Shan State Archives - Page 43 of 47

Palaung (Ta’ang) Statement for Reduction-Cessation of Battles between Two Sides in Ta’ang Region

Statement of Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) for Reduction-Cessation of Battles between Two Sides in Ta’ang Region - As a result of increasing the number of armed forces and military offensives by the Myanmar government’s Tatmadaw in the Ta’ang nationality’s land, comprising of Namtsan, Mantong, Kyaukme, Thibaw, Namtu, Lashio, Mogok, Momeik, Theinni, Kutkai, Museh, Namkham Townships etc. and Ta’ang villages in Kokang Region […]

2015-02-24T15:19:04+07:00February 24th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Two Kachin Teachers Brutally Raped and Killed by Burmese Army

Media Release from Burma Campaign UK, January 20, 2015 Burma Campaign UK has confirmed reports that two ethnic Kachin teachers were raped by Burmese Army soldiers overnight on 19th/20th January. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government [...]

2020-05-30T23:11:02+07:00January 21st, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Ethnic Communities: Salween Dams Are Fuelling War and Must Be Stopped

Press release by Burma Rivers Network, January 19, 2015 Community representatives from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon States are handing a petition today to the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power, and to the Chinese and Thai Embassies in Yangon, [...]

2020-05-30T23:11:05+07:00January 20th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Burma Army Kill Villager in Front of His Parents, Then Force over 1,200 Villagers to Demonstrate Against “Insurgents”

Shan Human Rights Foundation, January 7, 2015 On December 12, 2014, Burma Army troops from LIB 573 shot and killed a 32-year-old mentally ill villager, Sai Sarm Tip, at his house in front of his parents, in the village of Wan Tinn, in Murng Yawng, eastern Shan State. The troops had surrounded the house, ordered Sai Sarm Tip to come out, then shot him as he stepped outside. […]

2020-05-30T23:11:06+07:00January 12th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

PWO Part Two: Empowering Women Whilst Facing Conflict, Poverty, and an Opiate Epidemic

You can’t visit all the areas where the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) works. Even if you could get past the many arms of Burma’s military regime that keep foreigners away, you wouldn’t want to. You would have to face bloody conflict […]

2020-05-30T23:11:12+07:00November 25th, 2014|Articles, Interviews, Recommended, Voices|

PWO Part One: ‘It’s the women and children that are suffering’

The northern Shan state, home to a majority of the Ta’ang people (referred to as ‘Palaung’ by others), is among the least accessible areas in Burma. These areas host some of the bloodiest conflict, the most poppy cultivation, extremely high rates of opium addiction, and crippling poverty. The Palaung […]

2020-05-30T23:11:13+07:00November 19th, 2014|Featured Collection, Interviews, Voices|

Lway Chee Sangar: Reclaiming Rights After a Childhood of Labor, Hardship, and Conflict

"We had never heard about human rights in the village," Lway Chee Sangar tells me at the Palaung Women's Organization (PWO) office in Mae Sot, Thailand. Sangar is 23 years old. The ethnic nationality group to which she belongs […]

2020-05-30T23:11:15+07:00November 13th, 2014|Featured Collection, Interviews, Stories, Voices|

Shan Group: Burmese Government Troops Shell Civilian Area and Commit Human Rights Abuses

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) During October 12-18, 2014, the Burmese government troops continued to commit abuses against civilians during their ongoing offensive against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army in Ke See township, central Shan State. SHRF […]

2020-05-30T23:11:22+07:00October 23rd, 2014|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Accessible Education for Burma’s Ethnic Children – Would You Walk Four Hours to Go to School?

Ethnic Kayan children in the middle Kayan region inside Burma have to go through extreme lengths for their education – literally. These children spend four hours every day walking through the jungle just to be able to go to school. An inside source, asked to remain anonymous, told Burma Link that most of these Kayan students […]

2020-05-30T23:11:25+07:00October 17th, 2014|Articles, Ethnic Voice, Featured Collection, Recommended|

“There can be no more silence on the continued aggression against ethnic people…”

Karen News, August 17, 2014 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Ms Charm Tong, a founder of the Shan Women’s Action Network, expressed grave concerns over ongoing Burma Army offensives in Shan State in areas of supposed ceasefire, [...]

2020-05-30T23:11:43+07:00August 19th, 2014|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|