Report by Ta'ang Women's Organisation (PWO) | June 28, 2016 Systematic war crimes by the Burma Army in Ta'ang areas of northern Shan State (March 2011 - March 2016) TWO documentation of human rights violations in Ta’ang areas of [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | June 26, 2016 The last few days reports were dominated by the visit of United Nations Special Rapporteur to Myanmar Ms Yanghee Lee; the appalling report of United Nations [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 20, 2016 Leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) have confirmed that they will participate in what has been termed the “21st Century [...]
Statement by the Women’s League of Burma | June 16, 2016 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is seriously concerned at the Tatmadaw’s recent new offensives and ongoing impunity for war crimes, which are undermining the government’s new peace [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 16, 2016 Lieutenant General Pang Fa, the Chairman of the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has indicated that the SSPP/SSA is willing to facilitate negotiations between the Ta’ang National Liberation [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | June 13, 2016 As the Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and over a hundred Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), local and international, called for peace and an end to the military offensives [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 10, 2016 At least seven people were detained by an unknown group while travelling on the Namkham to Mandalay highway last Sunday, according to a representative from the Shan National League [...]
Aung Moe Myint / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | June 08, 2016 Ethnic leaders in Shan and Kachin states announced their support on Wednesday for the Myanmar government’s upcoming Panglong Conference, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s ambitious plan [...]
Joint statement by 130 solidarity organizations worldwide | June 09, 2016 Although much of the world has expressed excitement over Myanmar’s political transition, communities throughout Kachin and northern Shan states have been living with severe human rights abuses and displacement for [...]
By Aye Nai for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 03, 2016 The military is refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State Maran Lu Ra, 20, and [...]