Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 23, 2016. Concerns about the Naung Pha dam on the Salween River By Action for Shan State Rivers Date: August 23, 2016 Background facts about Naung Pha dam Location: on the Salween [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 17, 2016 To: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister, We are writing to express our great concern at your government’s announcement on August 12 that you will proceed with hydropower [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 8, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi’s position has been that Panglong Agreement is not important enough but it’s spirit is the propelling factor that has facilitated the [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 2, 2016 Burmese government troops committed serious human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest, torture and killing of local villagers, during their offensive to drive out the Shan State Progress [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 22, 2016 Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed yesterday that government soldiers were indeed responsible for the murder of five men from Mong Yaw in [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 19, 2016 According to Sai Pha Seng, who was present at the event, the demonstration started at 9am, and included participants from Lashio, Kutkhai, Hsenwi, Tangyan, Mongyai, Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships, The [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | July 13, 2016 Burma Army must be held accountable for extrajudicial killing of seven villagers in Mong Yaw Interviews carried out by SHRF with local witnesses show clearly that the Burma [...]
Free Burma Rangers | July 12, 2016 The Burma Army is currently engaged in an escalating conflict in both northern Shan and Kachin states. The situation has left several dead, including a 22-year-old man killed by a landmine, and [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 30, 2016 Five villagers from Mong Yaw in Shan State’s Lashio Township were found buried in shallow graves close to a Burma Army camp in the area, according to local eyewitnesses. [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 29, 2016 During her visit to Shan State last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, was prevented from traveling to areas in [...]