Activities to Ban the use of antipersonnel mines in Myanmar/Burma
In recent years, Myanmar/Burma is the only country where there has been confirmed, regular use of antipersonnel mines by government forces. During an ICBL mission to the country in February and March of 2011, former General Thura Tin Oo, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (known under its Burmese Read more…
The Independent, The savage toll from Burma’s dirty war, Liane Wimhurst, 1 May 2011 Article summarises the current situation of mine warfare within the country, a current casualty of mines near the Thai/Burma border and available services to landmine victims. URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-savage-toll-from-burmas-dirty-war-2277366.html
In June 2010 the ICBL submitted a stakeholder document to the Universal Periodic Review for Myanmar to the Human Rights Commission summarizing reporting over the past 10 years of the Monitor on the use of forced labor for mine clearance/detonation and recommended “an immediate halt to the use of antipersonnel Read more…
DVB, Non-discriminatory warfare, 2 April 2011 Video focuses on the status of Myanmar/Burma compared to other countries in the world according to the findings in the Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor report 2010 by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Includes interviews with the Prosthetics Department of Mae Tao Read more…
Burma Soldier, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Nic Dunlop, Director New film focusing on Myo Myint, a former soldier in the Burmese Army who lost several parts of his body when a shell landed next to him in a mine field. URL for trailer to the film: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3607233049/ Film website: http://www.burmasoldier.com/ Burmese Read more…