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…