By Kyaw Lin Htoon / Frontier Myanmar | October 22, 2018 Most – but not all – militia groups in Muse Township are involved in illegal activities that include running gambling dens and brothels. AT THE entrance to a [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 16, 2018 Farmer riding motorcycle shot dead by Burma Army patrol near China’s trans-Burma oil and gas pipelines in Kyaukme, northern Shan State On October 1, 2018, at about 6 pm, a [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | October 16, 2018 (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said the Reparations Working Group [...]
Local people and MPs in Hsipaw Township | October 12, 2018 About 1,000 local residents and MPs are gathering in Hsipaw today to oppose the damming of the Namtu/Myitnge river, and demand an immediate cancellation of the Upper Yeywa [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | October 11, 2018 Nam Kham city Shan Youth Network liaison in-charge Sai Than Shwe has confirmed to Mizzima that Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) agreed to release detained Nan Mo [...]
Lahu Women’s Organization / Pa-O Women’s Union/ Shan Women’s Action Network / Ta’ang Women’s Organization | October 10, 2018 The Lahu Women’s Organization, the Pa-O Women’s Union, the Shan Women’s Action Network and the Ta’ang Women’s Organization are very concerned about the [...]
12 civil society organizations | October 9, 2018 [Yangon – 9 October, 2018] The mandate laid out in the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law and the mindset of the current commissioners hinders the effective promotion and protection of [...]
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | October 9, 2018 MANDALAY — The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says it has sentenced an ethnic Shan woman to three years in jail for informing on the armed group’s fighters to [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | October 5, 2018 Hundreds of people demonstrate against a proposed coal extraction project set to destroy more than 1,000 acres of Shan State paddy fields. Hundreds of locals [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 4, 2018 Burma Army use of drones for the first time near Loi Lam IDP camp on the northern Chiang Mai border, and near-completion of a new strategic road from Mong Hta [...]