Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 14, 2017 Indiscriminate Burma Army shelling, shooting cause 300 villagers to flee in Mong Yai, northern Shan State - three villagers arrested, one beaten On September 10 at 8:00 am, a group [...]
By Mizzima News | September 15, 2017 A number of Myanmar exiles have signed an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi asking her to re-evaluate her position as ‘Burmese society is sleep-walking into the abyss of racial hatred [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency News (SHAN) | September 15, 2017 Following weeks of negative bad press stemming from the conflict in Arakan State, the Restoration Council of Shan State’s (RCSS) visit, due to the invitation of [...]
By Free Burma Rangers | September 11, 2017 This report documents an event in July of 2017 that is one of the worst fears of many people that live in Burma/Myanmar today and yet is an all-too-common story. A family is [...]
By Mizzima News | September 8, 2017 Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw to discuss clashes in Shan State. He [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 5, 2017 While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the Thai-Burma border [...]
Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border) | August 30, 2017 Urgent appeal to continue providing food aid to refugees and IDPs on Shan-Thai border We, the Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border), are appealing to the international community to [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 30, 2017 Summary There are currently six camps along the Shan-Thai border, housing about 6,200 refugees (many of whom are categorized as “internally displaced persons” or IDPs, because they [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 28, 2017 Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns (Part I) Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three part series to be featured [...]
By Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 22, 2017 Fighting will not end until the Tatmadaw changes its attitude, an official from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said over the weekend during an ethnic coalition’s summit in northern Shan [...]