Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Despite Cease-fire, Myanmar Landmine Scourge Goes Unaddressed

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In a dusty, small workshop on a quiet street in Loikaw, three men are busy adjusting plastic frames and pieces of wood. They are creating simple prosthetic legs for the victims of a hidden but ever present danger here in Karenni State: landmines. Like many ethnic areas in Myanmar, the poor, isolated southeastern state has been wrecked by decades of ethnic conflict and its rural areas have some of the highest levels of landmine contamination in the country. The men at the workshop know...

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