DVB: Heavy fire, landmines rock eastern Burma, Naw Noreen, 2 March 2011 Article states that casualties in Eastern Pegu have taken place during armed conflict between the Tat Ma Daw and the Karen National Liberation Army. Residents in the area stated to DVB that no warning of mines in the Read more…
DVB:Girl, 7, hit by landmine, Naw Noreen, 22 February 2011 A seven-year-old girl and her family were forced to flee after fighting broke out close to their home in Wawlay district of Karen State. The family spent weeks sleeping on the banks of the Moei River, which separates Thailand and Read more…
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…