New data from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) alleges a large number of death due to landmines among populations fleeing Rakhine State of Myanmar.
MSF conducted six surveys to estimate the retrospective mortality of the population residing in Kutupalong, Balukhali and Tasnimarkhola settlements in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh. The surveys targeted a total estimated population of […]
Simon P., Zwang J. Epidemiological Study of Landmines/ERW Accidents and Victims in Kachin, Kayah, and Shan States, Burma, [Danish Demining Group/ Danish Refugee Council, 2017], Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 21 : Iss. 2 , Article 12.
The DDG/DRC researchers study included the details of 290 mine/ERW victims in 211 separate accidents […]
The Landmine Monitor has reported on past deaths and injuries of elephants due to landmines on Myanmar/Burma’s borders with both Bangladesh and Thailand.
On 21 November, Bangladeshi authorities reported the death of another elephant due to landmines laid by Myanmar forces on its joint border with Bangladesh. Bangladesh joined the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty which […]
On 11 October, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on investigations into events along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, including new mine use.
OHCHR reported, “The Team was informed that until 23 August 2017, the Myanmar and Bangladesh border guards conducted joint patrols along the international border between Bangladesh […]
Yesterday, 21 September 2017, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, stated, “We are horrified to see that the Myanmar authorities are laying landmines along their stretch of the border to prevent the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar. These people must be able to return to their homeland in […]
Landmines on Myanmar/Burma – Bangladesh border & the flight of the Rohingya
Mine warfare
Mine warfare has been a feature of armed conflict in Myanmar/Burma for decades. In September 2016, the deputy Minister of Defense Major General Myint Nwe acknowledged in the Myanmar Parliament that Myanmar’s Armed Forces do use landmines within the […]
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