Groups providing assistance to casualties
Labourer injured by landmine in Three Pagodas PassJury Chai, Independent Mon News Agency, 19 July 2011 Ko Thet Naing Myint, an agricultural worker, was injured by the landmine in the area near Tae Thone Lone village while he was working on land belonging to a plantation owner. He was taken Read more…
BBC: In pictures: Burmese prosthetics clinic Photo essay of prosthetic production at Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burma border URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14033175
Deadly Soil: Burma’s Enduring Landmine Tragedy: Burma News International, Blacktown, 11 June 2011 Karen National Union Vice President Saw David Thakabaw was quoted as saying that the KNLA, unlike the Burmese army, does not target civilian populations, but “If the Burma army stopped attacking our people and tried to reach Read more…
Agence France Presse, Danger underfoot in Myanmar war zones, Daniel Rook Article interviews two mine victims from Karen State of Burma, both of whom were receiving assistance at Mae Tao Clinic on the Burma/Thai border. Also interviews with Landmine Monitor and Mae Tao Clinic prosthetic technician. Article can be accessed Read more…
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…
Bangkok Post, Spectrum section: Explosive Nightmares, 30 January 2011 Article documents the plight of a farmed who stepped on a landmine in Burma but was being treated in Mae Sot hospital and a staff member of the Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People who delivers Mine Risk Education to some Read more…