UNICEF data shows three fold increase in landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the first 3 months of 2023 compared to 2022. UNICEF has recorded about 100 casualties every month in the first 3 month of 2023, compared to the Read more…
Message of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April 2023 For the millions living amidst the chaos of armed conflicts — especially women and children — every step can Read more…
In late January 2023 Kyaw Htet, the Chairman of the Karenni Democratic Front, an anti-military armed group claimed to have removed more than 700 landmines laid by the Myanmar Armed Forces near Kyun Taw village. The village sits on the Read more…
(6 April 2023 update from December 2022 and March 2023) From atleast early October to early November 2022, new antipersonnel landmines were laid along the Bangladesh-Myanmar/Burma border by the Myanmar Armed Forces, and within Maungdaw by the Arakan Army. Mine Read more…
On 21 December 2022 a hybrid press conference was held for the Burmese press aton the Thai-Burma border Since the Feburary 2021 coup in Myanmar, the military created State Administration Council systematically withdrew accreditation for most national journalists, raided offices, Read more…
Taking up the challenge: banning landmines globally and in Myanmar was organized on the 25th Anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the 25th Anniversary of the 1997 Ottawa Convention Read more…