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Papun District Image Analysis | Toungoo District Image Analysis | Dooplaya District Image Analysis
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Reporting identified Papun District as experiencing intensified conflict and internal displacement
especially from late March 2006 onward, and coordinates received from the field identified a specific
set of villages burnt on and around April 22, 2007. Reports indicated that 33 military camps were
built in the area in 2006 and existing camps were enlarged and used as bases for military operations
and internment. Attacks in this area are documented specifically in Karen Human Rights Group
reports as well as by the Free Burma Rangers, and supported by information from Thailand Burma Border
Consortium.
Figure Two: Papun Distric Sites
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Images from 2000, 2006, and 2007, covering a portion of Papun District, were compared with one another
to derive results. Imagery analysis located nine settlement areas that had been visibly disturbed,
burnt, or destroyed (see Images 1 - 4 and Images 7 - 11). A military camp and an auxiliary
military camp were also identified in the study area (Images 5 and 6). Analysis of 93 sq. km.
surrounding the military camps indicated 31 possible sites of forced relocation, indicated by the
appearance of new villages and groups of structures between imagery collected in 2000-2001 and a new
satellite image acquired in late 2006. Samples of these 31 sites are presented in Images 12 - 13.
Figure Two summarizes these locations.
Images 1 - 4 and 10 - 11 correspond with the reported attacks around March thru May of 2006, and
the area believed to be the site of the village burnings in April 2007 is presented in Images 7 - 9.
Of special interest, reporting concerning the April 2007 attacks identified a number of villages that
had been burned by the military in the northern Papun District area. Given the report of burning,
which produces recognizable scarrring on the land surface, a new image of the areas was ordered,
though no before imagery of some areas was available. Despite the fact that the monsoon clouds had
moved in for the season, in mid-June the clouds cleared briefly one morning and an imae was
successfully collected for the area.
Image 1: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The "before" image depicts a settlement in the Papun District adjacent to rice paddies in 2000 (red dots added for ease of
identification). The "after" image from 12/2006 shows the same area of land as with
all structures removed. Note: a similarly sized settlement appeared 1 km north in the interim. This area
was reported attacked in April 2006. (Lat: 18.41 N Long: 97.26 E)
Image 2: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The image from 11 November 2000 shows a 6-structure settlement; all structures are removed from
the 2006 image. This area was reported attacked in April 2006. (Lat: 18.42 N Long: 97.26 E)
Image 3: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The "before" image shows 5+ structures along a densely-wooded ridge in 2000. All structures are
removed in the corresponding 2006 image. The area was reported attacked in April 2006.
(Lat: 18.39 N Long: 97.24 E)
Image 4: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The first image depicts a settlement of 6-10 structures in 2000. The majority of structures are
removed in the "after" 2006 image; significant forest growth is also seen. This area was reported attacked in April 2006.
(Lat: 18.36 N Long: 97.24 E)
Image 5: Military Camp
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
This particular camp was identified from a report disseminated by the Free Burma
Rangers that reported a major expansion of the camp in 2006. Bamboo fencing was erected around the
camp, visible in the "after" image above. (Lat: 18.42 N Long: 97.23 E)
Image 6: Satellite Military Camp
13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
This image is of a suspected military camp developed between November 2000 and 13 December 2006.
This is likely a satellite camp, lying about a kilometer from the larger military camp depicted in
Image 5. (Lat: 18.42 N Long: 97.23 E)
Image 7: Removed Structures
Before Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe. After Image: 24-June-2007. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
This settlement in the image pair above has experienced the removal of at least 3 structures.
This corresponds with reported attacks in the area in April of 2007. (Lat: 18.56 N Long: 97.06 E)
Image 8: Structural Burn Scars
Before Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe. After Image: 24-June-2007. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The settlement in the image pair above shows burn scars for about12 – 14 structures . This corresponds with
reported attacks in the area on April 22, 2007. (Lat: 18.54 N Long: 97.05 E)
Image 9: Structural Burn Scars
Before Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe. After Image: 24-June-2007. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
Two burn scars can be seen in the image ‘after’ above between two standing structures, corresponding with
reported attacks in April 2007. This corresponds with reported attacks in the area on April 22, 2007. (Lat:
18.54 N Long: 97.06 E)
Image 10: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The "before" image shows 2 - 5 small structures in November 2000, with those structures removed by
the December 2006 image. The location is 4.1 kilometers from the military camp shown in Image 5.
(Lat: 18.43 N Long: 97.25 E)
Image 11: Removed Village
Before Image: 11-Nov-2000. © 2007 GeoEye. After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The "before" image, taken in 2000, shows a small cluster of huts and a path. The "after" image from December 2006 indicates that those structures have been removed.
The location is 4.1 kilometers from the military camp shown in Image 5.
(Lat: 18.43 N Long: 97.25 E)
Image 12: Possible Relocated Villages
After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
The two villages in this image appeared between February 2001 and December 13, 2006, the date the image was acquired.
Reporting indicates numerous instances of
forced relocations to this area, which lies 3.7 kilometers from the military camp shown in Image 5.
In Papun District, analysis of 93 sq. km. surrounding the military camp indicated 31 possible sites
of forced relocation, indicated by the appearance of new villages and groups of structures between
imagery collected in 2000 - 2001 and a new satellite image acquired in late 2006. (Lat: 18.42 N Long:
97.26 E)
Image 13: Possible Relocated Villages
After Image: 13-Dec-2006. © 2007 DigitalGlobe.
Four areas of housing shown in this image appeared between November 2000 and the date of the image acquisition, December 13, 2006.
Reporting indicates numerous instances of
forced relocations to this area, which lies 5.6 kilometers from the military camp shown in Image 5.
In Papun District, analysis of 93 sq. km. surrounding the military camp indicated 31 possible sites
of forced relocation, indicated by the appearance of new villages and groups of structures between
imagery collected in 2000 - 2001 and a new satellite image acquired in late 2006. (Lat: 18.41 N Long:
97.29 E)
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