'Myanmar's landmine use a war crime'

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 21, 2022 12:18 am

BANGKOK: Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying landmines on a 'massive scale' around the villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, rights campaign group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Fighting has ravaged swathes of the Southeast Asian country since the February 2021 putsch, which sparked renewed clashes with ethnic rebel groups and the formation of dozens of 'People's Defense Forces' now battling the military government.

SMALL BUT TERRIBLE This photo taken between June 27 and July 4, 2022 and released by Amnesty International on July 20 shows an M14 landmine found by deminers in Myanmar’s eastern Kayah state. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PHOTO VIA AFP

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