The World Health Organization has written, that local health facilities in mine affected countries must assure, “… an adequate health-care response, both immediate (e.g. acute trauma care and surgery) and long-term (e.g. rehabilitation), to the physical and psychological trauma of people injured by landmines. Most of these people live in Read more…
DVB, Non-discriminatory warfare, 2 April 2011 Video focuses on the status of Myanmar/Burma compared to other countries in the world according to the findings in the Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor report 2010 by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Includes interviews with the Prosthetics Department of Mae Tao Read more…
Burma Soldier, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Nic Dunlop, Director New film focusing on Myo Myint, a former soldier in the Burmese Army who lost several parts of his body when a shell landed next to him in a mine field. URL for trailer to the film: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3607233049/ Film website: http://www.burmasoldier.com/ Burmese Read more…
Irrawaddy, Life’s a Blast in the Karen Jungle, Saw Yan Naing, 18 March 2011 Interview with Kay Poe, a landmine engineer with the Karen National Liberation Army. URL: http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20963
Irrawaddy, A Porter’s Tale, 16 March 2011 Excerpt of the story of Aye Maung from the book “Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime.” Aye Maung was a prisoner who was forced to porter in a Tat Ma Daw column and witnessed other porters become mine Read more…
Mizzima News, Land mine use in Burma Thursday, 10 March 2011 Q&A with Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines regarding the movement’s engagement with Myanmar/Burma and the status of the landmine crisis there. URL: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/interview/4993-land-mine-use-in-burma.html