New Reports on the landmine situation in Myanmar/Burma
Landmine Monitor 2013 Myanmar/Burma Country Report(includes Cluster Munition Monitor 2013 Myanmar/Burma) Burmese translation released November 2013 52pp. Executive Summary Landmine Monitor has identified over 3,349 landmine casualties in Myanmar from 1999 through the end of 2012. When compared to previous years, landmine casualties in Myanmar during 2012 and early 2013 Read more…
For the first time in 14 years of publication, the Landmine Monitor was able to launch its country report on Myanmar or Burma, in the country. On Tuesday, 13th November, a Press Conference was held at the Taw-Win Rose Garden in Yangon. Almost 60 members of Myanmar’s print, radio and 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…