Mizzima: Burma representative attends landmine meeting in Cambodia, Thea Forbes, 21 September 2011 The Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty will take place in Cambodia in late November 2011. This is the first time the inter-governmental meeting will be held in SEAsia since 2003 when Thailand Read more…
AP: Elephant wounded in Burma landmine explosion (Bangkok) 13 September 2011 Another elephant injured by a landmine has been brought to the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in Lampang, Thailand. It joins three other elephants who were victims of mines in Burma. Fourteen such landmine casualties have been treated Read more…
AFP: Medics dice with death in Myanmar jungle warzones, 11 September 2011 Article focuses on the activities of the Back Pack Health Worker Teams, a medical assistance orgnaization which works cross-border from Thailand in conflict areas of Burma. Since the organization was formed nine of its medics and a midwife Read more…
Sydney Morning Herald: Burmese still walking on deadly ground, Lindsay Murdoch, 5 September 2011 Several photos of severely injured former Karen National Liberation Army soldiers who reside at Care Villa, which is situated in Mae La refugee camp on the Burma/Thai border. Care Villa (not named in the article) is Read more…