Statement by the Save the Salween Network | February 22, 2016 Plans to build dams on the Salween River, started by the previous military regime, have recently been accelerated by U Thein Sein’s government, which, on February 2, 2016, [...]
Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) and Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization – (TSYU) | February 10, 2016 U Paw Pwae who is the secretary of the the local township committee organized and hired by the troop of Restoration Council of [...]
Statement by 126 civil society organisations | January 5, 2016 1. Adoption of the framework for political dialogue on 16th December 2015 and announcement of the convening date for Union Peace Convention on 12th January 2016 is an act [...]
Situation update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | December 28, 2015 This update documents further incidents of abuse against civilians committed by Burmese government troops during their offensive in central Shan State since early October 2015. SHRF [...]
Update by Free Burma Rangers | December 15, 2015 / Kachin State and Shan State, Burma Burma Army intensifies attacks against ethnics in spite of elections. During October and November 2015 the Burma Army increased their attacks against the [...]
Simma Francis and Zaai Zaai Lao Murng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | December 10, 2015 Over 170 civilians resettled to a nearby community on Tuesday after their own village in northern Shan State was burned by [...]
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | December 12, 2015 The UNFC annual federal council meeting was successfully held from December 7 to 10, 2015. The departments submitted their annual activity reports, which were reviewed and adopted. [...]
Statement by the PSLF / TNLA | December 10, 2015 We, the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA), strongly condemn the RCSS/SSA’s act of military aggression, with the help of Myanmar Tatmadaw, by entering into Ta’ang Region, where battles have [...]
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network | December 8, 2015 Over 300 farmers from different areas of Shan State attended a ceremony yesterday to honor Loong Sarm, a farmer who was shot and killed two months ago [...]
Press release by Shan Community Based Organisations | November 26, 2015 Shan community organizations are today holding a press conference in Bangkok to urge the international community to break its silence on the war crimes being committed by Burmese [...]