Ending the suffering caused by antipersonnel landmines

October 2011

Casualties

UN IRIN: MYANMAR: Landmines take toll on livelihoods in east

UNOCHA :MYANMAR: Landmines take toll on livelihoods in east, 10 October 2011 Article highlights the dangers of gathering forest products for residents of Shwegyin in Eastern Bago Division, and reports that up to 40 incidents happen per two-month season when ginko nuts are harvested in July-August. The article also reports Read more…

By admin, 11 years ago
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Forced labor for army as porter reported to lose leg

Irrawaddy: Mon Porter Loses Leg in Landmine Ambush, 6 October 2011, Lawi Weng Report states that Myint Thein of Ta Dein village, was forced to work as a porter for the Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion No. 543. He lost his leg in a landmine incident. It is not known Read more…

By admin, 11 years ago
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forced labour leads to mine injury

Mon Porter Loses Leg in Landmine Ambush, Irrawaddy, Lawi Weng, 6 October 2011 Myint Thein, a 47-year-old Mon civilian, lost his leg to a landmine  only half an hour after he had been conscripted by the Burmese army to work as a porter. The Burmese army commander had later phoned Read more…

By admin, 11 years11 years ago
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Border Guard Forces use landmines in Myawaddy Twp.

BGF steal land and mine homes, Karen News, 2 October 2011 Villagers claim the BGF Battalion 1019 mined the main road into Htee Law Thi in Myawaddy Township and put in place a 6am to 6pm curfew, and that extra mines are laid during the curfew to restrict peoples movements.One villager Read more…

By admin, 11 years11 years ago
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Myanmar/Burma continues to produce the World’s Largest Landmine Victims

Myanmar/Burma continues to produce the World’s Largest Landmine Victims Pa Hae Po arrives after a difficult trip from the Burma-Thai border at the FAE Hospital in Lampang, northern Thailand. September 2011. Photo: Friends of the Asian Elephant Halt Mine Use in Burma, 30 September 2011 On 3 August 2010 an Read more…

By admin, 11 years11 years ago
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