Forced Labor for Mine Clearance or as a porter or for other labour in known mined areas
On 26 February 2026 an online Press Briefing was organized by Mine Free Myanmar. An audio recording of Landmine Monitor findings presented at the press conference can be found here. The press conference was presented in English with Burmese translation. The major findings of the December 2025 Landmine & Cluster Read more…
Myanmar: UNICEF warns children of Kachin face growing threats due to recent fighting, 22 April 2014 In a press release UNICEF Myanmar Country Representative Bertrand Bainvel stated that, “It is an unfortunate fact that the heightened risk that children face does not disappear even after the fighting stops, because they Read more…
All the information I’ve given you, I faced it myself’: Rural testimony on abuse in eastern Burma since November 2010, Karen Human Rights Group, 15 December 2010 Report contains information regarding recent threats of antipersonnel mines and forced labor mine clearance in several townships in Mon & Karen/Kayin State and Read more…
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…
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…
New Zealand Herald: Child soldier seeks help to reunite family, Lincoln Tan, 24 August 2011 Article documents the experience of a Burmese youth picked up at age 14 and conscripted into the Burmese Army. He escaped in 2001 when he was 15. During his time in the military he saw another Read more…