Ending the suffering caused by antipersonnel landmines

February 2011

Casualties

DVB reports young girl becomes mine victim after family displaced

DVB:Girl, 7, hit by landmine, Naw Noreen, 22 February 2011 A seven-year-old girl and her family were forced to flee after fighting broke out close to their home in Wawlay district of Karen State. The family spent weeks sleeping on the banks of the Moei River, which separates Thailand and Read more…

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
Casualties

Narinjara: state media provides information on mine victims

Narinjara: 4 People Killed in 10 Days by Landmines in Burma, 17 February 2011 Article quotes state sources that 4 people were injured in early February, atleast one of the incidents appears to be an anti-vehicle mine or IED. Also claims 24 other people were injured or killed in other Read more…

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
Casualty Assistance

Asia Times article on cross-border assistance to mine victims on Burma

Asia Times: Rangers to the rescue in Myanmar, Tony Cliff, 18 February 2011 Article highlights some of the work of the group Free Burma Rangers. Article notes that the teams document human rights abuses, including the forced labor in mined areas for the Burmese Army. Free Burma Rangers cooperates with Read more…

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
Forced Labor in Mined Areas

Bangkok Post Article on Prisoners taken for forced labor in mine affected areas by the military

Bangkok Post, You’re now on the dead list, Spectrum Section, 13 February 2011. In depth story of a person taken from prison and forced to porter for the military in areas dangerous due to antipersonnel mines. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/221288/you-re-now-on-the-dead-list

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
Forced Labor in Mined Areas

DVB interview with escaped prisoners from forced minesweeping

Democratic Voice of Burma report:‘Truckloads’ of prisoners leave Insein by Khin Hnin Htet, 11 February 2011 Excerpt from the article reads: The Burmese army is known to have used civilians as minesweepers, forcing them to walk in front of patrols to ensure troops don’t take the full blast of a Read more…

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
Casualties

NLM: mine injury in Dawei Township

New Light of Myanmar: KNU’s landmine left one civilian injured 02 Feb 2011 Villager hunting in the forest in Mawtaung injured by an antipersonnel mine. Source: Myanmar News Agency, reprinted on ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MMAH-8DQ96E?OpenDocument

By burmamineban, 12 years12 years ago
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