FBR REPORT: Cyclone
Victims Forced to Return to their Destroyed Villages on 30 May 2008
Yangon, Burma
4 June, 2008
Dear Friends,
Here are photos of people forced to leave church-run emergency care camps.
They are being forced to go back to their devastated villages. Religious leaders
pleaded with and begged the dictators' army to let the people stay but most
were forced to leave.
SPDC authorities forcing cyclone victims back to
their destroyed villages. 30 May,2008, Photo: Delta Tears
Cyclone victims forced to return to their destroyed
villages. 30 May, 2008, Photo: Delta Tears
Cyclone victims forced to return to their destroyed villages. 30 May
2008, Photo: Delta Tears
30 May 2008 Report from Delta Tears, a local network bringing relief to cyclone
victims:
"This morning SPDC authorities sent approximately 400 cyclone victims who
were taking temporary shelter at the Yangon, Kayin Baptist Convention Compound
back to their home areas.
The victims were very sad. None of them want to go to a SPDC-run camp or
back to their villages.
The victims are not sure where the government will really send them and
are afraid.
Many victims cried at the news they would be sent back and some said they
hear the sound of waves. They are very afraid to return to their villages.
Religious leaders begged and pleaded with the SPDC to allow victims to
continue stay in the compound, but only sick and non-ambulatory women could
stay."
End of Delta Tears report.
Thank you for your continued help and prayers for these people. Despite the
obstruction of relief by Burma's dictators, our local partners continue to provide
assistance, love and hope to the cyclone victims.
God Bless you,
Free Burma Rangers
The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and
love to internally displaced people inside Burma, regardless of ethnicity
or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human
rights abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under
the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR provides medical, spiritual and educational
resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese military
attacks.