Narinjara: 4 People Killed in 10 Days by Landmines in Burma, 17 February 2011 Article quotes state sources that 4 people were injured in early February, atleast one of the incidents appears to be an anti-vehicle mine or IED. Also claims 24 other people were injured or killed in other 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…
New Light of Myanmar: KNU’s landmine left one civilian injured 02 Feb 2011 Villager hunting in the forest in Mawtaung injured by an antipersonnel mine. Source: Myanmar News Agency, reprinted on ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MMAH-8DQ96E?OpenDocument
Bangkok Post, Spectrum section: Explosive Nightmares, 30 January 2011 Article documents the plight of a farmed who stepped on a landmine in Burma but was being treated in Mae Sot hospital and a staff member of the Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People who delivers Mine Risk Education to some Read more…