Press release by the Shan Farmers' Network, July 16, 2014 The Shan Farmers’ Network and affected villagers held a press conference today in Taunggyi to demand an immediate end to destructive gold mining operations in Mong Len, eastern Shan [...]
Statement by the Shan Human Rights Foundation, July 10, 2014 Burmese government must stop new military operation against ceasefire army in northern Shan State Since June 2014, the Burma Army has deployed nearly 2,000 troops from over 10 battalions [...]
Burma Link | July 5, 2014 (updated July 30, 2015) Lahu are a little known ethnic group scattered around four countries; Burma, China, Laos and Thailand. Lahu people typically live up on the mountains and make a living with [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation, June 5, 2014 Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) On April 10, 2014, the Burma Army launched a [...]
Statement by the Shan Human Rights Foundation, March 28, 2014 The Shan Human Rights Foundation is deeply concerned at the escalation of attacks and abuses by the Burma Army against civilians in different areas of Shan [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation, March 17, 2014 Over 1,000 Burmese government troops fired shells and sprayed gunfire into villages in Nawng Khio township, severely tortured a villager, and looted livestock, causing about 2,000 villagers from eleven villages to flee [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News, March 12, 2014 Poppy cultivation in areas where PaO, a non-Shan nationality, are dominant, has been steadily climbing since 2010, according to a study by the PaO Youth Organization (PYO). The PaO, who are [...]
Restoration Council of Shan State Anti-Narcotics Committee (RCSS ANC), December 23, 2013 Analysis of the RCSS’s joint pilot drug eradication project with UNODC and the Thein Sein government “The experience of RCSS in attempting to carry [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation, December 13, 2013 Summary Villagers in Murng Paeng township are being used as forced labour by Burmese government troops giving security to military-linked logging operations above the planned Ta Sang dam on [...]
[/fusion_separator] About Special Region 4 (SR4) Special Region 4 (SR4) is an autonomous part of the Shan State, located in eastern Shan State in the northeast of Burma. There are no Burmese authorities in SR4 [...]