"Country is third on the list of total victims over the last decade and one of only two governments worldwide to use the weapon in 2016... Only country listed every year? ?Myanmar is the only country on the planet which has the unfortunate distinction of being listed every year for its use of mines, both by the government and non-state armed groups, since 1999 when the Landmine Monitor began its work,” the campaigner said. Myanmar?s military, the Tatmadaw, has been fighting armed ethnic groups around the country for about 70 years. But even with the push for peace since the previous military-dominated Thein Sein regime, more than 1,000 people have been injured or killed by mines. Over the past decade, Myanmar is third on the list of total victims, behind only Afghanistan and Colombia ? and that ranking is based on figures that Moser-Puangsuwan said were ?not even close to accurate”, partly because the government still does not record mine casualties..."