Amnesty International says human rights abuses in Burma's ethnic minority areas have increased in the past year, despite recent political and economic reform in Burma.
In an annual report released Thursday, Amnesty Internationa ldocumented cases of extra-judicial executions, torture, and forced labor by Burma's military in the country's ethnic conflict zones.
Benjamin Zawacki, an Asia researcher at Amnesty International said government and military officials who have committed human rights violations remain free from prosecution.