Myanmar: Women’s Groups Call for Justice Over Slain Copper Mine Protester

Jan 11, 2015 | Min Min, Mizzima
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Ten Myanmar women’s groups Friday called for justice for the woman who was killed in clashes between security forces and residents at the controversial copper mine in central Myanmar.

Daw Khin Win, 56, was shot dead on December 22 as she took part in a protest against fencing being put up on farmers’ land by workers of the Letpadaung copper mine project.

Wanbao company, a joint Chinese-Myanmar mining venture, issued a message of condolence to Daw Khin Win’s family in the wake of her death.

The statement by the women’s groups said this brutal attack was a breach of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, of which Myanmar is a member, accusing the government of failing to protect the rights of women and negligence over the treaty.