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 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A report issued Monday by a human rights group accuses Myanmar's military of killing, raping and torturing ethnic Karen women as part of its battle against the minority group over the past 25 years.
The report by the Karen Women's Organization cites in often gruesome detail the cases of 959 women and girls in Myanmar's eastern Karen state from 1981-2006. Thousands of other cases of abuse involving women are also noted.
Similar allegations, denied by Myanmar's ruling junta, have been made in recent years, including a report from a parallel group detailing widespread sexual assaults against women of the Shan ethnic group that sparked an international outcry.
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