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Mud-flooded communities bear the costs of gold mining boom in eastern Tachileik

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation and Tai Students’ Union August 24, 2022 Mud-flooded communities bear the costs of gold mining boom in eastern Tachileik On July 19, 2022, heavy rainfall

August 24, 2022

Over 100 houses burned, 4,000 displaced by SAC scorched earth operation east of Moebye Lake, southern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation July 27, 2022 Over 100 houses burned, 4,000 displaced by SAC scorched earth operation east of Moebye Lake, southern Shan State Since mid-May 2022, SAC

July 27, 2022

Namkham villagers suffer from year-long electricity cut by China due to border dispute

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation July 5, 2022 Namkham villagers suffer from year-long electricity cut by China due to border dispute Residents of Nawng Kham village in Namkham township, northern

July 5, 2022

Wa youth sentenced to death by SAC court after forced confession to bombing in Tachileik

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation June 17, 2022 Wa youth sentenced to death by SAC court after forced confession to bombing in Tachileik The SAC district court in Tachileik,

June 17, 2022

Extrajudicial killing, torture, arbitrary arrest, looting, torching of houses by SAC troops in Ywangan, southern Shan State, February-April, 2022

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation May 11, 2022 Extrajudicial killing, torture, arbitrary arrest, looting, torching of houses by SAC troops in Ywangan, southern Shan State, February-April, 2022 This update details

May 11, 2022

Two youth forced to transport SAC troops killed in roadside ambush in Muse, northern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation May 9, 2022 Two youth forced to transport SAC troops killed in roadside ambush in Muse, northern Shan State Two Shan youth activists forced by

May 9, 2022

Local villagers forced by SAC troops to build outpost near planned coal mine in Namzarng, southern Shan State

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation April 19, 2022 Local villagers forced by SAC troops to build outpost near planned coal mine in Namzarng, southern Shan State At the end of

April 19, 2022

Villager beaten to death by SAC troops after explosion in Kyaukme town

Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation April 5, 2022 Villager beaten to death by SAC troops after explosion in Kyaukme town On March 29, 2022, after a bomb explosion in Kyaukme

April 5, 2022

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

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