject to the jurisdiction of this new Court, the rapes likely constitute crimes against humanity nonetheless.

Download: No Safe Place