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Photo #1-27: On returning to the ruins of their houses in Khaw Hta in early December 2004, the villagers found these three landmines and two ammunition clips for MA1 assault rifles (standard Burma Army equipment), apparently left behind accidentally by SPDC soldiers. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)
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Photo #11-3: A UXO (unexploded ordnance) awareness poster posted near M--- village, in Lu Pleh township of Pa’an District. This poster written in Burmese (which, incidentally, many Karen villagers do not read) states, “Do not touch any small pieces of ordnance. Report them directly to your elders.” These posters, depicting mortars, RPGs [Rocket Propelled Grenades] and various types of hand grenades were designed by Non-Violence International and brought in covertly from Thailand to warn villagers of the dangers of UXO. This photo was taken in May 2004. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)
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Photos #11-16, 11-17, 11-18: Saw P---, a 22 year old villager from G--- village in southern Karenni (Kayah) State. He is having his right foot amputated by Karen medics at a KNU clinic in Papun District after stepping on a landmine laid by the KnSO [Karenni Solidarity Organisation], a ceasefire group allied with the SPDC. Saw P--- stepped on one of these mines on 5 July 2004 while in his cardamom plantation. He was then carried several days’ walk southward into Karen State to this clinic. The operation was carried out with only iodine and alcohol while the medics held Saw P---; they have no general anaesthetic because most international humanitarian organizations (including Médécins Sans Frontières, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and all UN agencies), contrary to their claims of ‘humanitarian neutrality’, refuse to send medical aid into areas not under Burmese state control. (Photo an Text Source: KHRG, 2004)
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Photo #11-19: Naw K---, age 16, from H--- village in southern Karenni (Kayah) State, was walking her younger siblings across Karenni toward the Thai border so they could attend school in one of the Karenni refugee camps in Thailand in April 2004, but along the way she stepped on a landmine laid by the Karenni Solidarity Organisation (KnSO), a Karenni armed group allied with the SPDC. She was later brought to a KNU clinic in Papun District, where this photo was taken as she was recovering in May 2004. (Photo and Text Source: KHRG, 2004)
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A 17-year-old Karen village boy stepped on a landmine planted by the Burma Army on a trail near a northern Karen State village at 11:45 am on 7 January 2004. His right leg was blown off under the knee and his left arm sustained severe damage. A FBR team treating IDPs in the area was able to go to the scene and save the boy's life. He was then transported by foot to the nearest clinic three days away where he will receive further treatment. (Source: FBR, 2004)
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A FBR team of medics treating a landmine victim in northern Karen State in January 2004. (Source: FBR, 2004)
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In July 2004, Saw Moo Eh, a 20 year old IDP, stepped on a Burma Army landmine in the vicinity of Plo Htee village, Karenni State. He received an emergency amputation and was recovering. (Source: FBR, 2004)
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