New Reports on the landmine situation in Myanmar/Burma
On 21 December 2022 a hybrid press conference was held for the Burmese press aton the Thai-Burma border Since the Feburary 2021 coup in Myanmar, the military created State Administration Council systematically withdrew accreditation for most national journalists, raided offices, shut down media companies and imprisoned some journalists. For those Read more…
Mine Action Area of Responsibility (AoR) Myanmar monthly infographic on known recent casualties in Myanmar caused by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The infographic is also available in Burmese. Between January and May of 2022, more than half of the casualties were in Shan State, with the majority Read more…
Last week Mine Free Myanmar was informed by the printing press in Yangon, which had already completed the layout on our 2021 report, that it would be impossible for them to complete the printing of it. The companies which prepare the plates used by printing presses in the country have Read more…
On Thursday 9 December 2021 at 09:30 Myanmar time and 10:00 Thailand time, a press conference to launch the Myanmar/Burma country report in Landmine Monitor 2021 was held. The event was hybrid with remote participation for Burmese journalist who can no longer work openly and publish online or in exile. Read more…
Contamination Map The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor, has produced its 10th updated contamination map . The map is based on townships in which credible reports of antipersonnel landmine contamination have been recorded by the Landmine Monitor from 1999 – 2020. The Read more…
Contamination Map The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor has produced its 9th updated contamination map based on townships in which credible reports of antipersonnel landmine contamination have been recorded by the Landmine Monitor from 1999 – 2019. The map also graphically maps casualties Read more…