A/HRC/39/CRP.2 Tatmadaw soldiers entered the area671 and eight civilians, including at least two women, were detained by the Tatmadaw and Lisu militia. They were beaten on their backs with an iron rod over the course of some hours while their hands were tied and some were blindfolded. During this time they were questioned, including in relation to the routes to mining areas. Five men from the group were then extrajudicially killed by gunfire while the other three detainees remained lying on the floor.672 313. The on-going hostilities caused displacement of civilians throughout this period. In January 2018, over 3,500 civilians attempting to leave the area of ongoing hostilities near amber mining villages in the “Pat Maw” area, became trapped by the Tatmadaw without food, supplies or latrines for a period of up to 18 days at the “Samat” gate. Religious groups bearing food for the trapped civilians were denied access by the military. Personal belongings, including mobile phones, motorbikes, amber and money were taken by soldiers.673 This happened in an area with active landmines, which caused at least two civilian deaths.674 The first group of civilians, approximately 700 women and 50 civilians over the age of 50 were released, following a letter from two Members of Parliament to the President requesting safe passage for the trapped civilians. 675 Civilians continued to be released in groups over the following days until 9 February 2018. 676 314. Throughout the period, the Tatmadaw subjected civilians to ill-treatment and torture, targeted on the basis of their ethnicity and often questioned about the KIA. In December 2017, several men in uniform entered the house of a man in Naumbyu village. They asked him if he was Kachin and was then beaten repeatedly and threatened with being killed. He saw at least 10 other men subjected to similar treatment. Their hands were tied and they were led away, but he managed to escape in a forest.677 Another victim reported being taken from the village of Daru Thu by a group of about 10 Tatmadaw soldiers and forced to clean, catch fish and cook for them. He was beaten while being questioned about whether he was a rebel.678 The Mission also received a credible report of a group of Tatmadaw soldiers gang raping and then killing two girls in the forest. 679 315. After a temporary lull, the Tatmadaw launched a further offensive to consolidate control over the mining area, with four airstrikes, and gunfire on the village of Awng Lat on 11 April 2018, killing one civilian and injuring at least two others. Reports indicate that hundreds of Tatmadaw soldiers seized the area, causing approximately 2,000 civilians to flee to fields, where some stayed for three days while the shelling continued. 680 A group of villagers were then forced to stay in very difficult conditions in forest areas, to avoid aerial attacks and the presence of soldiers. At least one elderly man, one child and one new born baby died from lack of food and medicines. 681 (b) Monekoe, Shan State – November 2016 to early 2017 316. The incidents that occurred around Monekoe, Muse Township, Shan State, from November 2016 to early 2017, also illustrate how the civilian population is subjected to multiple violations concurrently or consecutively during active conflict. This includes mass arrest and detention, extrajudicial killings, and indiscriminate airstrikes and aerial bombardments or attacks in violation of the principle of precaution. 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 80 PI-053, PI-054, PI-059, SI-004, V-018. PI-053, PI-053, SI-004, V-018. DI-061, PI-045, V-018. DI-061, PI-045, PI-046. DI-061, V-018. DI-061, PI-045. PI-059. PI-079. PI-069; see this chapter, section A.4: Sexual and gender-based violence. K-069.1, PI-103, V-063. PI-103, V-063, see this chapter, section A.7: Forced displacement, confiscation and destruction of property, and denial of humanitarian assistance.