Myanmar: Stop Using Landmines, Ratify 1997 Mine Ban Treaty
October 31, 2017
October 31, 2017
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 31 -- Fortify Rights issued the following news release:
The Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups should immediately cease using antipersonnel landmines, and the Government of Myanmar should ratify the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, said Fortify Rights today. Two ethnic Ta'ang civilians died from injuries sustained by landmine explosions in separate incidents on October 20 in Shan State, according to the Ta'ang Women's Organization (TWO), a women-led o . . .
The Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups should immediately cease using antipersonnel landmines, and the Government of Myanmar should ratify the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, said Fortify Rights today. Two ethnic Ta'ang civilians died from injuries sustained by landmine explosions in separate incidents on October 20 in Shan State, according to the Ta'ang Women's Organization (TWO), a women-led o . . .