Forced Labor for Mine Clearance or as a porter or for other labour in known mined areas
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…
Human Rights Watch: Dead Men Walking:Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma, 12 July 2011 70 page report focuses on the use of prisoners as porters for the military. Interviews with escaped porters reveal the dangers of antipersonnel mines for persons seized for forced labor as military porters- Read more…