Updates | Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)

Foreign dam-builders must stop colluding with Burma’s murderous regime and pull out of Shan State

Press release by Action for Shan State Rivers March 14, 2022 Foreign dam-builders must stop colluding with Burma’s murderous regime and pull out of Shan State To mark the International Day of

March 14, 2022

Displaced farmer tortured to death “by mistake” by SAC MI officers in Kyaukme town, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation February 15, 2022 Displaced farmer tortured to death “by mistake” by SAC MI officers in Kyaukme town, northern Shan State On February 3, 2022, a

February 15, 2022

Villager hit and killed by drunk SAC military truck driver in Mong Hsu, southern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation February 7, 2022 Villager hit and killed by drunk SAC military truck driver in Mong Hsu, southern Shan State A 28-year-old man was hit and

February 7, 2022

Villagers’ security threatened by Burma Army landmines along Chinese pipelines in Hsipaw, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation January 18, 2022 Villagers’ security threatened by Burma Army landmines along Chinese pipelines in Hsipaw, northern Shan State Local villagers are living in fear of

January 18, 2022

Regime-crony Ngwe Yi Pale starts coal exploration in community watershed at Nam Ma, Hsipaw township

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation December 13, 2021 Regime-crony Ngwe Yi Pale starts coal exploration in community watershed at Nam Ma, Hsipaw township Since November 23, 2021, Mandalay-based Ngwe Yi

December 13, 2021

Ngwe Yi Pale to start new coal mine at Nam Ma watershed in Hsipaw, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation November 23, 2021 Ngwe Yi Pale to start new coal mine at Nam Ma watershed in Hsipaw, northern Shan State The Mandalay-based Ngwe Yi Pale

November 23, 2021

Local farmers oppose Ngwe Yi Pale’s planned coal mining expansion along Pang River in Tangyan, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation October 12, 2021 Local farmers oppose Ngwe Yi Pale’s planned coal mining expansion along Pang River in Tangyan, northern Shan State Local farmers are opposing

October 12, 2021

UWSA workers clear villagers’ plantations to make way for polluting factories in Tachileik

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation September 29, 2021 UWSA workers clear villagers’ plantations to make way for polluting factories in Tachileik Since September 6, over 60 workers from UWSA’s Hong

September 29, 2021

Protect Shan State’s lifeblood, Save the Salween River

Protect Shan State’s lifeblood, Save the Salween River June 16, 2021 Shan Human Rights Day marks the day in 1997 when the Burma Army massacred 56 villagers in Kunhing, during a brutal

June 16, 2021

Forced labour, use of human shields, looting by Burma Army during operation against RCSS/SSA in Namzarng, southern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation May 3, 2021 Forced labour, use of human shields, looting by Burma Army during operation against RCSS/SSA in Namzarng, southern Shan State During the last

May 3, 2021

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