Forced Labor for Mine Clearance or as a porter or for other labour in known mined areas
Karen News, Cheated into Servitude: A Convict Porter’s Story, Cha Mu, 9 June 2011 Article chronicles the experience of Tin Hliang, a ethnic Burman who was taken from prison to porter for the military. While a porter he was forced to go into suspected mined areas or walk ahead of Read more…
Irrawaddy, A Porter’s Tale, 16 March 2011 Excerpt of the story of Aye Maung from the book “Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime.” Aye Maung was a prisoner who was forced to porter in a Tat Ma Daw column and witnessed other porters become mine 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, You’re now on the dead list, Spectrum Section, 13 February 2011. In depth story of a person taken from prison and forced to porter for the military in areas dangerous due to antipersonnel mines. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/221288/you-re-now-on-the-dead-list
Democratic Voice of Burma report:‘Truckloads’ of prisoners leave Insein by Khin Hnin Htet, 11 February 2011 Excerpt from the article reads: The Burmese army is known to have used civilians as minesweepers, forcing them to walk in front of patrols to ensure troops don’t take the full blast of a Read more…