March 2016 – Ending the suffering caused by antipersonnel landmines

Casualties

Landmine use continues to occur in northern Myanmar in 2016

A non-governmental organization brought the widow of a man killed by a landmine to a press conference in Yangon on 1 March. The landmine was believed to be laid during armed conflict in January 2016 in Ho Pon village of Kutkai Township in northern Shan State.Her husband stepped on the Read more…

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Casualties

Myanmar/Burma landmine casualties inforgraphic

The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit, in conjunction with the Landmine Monitor, have produced a poster sized info graphic on townships in the country found to have some level of landmine contamination, and casualties by region and cause, plus other information. The 2.9MB PDF of the poster can be Read more…

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